The disputes look different neighborhood to neighborhood. In Alameda, organized maritime labor has held leverage over waterfront parcels that developers have targeted for mixed-use conversion. In Sausalito, municipal zoning fights have pitted arts-quarter tenants against higher-density residential proposals. What the conflicts share is their origin: conventional pressure from capital and local government, not top-down urban directives. The micro-scenes themselves remain active. Ferry-terminal arts quarters generate foot traffic that business improvement districts have been reluctant to displace entirely, which has given established practitioners unusual staying power in negotiations.