San Jose used to be a relatively sane place to live, they used to arrest criminals, now they elect them to councils&committees.
One used to have options as to how one would live.
Nowadays, you vill obey ze ordinances or you vill be dealt with.
From White Elephant Glass Gubamint Pagodas to more homeless thatn anyone would like to admit or witness, the sleepy little village, now run by GooGle&corps ain’t what it used to be.
Unless you can get the whole valley to jump on the bandwagon, it won’t work. The San Jose area is a megalopolis now with several communities abutting each other. If San Jose is onerous to a developer it can simply build across the street which is in another city jurisdiction.