Insanely silly headline, the building cannot be a surprise or news the planning burdens in CA are non trivial and Google employs enough people it makes sense.

What's the enticement? $99. So it's a $99 hotel room which the company gets.. from payroll. I doubt it recoups profit but probably a tax side means the capex and opex to run the joint isn't a complete loss.

I expect in due course to see Googlers release news of the tailgate stupidities and the set of house rules which get creatively ignored and modified