Atlas/people/Dario Pineda.md
Dario Pineda
Contractor on [[rivet-yard]].
20% over budget with no signed change order. The change order is $84,000 and has sat unsigned on Rowan’s desk for five weeks.
Hobbs never signs it and never authorises it — authority row 12. What Hobbs can do is put the decision in front of Rowan framed as a decision, and note that five weeks of not deciding is itself a decision with a cost.
The City of Oakland permit desk is separate from Dario, and appears to be a desk rather than a person. It sends actual post.
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type: person
ventures: [rivet-yard]
quiet-list: false
updated: 2026-09-05
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# Dario Pineda
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Contractor on [[rivet-yard]].
**20% over budget with no signed change order.** The change order is **$84,000**
and has sat unsigned on Rowan's desk for **five weeks.**
Hobbs never signs it and never authorises it — authority row 12. What Hobbs can do
is put the decision in front of Rowan framed as a decision, and note that five
weeks of not deciding is itself a decision with a cost.
The City of Oakland permit desk is separate from Dario, and appears to be a desk
rather than a person. It sends **actual post.**