Instead of lobbying, or fighting policy (the old way) hack together a crowdsourced version of a future San Francisco,and let the people chose how they want the city to look 400 years from now.
Something similar to the Manhattan Project, in New York, but instead of looking back 400 years, look forward 400 years.
The Manhattan Project, gives a mapped 400 year history of New York. One can watch the TED below.