Definitely different from san fransicko! And improving (except for the traffic which city hall seems not to care about — approving more and more high density projects with zero road improvements — but the people are very upset about the dense developments and resulting traffic. Awhile back I had a check made on your planning department. It had approved 1156 new residential units of which 1152 were high density or apartment type projects and only very 4 — right on top of the San Andreas earthquake fault — were homes. The planners also approved several million square feet of additional industrial or corporate protects. And not a single road widening Get ready for every more gridlock trying to get to those 3 new little restaurants.and forget about parking there. Otherwise, -a very nice town IMHO. And definitely not San Francisco.
But the nuclear fall-out will still getcha:)
Actually, there's lots of parking. The city built extra public parking garages and lots just off the main downtown street, Grand Av. They have pedestrian walkways from the multilevel garages directly to the restaurants. But yes, all the available unbuilt open land is targeted for high density high-rise buildings combining housing and retail, all on the east side. Not much space left on the west side for single-family homes, not much built lately except around the BART station.
As for the injured cop, hope he recovers. He's an asian motorcycle cop with young children. Sad for his family to go through this during the holidays.