March 9, 2025

EscInd: Action Plan for March 10, 2025

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s action plan for the week of  March 10, 2025! Pick an action or two and commit yourself to doing them. As President Obama said in his farewell speech: Believe in your ability to bring change. Show up, dive in, stay at it.

Events

• Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 10:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting at Board of Supervisors North Chamber Room 310, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101. Agenda includes Item #9 on Ending Super Sanctuary County Status, Item #13 on a Camping Ban and Item #14 on County Budget Update. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at sandiegocounty.gov here. Public comments may be made via eComment service or via email to publiccomment@sdcounty.ca.gov. See Voice Your Opinion.

• Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 11:30 PM: Raise Awareness & Express Yourself Protest at the Intersection of W. Valley Pkwy and Escondido Blvd.

• Thursday, March 13, 2025, 4:00 PM: Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda has not been posted yet. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form. Audio recordings of previous LBoT meetings are available at escondido.gov here.

• Friday, March 14, 2025, 10:30 AM: Rally: Issa, Hold a Town Hall! at his Representative Issa's Escondido District Office, 221 W. Crest St #110, Escondido, CA 92025. Rally will be held every Friday this month. See Dozens rally to demand Rep. Darrell Issa hold a town hall and Protesters demand town hall from Issa.

• Saturday, March 15, 2025, 1:00 PM: San Diego Tesla Takedown Rally at Encinitas Tesla Dealership, 1302 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas, CA 92024. See ‘Tesla Takedown’ wants to hit Elon Musk where it hurts and Protests, broken windows, even arson: Tesla’s massive Elon problem.

Future Events

• Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.12milesout.com here (When a meeting is in session, a red "Live Streaming - City Council Meeting now in progress" button will be displayed at the top-right corner). Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.

• Friday, March 21, 2025, 10:30 AM: Rally: Issa, Hold a Town Hall! at his Representative Issa's Escondido District Office, 221 W. Crest St #110, Escondido, CA 92025. Rally will be held every Friday this month. See Dozens rally to demand Rep. Darrell Issa hold a town hall and Protesters demand town hall from Issa.

• Sunday, March 23, 2025, 4:00 PM: Save the Date for Rep. Issa Empty Chair Town Hall at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd, Escondido, CA 92025. See Dozens rally to demand Rep. Darrell Issa hold a town hall and Protesters demand town hall from Issa.

• Saturday, April 26, 2025, 8:30 AM: Save the Date for City of Escondido Arbor Day Tree Planting.

Actions

Federal Budget

• Read-up on A single day of DOGE remakes huge sections of government and Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care.

• Read-up on House Republicans Unveil Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown and House GOP releases stopgap bill to avert shutdown.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and oppose budget cuts to Medicaid and other critical services. Note that Rep. Issa voted yes to the budget framework that cuts Medicaid funding. See Reject Attacks on Medicaid to Fund Billionaire Tax Cuts, Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks and Urge Democrats to turn out against the GOP budget during March recess.

Immigration

• Read-up on Records show San Diego Sheriff might have violated sanctuary law and What’s happening with Trump's mass deportations? Expert breaks down stalled efforts and future plans.

• Comment on San Diego County Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Item #9 to support the county sanctuary policy and oppose repeal of it. See Supervisors vote to block San Diego County agencies from helping ICE deliver on mass deportations and Understanding San Diego’s Stricter ‘Sanctuary’ Policy.

Reproductive Rights

• Read-up on Trump administration moves to drop Idaho emergency abortion case and DOJ limits enforcement of FACE Act, fueling concerns among abortion providers.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and ask them to pass legislation to codify abortion, contraception and reproductive rights into federal laws such as H.R.782, H.R.3420 and H.R.4303. Note that Representative Issa had previously praised the overturn of Roe vs. Wade and voted against codifying abortion rights. See Indivisible's Abortion & Reproductive Freedom and Donald Trump Did This: How Trump Ripped Away Abortion Access by Ending Roe v. Wade — and How He’s Planning to Finish the Job.

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