[arnoldwh]

I think the "backlash" is a symptom, not the cause.

The cause likely has a lot more to do with an unnatural supply constraint imposed previously as well as very little in the way of a public transportation infrastructure that would better enable workers (both tech and other) to live where they would like, at a price they want to pay.

[wwweston]

Transport infrastructure is one of the issues I'd think would be a no-brainer for support as far as public or even shared private projects go.

Providing transportation to your workers isn't a core function that you want to be working on yourself as a business; it's a problem you'd prefer to externalize or share. And the better the transportation infrastructure of a city functions, the more likely the city in general will be a desirable place for workers to settle.