I think the issues the Bay Area faces are due to the diversity of residents and the diversity of their needs and not specific to the Bay Area. Its a byproduct

I think the issues the Bay Area faces are due to the diversity of residents and the diversity of their needs and not specific to the Bay Area. Its a byproduct of having a dense, creative economy. Who gets to "define" the goals and strategy of the region? Do the original techies get to define it or is it the new media techies or the original residents or the service workers supporting the techie lifestyles? Just like Los Angeles used to be fairly homogenous and conservative prior to embracing the creative economy, eventually any city which has any success attracting the diversity of views required by a creative economy well face these issues.