My biggest lesson after visiting SV multiple times is that the companies are super forward thinking when it comes to software. But the city council is pretty i

My biggest lesson after visiting SV multiple times is that the companies are super forward thinking when it comes to software. But the city council is pretty incompetent. It is a govt monopoly with no real incentive to be competent. The zoning laws don’t allow building multi story apartments. The city council drags their feet for years to approve building permits. People literally shit on the road. Crime is rampant. You’d be driving on the road, glass is smashed and someone takes your bag. Trains don’t run on time. Some stink. You could spend a million and barely get a shack for a house. Go to any of the modern Asian or European cities and there is a stark difference. They’re clean, trains run on time, they’re fast, low crime, little homelessness. California governance is corrupt and incompetent. They earn the most from taxes compared to any other state. This is not a money problem. It is a “things are shit because we want them to stay that way.” problem.