Low band.....I LOVE low band !!! Works very well, despite those who complain about it, or who don't understand the frequency range/geographic aspects.
And, as pointed out above, -just go ahead and take a close look at the CHP system; I have a couple of friends from the job who started out here on the east coast, back in the day. They've both ended up in Ca., & are both in CHP (one very south, & his brother up in Napa Valley). Both will tell you, their comm. system is better than anything else they've ever used prior .... we were all hams ( the guy in Napa still is), as well as scanner guys, their dad was an engineer for Harris (-he gave me a full rf 230 setup for my BD one year, & I still have it) - so I kinda think that these guys pretty much know what they're talking about.
Long live VHF Low Band.