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Cities don't need things. People need things. The relevant question is, Which people are the city?

Is it the business people who own businesses there? Yes.

Is it the people who live there? Yes, them too.

Is it the people who don't live there, but want to move there? No, it's not. That's the problem.

But the people who want to change them can't afford to live there:

https://shift.newco.co/letter-of-resignation-from-the-palo-a...

Best bet is probably statewide initiatives such as those proposed by Scott Weiner. https://twitter.com/scott_wiener

Seems like those laws come from people that already live there, and it seems kinda reasonable for a community to have those opinions and make their own ordinances. The part I don't understand is why most of the sector doesn't just leave.

Democracy makes that difficult.