EVs as drop-in replacements for ICE vehicles would still have all the congestion, hazardous-to-pedestrians, spread out, lack of real downtown, etc. issues (i.e. LA) that people such as SF zoning/neighborhood people don't want. I suspect there are some anti-car people who are terrified of EVs because they remove the environmental/pollution/global warming argument against cars (at least, if the energy powering them is from nuclear/wind/solar).