If bringing people into the SF economy were actually a policy goal, you'd see very different policies deployed to that end. In fact, it seems like what's been decided is that we ought not bring more people into the economy (not because it's infeasible, just because we don't want to), so we are going to make it as painful as we possibly can.

Completely agree. SF is starting to see its set of socio-economic and cultural challenges and the situation might get worse before/if it gets better. A city of 800k can not take the bunt of 2M people without there being consequences. Local Govt policies aren't helping either.

You have to couple immigration policies with compatible housing, zoning, and social policies. Immigration policy is not the only lever.