The officials are just a reflection of the populace: most of whom would rather than SF were a sleepy neighbourhood rather than the city that it is. This is exacerbated by the fact that the majority of the local populace sort of missed the bus on the boom that happened and consequently dislike that it happened at all. So they're using the tool they have: politics.

FWIW, I know a lot of locals who graduated into tech or who were adjacent (EAs, front-office, etc.) and their lives are better for it, but there are lots who weren't appropriately positioned and missed the boat on the whole thing.