[nogabebop23]

"dismisses fears that the surcharge will drive companies out of the city, saying the tax is modest in comparison to the cost of moving a business."

...until it's not. Amazon has shown us there are lots of attractive jurisdictions ready to shower companies with tax incentives to relocate; SF feels like a city that's enjoyed the benefits of many factors not directly of their making and they could be in for a strict reckoning. We will see...

[vharuck]

What I took away from the Amazon pageant was that companies choose locations mostly by access to natural or social resources (educated workers, in Amazon's case). Same as always. But big companies can humor more towns to gin up bidding wars.