I wonder what the metrics are on productivity while working from home. They must be seeing some drop in productivity, because otherwise they wouldn't care. Having to pay less for office space and fancy office benefits would save them a bit of money.
Then you have Investment funds that $invest nearby these locations (BlackRock) and ahem they want their profit.
Then the local govt wants to secure $vote$ because Tech workers tend to vote X. (check Austin vs Texas).
We can't have these pesky "recall" actions.