Don't let Ezra Klein see this. ;-) Tbf, it's long overdue, it's a new bldg for an outdoor space, and it's on the roof of a parking structure (but idk if that's in the design). Even so, if we have $50M to renovate the nbhd's "living room," maybe some could go to improve the actual housing instead?

Speaking of spending a ton on parks, is Walnut Creek replacing the apparently great grass fields at Heather Farms with plastic turf? Why and how much did that cost? It's a lovely big collection of earthmoving equipment at least...

Apparently $6M.... With the local soccer group paying $1.5M over 15 years. All because the fields were out of service for ~2 weeks of rainy season and ~1 month for recuperation each year... walnutcreek.granicus.com/MetaViewer.p...

I don't know, there is lots of additional work in the bid if you look at it, you save a lot on water/mowing, they would have needed to reconstruct the grass fields anyway, and it's worth something to get a more consistent/better playing surface through the whole year as well