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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

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Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts daily interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

Radio: KXJZ Capital Public Radio 90.9 FM

Categories: News & Politics

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Valley Vision releases its first Inclusive Economy Poll. Also, a Sacramento physician pens a debut fiction novel “Dry Spells.” Finally, the Sacramento Tree Foundation explains the city’s urban forest plan.

Valley Vision’s ‘Inclusive Economy Poll’

Each year, Valley Vision fields public opinion polls in partnership with Sacramento State’s Institute for Social Research to generate greater understanding of the most pressing issues facing our region. The Inclusive Economy Poll was Valley Vision’s first public opinion poll solely focused on the economic well-being of our eight-county region. Evan Schmidt is the CEO of Valley Vision and joins us with the results of the poll.

New Book ‘Dry Spells’

Dr. Archana Maniar was in the throes of frontline care working as an infectious disease physician in Sacramento during the pandemic, when she made a commitment to care for herself through creative writing. And what culminated was a debut fiction novel that draws on her own life’s parallels of calling both the U.S. and Mumbai home. Archana joins us with her novel Dry Spells - described as a culmination of decades of observations of life both in the East and the West, years of studying human nature during stress and sickness, and a love for storytelling.

Sacramento’s Urban Forest Plan

Long known as the “City of Trees,” Sacramento has drafted an ambitious plan to nearly double its tree coverage over the next 20 years. The proposal would expand the canopy from 19% to 35% by 2045, with priority given to neighborhoods with the lowest tree coverage. Sacramento Tree Foundation Executive Director Dr. Jessica Sanders and Director of Education and Community Engagement Garrett Werner talk about how they are working with the city, as well as the steps needed to obtain “tree canopy equity.”