https://archive.is/7V8m3

Seems like the answer is no. A growing city needs 1) housing and 2) public transit. Unfortunately NIMBYs: "The city is trying to enact a change to its zoning code to make it easier to increase density, but residents sued; the case is still making its way through the court."

This sentence from the article seems telling as well - "Billions of dollars are being spent expanding public transit and widening a major thoroughfare." The public transit is good, but if a city continues to prioritize car infrastructure traffic will not improve.

Great question. Here's the answer: No.

I think Austin has a decent chance. 1) No prop 13 which keeps locks California property taxes at purchase price. It means long-term residents pay very little tax on very expensive property, so are unwillingly to sell (better to cash out with a refi and let the property keep appreciating, which creating real estate scarcity, pushing up prices, etc... 2) Austinites are well aware of the failings of California cities such, and fearful of making the same mistakes. Even the left leaning voters that flee to Austin from deep blue cities are by and large not the same group of voters that push progressive policies. They're well-off tech bro liberals that want higher quality of life, lower crime, and lower taxes.

Ask the people who can't afford their property taxes.