All this sounds accurate but hinges on a few presumptions. I'm leaving the comments I made though I've definitely taken unwarranted down votes for the same reasons I was first resistant to all this myself. I made all your arguments once upon a time. And in Little Italy your case is better, but in Gaslamp it's mostly moot because San Diego is literally the booziest city in the world by some metrics, so people use ridesharing out of different sets of necessity than environment or parking. The police blitz the DUI.

The main presumption is negatively affecting business. Not usually. We're not primarily tourist aimed in East Village. Little Italy is more so and Gaslamp almost exclusively. Yes, Petco Park traffic and Balboa Park traffic is frequent, but that's a vibrant aspect of the neighborhood unless you aren't really part of it and are a commuter. I catch myself taking my own car a few city blocks and trying to get home is intense, but I ought not have been so stupid living near a beautiful stadium as a perk and feature of our home.

Businesses are shifting to catering to the buildings around them, and if those do have parking, we get our guests day passes up to a certain amount per month as part of our parking rent. It's just about forethought again.

If I were a tourist or unintegrated person yes I'd be disgruntled too. But understanding your environment takes work and adaptation. If you live downtown and work elsewhere that's your choice. Live elsewhere and drink or eat out downtown without ridesharing, same. No friends with parking? Bummer. But shops here aren't dying for outside business anymore. We patronize local spots ourselves and Downtown is a short walk from end to end. It's small.

Factoring in all the social changes coming in we're not measured by the old standards and stuffy norms. We drink a lot. We walk around. We ride places. We work around the corner or remotely or cowork. We smoke weed more often easily. We generally get whatever we want delivered. We are here, now, on purpose not as diversion or at an aloof distance. The city is an extension of our home.

I feel like you're in a bracket of time locked expiration and perhaps bitter? People should know their surroundings as a rule and don't blame the place for being itself.

Last, parking doesn't automatically get used if it's there and that's the point of all this. Developers sort benefit but they need to go deep anyway if the building is tall enough. It's a shift away from living Downtown for the look and not actually living here. People actually live here more now, as present and rooted individuals who genuinely love it. I hope you locate that sense.