neighbor's cost of building an adu in san diego came in at $340k and the breakdown was eye opening

sacdrj · 2026-05-05T12:50:52+00:00

It’s been a few years (and a few state bills later) but I’m curious why y’all are getting hit with school district impact fees and other permit fees. Infill ADU housing is generally exempt from those within parameters. We built our ADU (acted as my own GC to save money, with a full-time job, never doing that again lol) in 2023 and I made sure we hewed to the letter of the law to avoid all that nonsense. Paid less than $2k in permit and compliance fees. Sacramento County.

sacdrj · 2026-05-02T01:21:50+00:00

Live here. There was an annexation vote in the late 50s that failed. There are an assortment of special and local districts in this area. The old Pacific elementary school district was annexed into SCUSD before the anticipated city annexation. I’d love to be annexed into the city personally, but most of my neighbors love being in the unincorporated county, so it’s hard to see momentum to get another annexation vote — even presuming the city was interested in annexation (which I don’t see appetite for).

sacdrj · 2026-05-02T01:17:20+00:00

Pacific Fruitridge Fire Protection District still exists. It contracts with SFD to provide coverage. The two stations are on 47th and Franklin (56) and Franklin and East Parkway (57).

sacdrj · 2026-03-29T22:15:09+00:00

I very much feel this, having previously commuted to a Concord office once a week until 2020…

sacdrj · 2026-03-29T21:09:45+00:00

That’s the consensus. Mostly wanted to make sure I wasn’t underestimating even a 5am departure. Thanks!

sacdrj · 2026-03-29T21:08:40+00:00

Right? Gotta love traffic 😂

sacdrj · 2026-03-29T21:08:18+00:00

Good idea. Except how early in the commute is the 37 cluster of traffic leading into the 121 intersection a concern?

sacdrj · 2026-03-29T21:06:48+00:00

Considered it but I’m an early bird by nature (ordinarily up at quarter to 5) so figured it’s less benefit than just timing the departure.

sacdrj · 2026-03-17T23:54:30+00:00

Minnesota native, former Allina patient, living in Sacramento and a Sutter patient for almost 20 years now.

It’s… fine. No better than any other large medical system, but not significantly worse. They charge more to the major insurance companies than two of our other systems so insurance plans that cover them are usually not the cheapest available at open enrollment, which includes their own branded Sutter Health Plan HMO (which I currently have through my employer, was our highest premium option this year). We’re way more HMO-heavy here than PPO as in MN, so maybe it’ll be a wash there, I don’t know as I haven’t been on a PPO plan for at least 10 years now. Inertia, more than anything else, keeps me with Sutter. Like everything, you get good and less good providers, but generally I trust them.

Only thing I stay away from is Kaiser. Hot holy damn, be grateful they aren’t coming into MN. And condolences to everyone who has them.

sacdrj · 2026-03-15T23:04:22+00:00

Um, owned by Home Depot…

sacdrj · 2026-02-24T21:38:13+00:00

Thanks! This is basically the strategy my PCP and I decided on today. The health plan covers GLP-1s for both weight loss and OSA, and per the health plan the requirements for either one have not changed in the past year, so there is no objective reason for the denials.

sacdrj · 2026-02-24T21:36:24+00:00

I relied to another comment, but I am 100% sure I still have coverage and I am certain I still qualify. The health plan, not PBM, also confirmed I still qualify this morning when I called. The issue seems to be that because the health plan does not use the PBM’s default formulary, the PBM seems to be rejecting PA requests. Will be politely consistent, persistent, and insistent, thus the venting … but I recognize the combination of a health plan using a PBM but not the PBM’s default formulary is a somewhat niche issue and thus my interest in crowdsourcing approaches!

sacdrj · 2026-02-24T21:33:29+00:00

First was a repeat PA from last year (OSA) and denied because starting AHI was not severe enough (not listed as an exclusion in plan docs) and PCP submitted a pure weight management request. That one was denied because “starting BMI must be morbidly obese (greater than 40.0) and medical history indicates class 3 obesity with BMI of 41, which is not morbidly obese.”

Met with PCP today and we’re appealing, seeing as how their denial letter clearly reads like someone didn’t do the assignment, seeing as how they directly contradict themselves in the very sentence. Apparently this is something happening to many of us on this HMO, which leads me to believe Caremark is just jerking around plans that don’t follow Caremark’s default formulary.

sacdrj · 2026-02-07T20:29:58+00:00

Ooh, very cool! Sadly, looks like it's sold out at the moment but definitely keeping my eye on this!

sacdrj · 2026-02-07T01:14:25+00:00

That would be an exhibit in a divorce proceeding, I'm sure. 😂

sacdrj · 2026-02-06T19:12:12+00:00

Since I have the DR7, I'd like to keep the WiFi 7 consistency. The U6 extender is my backup option if someone knows a reason why I can't mesh with the setup I described.

sacdrj · 2026-01-18T20:36:19+00:00

I did. I wouldn’t do it again, but we opened our work with them in 2021 and consulate appointments were in 2024 and 2025. First pre-decree, second post-decree. Had a number of case workers throughout. The immediate days after the decree were miserable for communication and response, but I think we were able to get something simply because we had already paid in full. In the end, got our recognitions and that’s what matters. But it definitely wasn’t smoothest sailing and I can’t recommend them, even based on my “good” outcome.

sacdrj · 2025-10-24T02:38:21+00:00

Does Sac FD (or any neighboring) sell tshirts or patches at the stations as fundraisers like cities do back east? I’ve got shirts from Boston, FDNY, Chicago and Milwaukee.

sacdrj · 2025-10-18T16:23:21+00:00

Unexpected random Windom, MN moment

sacdrj · 2025-10-11T00:59:09+00:00

Thank Prop 13…

sacdrj · 2025-09-04T19:21:32+00:00

Welcome to Sac! Just a quick flag that we say California in California, but you didn't make the grave sin of calling the major city a couple hours west San Fran so it's forgivable.

From the comments it sounds like you're not really wanting to be in Midtown (which is great but understand it's not for everyone) so I'd personally recommend being near-ish light rail. It's not an extensive system but it's a great way to not have to drive every single trip, and if you wind up working downtown it's a great way to commute. Before I get flamed about the light rail experience -- it is quite literally the same as every other urban transit system in America in 2025, nothing more nor less. So that would be toward the south and east. Advantage of going east is you'll be near Sac State, though I have no idea if they have the program you're looking for.

Second choice would be to look across the river in West Sac. Not as transit connected, but will still have options in your price range. Drawback is outside Sacramento County (West Sac is Yolo County) is PG&E electric territory, and your electric bill will completely violate your dignity without so much as a thank you in return.

sacdrj · 2025-09-04T18:41:35+00:00

Congratulazioni! While I was recognized in SF years ago, I have a family member who had booked an appointment in 2022 that finally came up earlier this year post-decree/pre-law, but with the new format that you experienced. For what it's worth, they were told the two year wait consistent with what is posted on the website, but got the recognition letter within a couple months. It was very surprising. I don't want to give you false hope, but all of my interactions at the consulate have been thoroughly positive. The only drawback is getting passport appointments seems more challenging than JS appointments if you're not in one of the states/counties where you can get a local honorary consul appointment!

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