Insight: Assessing the Assessment / Hood Corps / Smart shopping (March 20, 2007)

People in the Sacramento area have until April 18th to vote on whether they want to pay for better flood protection. Today on Insight, find out about the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency's proposal to create a new assessment district. It would incorporate some current flood assessment districts and add new ones to meet SAFCA's goal of protecting the area against a 200-year flood. Learn how much the flood assessment would cost and what's at stake.

You've heard of the Peace Corps but have you heard of the Hood Corps? Meet an inner-city community service group that's developing Oak Park's next generation of leaders. Hear what the director of the program has to say, as well as two Corp members - one of whom is not from Oak Park. Also, we'll talk to a local business owner who says the Hood Corps has helped raise property values.

UC Davis sociologist Ellis Jones has written a book that ranks how enviornmentally and socially concious businesses and their products are. Find out what to buy from beer to cars.

This item is part of the collection: KXJZ's Insight

Date: 2007-03-20
Keywords: KXJZ; Insight; Sacramento public radio; UC Davis; Hood Corps; Oak Park; flood assessment; SAFCA; Ellis Jones; Better World Shopping Guide; Capital Public Radio

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Reviewer: Grox37 - - October 30, 2007
Subject: Insightful Stuff!

Jones makes some key points about consumers and globalization.