The Canterbury earthquakes have done something similar in Christchurch, New Zealand. There has been a lot of political contention over how best to rebuild the C

The Canterbury earthquakes have done something similar in Christchurch, New Zealand. There has been a lot of political contention over how best to rebuild the CBD and fights over bike lanes/slower speed limits as well as concerns about the impact of redevelopment on outlying areas that picked up the slack when the CBD was being leveled. Given the political environment in the US I fear it would take decades for an area like SFO to recover, if at all. Many companies would likely just leave the area.