Yeah I was there last month, and had fresh sashimi and fish tacos sitting on the the deck at Point Loma Seafoods, where it was still 70 degrees and glorious at 6pm. And then I flew home to a cold, gray SF ;)
I grew up in San Diego, have been working on tech in SF for almost a decade, and love the idea of moving back.
The quality of life in (western) San Diego is so hard to beat. A couple dozen (or hundred) of us moving back with some meaningful experience and success could go a long way towards making San Diego a viable place to more easily build and sustain real companies.
fwiw — and I say this as a cofounder in probably the least successful YC batch of all time — the stuff coming out of the program these these is years ahead of what it was then.
It sounds like you're suggesting that his father deserved to be fired for attempting to support unionization. You can advocate for whatever you like, but understand that this position is in opposition to generations of workers-rights efforts.
This isn't a "concept," either. It's happening — first art goes up 7/7.
It's funded so far by tech and ex-tech people. Hopefully it's a helpful contribution to the growing bridge between the tech and arts communities in San Francisco.