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Can someone explain to me what the dynamic is in San Franciso? I honestly don't get this situation where practically every rich VC/Software/Tech person in silicon valley bithces and moans about San Francisco. But it's like... rich tech guys have been hanging around silicon valley for decades now, they're billionaires. They could literally fund candidates for every single government position down to highly politically motivated garbage collectors. How come it seems like they have no political power at all?

Surely they should just... put some people into power who'll do what they want? Like I'm not even saying "Why haven't they solved the problem", I'm saying "Why haven't the rich tech guys not just spent money to put people they like in power?" And I'm not just saying Garry personally, I'm saying it seems an almost universal view that rich silicon valley people want different people in charge, so... go... do it?

Or do they actually have a load of political power and just don't want to fess up to the fact it's their own dumb politics causing the problems in the first place?