Strategic Growth Council Kicks off the Cap-and-Trade Program

California's Strategic Growth Council (SGC) took its first official action on the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program created in this year's budget. The SGC voted to adopt an amended version of the original staff recommendation which includes clear articulation of SGC as the leadership body, and would divide the program into two parts: an agricultural preservation piece and an integrated housing, transit/active transportation piece.  For more information and  to view a schedule of stakeholder meetings throughout California that are open to the public. Due to space limitations, registration is required in advance.  

UCD Graduate Course in Poverty and Public Policy

A new interdisciplinary course offered by the Center for Poverty Research will provide background on poverty statistics, theories, and evidence on the causes and consequences of poverty, and the history and efficacy of major anti-poverty programs in the United States. Course content will include both qualitative and quantitative aspects of poverty-related research. The primary instructor will be economics professor and Center co-director Marianne Page, but the course will also include a variety of interdisciplinary guest lecturers by UCD faculty affiliated with other departments, and invited speakers from outside the university. More information on the class can be found here.
 

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Poor People with Diabetes Ten Times Likelier to Lose a Limb

A new UCLA study demonstrates that California diabetics who live in low-income neighborhoods are up to ten times more likely to lose a toe, foot or leg than patients residing in more affluent areas of the state. The authors used data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey, which estimated the prevalence of diabetes among low-income populations by ZIP code. They blended these statistics with household-income figures and hospital discharge data that tracked diabetes-related amputations by ZIP code. The result was a detailed set of maps showing diabetic amputation rates by neighborhood for patients 45 and older. The study offers an important reflection on the power of data mapping and its use in diabetes prevention. To read the full study, click here.