I live in the SF Bay Area. I am getting a big kick out how, all at once the liberal loonies in SF are going ballistic because York wants to move the 49ers to Santa Clara. Obviously its dollars and cents. It makes more sense to be in a place that is more business friendly than in the hell hole that is SF politics. The Candlestick area is a terrible neighborhood and any apartments and retail properties built in the area would be an instant slum. Not a safe place for a new stadium and their fans. The Santa Clara 49ers sound good to me. Or the San Jose 49ers. After all they are still the same team.
It makes more sense to be in a place that is more business friendly than in the hell hole that is SF politics.
It has nothing to do with that.
It's all about which municipality is willing to give the team the most public money. They couldn't care less about "business friendly," just sucking on the public teat.