Patrick Band
@pband.bsky.social
Father, Husband, transportation planner, trail runner, climber of mountains, urban gardener, CA history nerd & lover of maps.
From a funding perspective, capital and operations dollars can almost never be substituted. More reliable busses would have a measurable impact on overall performance and reduce maintenance costs, but that’s *relatively* small potatoes vs to the need for operations $ to expand service & frequency
September 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From a funding perspective, capital and operations dollars can almost never be substituted. More reliable busses would have a measurable impact on overall performance and reduce maintenance costs, but that’s *relatively* small potatoes vs to the need for operations $ to expand service & frequency
Assuming water is #1, I’m surprised blood, sweat, and tears don’t round out the top 4.
Oh, and beer. Or coffee. Tea perhaps?
Oh, and beer. Or coffee. Tea perhaps?
July 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Assuming water is #1, I’m surprised blood, sweat, and tears don’t round out the top 4.
Oh, and beer. Or coffee. Tea perhaps?
Oh, and beer. Or coffee. Tea perhaps?
Most days, yes. But on behalf of my profession, I finally feel seen by the Wordle gods!!
July 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Most days, yes. But on behalf of my profession, I finally feel seen by the Wordle gods!!
Really unfair to try to do this across Counties. As a geographic subdivision of climate analysis, they’re effectively useless.
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Really unfair to try to do this across Counties. As a geographic subdivision of climate analysis, they’re effectively useless.
Where’s the vote from @asmdamonconnolly.bsky.social?
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Where’s the vote from @asmdamonconnolly.bsky.social?
I think you're incorrectly assuming that the self-described outdoorsy MAGA types are even broadly aware of what Senator Lee and the administration's plans are for public lands.
That being said, those of the more traditional Conservative outdoor mold are NOT happy:
That being said, those of the more traditional Conservative outdoor mold are NOT happy:
250 Million Acres of Public Land Eligible for Sale in Budget
Recent tweaks to the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee's plan to sell public lands could make as much as 40 percent of the nation's federally managed public lands eligible for sell-offs to ...
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June 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I think you're incorrectly assuming that the self-described outdoorsy MAGA types are even broadly aware of what Senator Lee and the administration's plans are for public lands.
That being said, those of the more traditional Conservative outdoor mold are NOT happy:
That being said, those of the more traditional Conservative outdoor mold are NOT happy:
Why not do both? Your 82 year old body will thank you.
May 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Why not do both? Your 82 year old body will thank you.
Sorry to upset your stomach with political reality. Couldn’t agree more re: Prop 13, but I’ll go for a less than ideal impact fee model over communities bereft of parks, or soiled by leaking sewers and pockmarked by broken roadways. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good (neighborhood).
May 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Sorry to upset your stomach with political reality. Couldn’t agree more re: Prop 13, but I’ll go for a less than ideal impact fee model over communities bereft of parks, or soiled by leaking sewers and pockmarked by broken roadways. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good (neighborhood).
Well that’s…shortsighted. As with most policy areas, the key is striking a balance. Going back to OP’s example, R1 and R5 have no logical basis for such radically different fees. You’re in the housing supply over everything else camp; I’m in the let’s have housing supply and some parks too camp.
May 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Well that’s…shortsighted. As with most policy areas, the key is striking a balance. Going back to OP’s example, R1 and R5 have no logical basis for such radically different fees. You’re in the housing supply over everything else camp; I’m in the let’s have housing supply and some parks too camp.
Capitulation to what, exactly? More people means more demand for services and amenities. How do you propose paying for those in areas like El Dorado County (to pick a random jurisdiction)?
May 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Capitulation to what, exactly? More people means more demand for services and amenities. How do you propose paying for those in areas like El Dorado County (to pick a random jurisdiction)?
And I agree on that front; but not every community has the political will to pass a dedicated tax to support parks & open space acquisition, much less maintenance. Ideological purity on issues like this tend to screw over the very people who need these community assets the most.
May 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And I agree on that front; but not every community has the political will to pass a dedicated tax to support parks & open space acquisition, much less maintenance. Ideological purity on issues like this tend to screw over the very people who need these community assets the most.
That makes…no sense. Please feel free to explain how Quimby, which has been law since ‘75, is unconstitutional.
May 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
That makes…no sense. Please feel free to explain how Quimby, which has been law since ‘75, is unconstitutional.
In an ideal non-Prop 13 world, local government would be able to fund parks and open space without a Quimby Act fee structure. But until then, or unless voters are willing to approve a sales or parcel tax, not a whole lot of other good options.
May 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
In an ideal non-Prop 13 world, local government would be able to fund parks and open space without a Quimby Act fee structure. But until then, or unless voters are willing to approve a sales or parcel tax, not a whole lot of other good options.