Vernon Ruse, left, looks over flood insurance information that Connie Perkins, a senior engineer with the Sacramento Utilities Department, is distributing. Staff members and community volunteers went door to door Saturday in older Natomas neighborhoods encouraging residents to buy a lower-cost, preferred risk policy before the area is officially included in a floodplain map in December, making insurance required – and more expensive – for residents with federally backed mortgages.
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