Bay Area Making Life Difficult for Tech Firms
In most of the country, a region’s “big” industry – think automotive companies in Michigan’s heyday, the oil business in Houston and entertainment in Los Angeles – is treated with deference by locals. Sometimes that attitude morphs into support for subsidies or even indifference to pollution or other problems. But it’s rare to see city leaders purposefully stifle companies that produce a large share of good-paying jobs and tax revenues.
