It is high time for all of the tech companies of Silicon Valley and San Francisco to come together and lobby the hell out of municipal and county governments to push for more housing and better transit.<p>It is absolutely insane that there is so much wealth being generated by these companies, yet they seemingly have no political will to influence the very <i>localities</i> they are based in, never mind their federal adventures into H1-B skullduggery and patent power-plays.<p>And the local communities themselves need to accept that tech is a huge tax base and the reason for their affluence, and stop their rampant NIMBYism and obstruction to urban progress.<p>Note: I&#x27;m referring more to past actions by wealthy communities in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties who did things such as impede the growth of BART. Or when rich liberals in San Francisco decry housing construction by citing a fear of &quot;losing the character of the city.&quot; Gentrification of indigent areas such as East Palo Alto, the Mission, and so on is another story.