For starters, it's never OK for a city with pension plans like San Francisco to reject growth, since that growth was factored in when determining ability to pay

For starters, it's never OK for a city with pension plans like San Francisco to reject growth, since that growth was factored in when determining ability to pay those pensions. SF is able to tread water with its pensions while Oakland next door is not[1] almost entirely due to the tech industry. The above logic doesn't apply to pensions exclusively, either. Much infrastructure, in CA especially which has Prop 13, needs growth to sustain. Stasis is neither natural nor sustainable. [1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/In-Oakland-money-intended-to-be-used-for-this-13827090.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/In-Oa...