An injection of rich taxpayers is exactly what most cities with a poor and needy population would be crying out for, in order to fund social services.
It is specifically the decision to keep housing close to zero-sum that makes this such a catastrophe. SF isn’t the only place that would make that decision, but is also possible to welcome & accommodate growth rather than trying to strangle it at the expense of all your renters.
In other countries you have cities begging for any kind of tech investment. The idea of tech being anything other than boon is essentially outside the political spectrum
It is specifically the decision to keep housing close to zero-sum that makes this such a catastrophe. SF isn’t the only place that would make that decision, but is also possible to welcome & accommodate growth rather than trying to strangle it at the expense of all your renters.