March 2, 2025

EscInd: Action Plan for March 3, 2025

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s action plan for the week of March 3, 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 4, 2025, 11:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Special Meeting at Board of Supervisors North Chamber Room 310, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101.  Agenda includes Item #1 on San Diego County Behavioral Healthcare Board Conference and Return to the Board with Updates in August 2025. 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 4, 2025, 12:00 PM: March against Monarchy at 78 Freeway Intersection between Broadway & Lincoln in front of Escondido Toyota Dealership.

• Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 4:00 PM: Escondido City Homelessness Subcommittee Meeting at City Hall, Mitchell Room, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #1 on Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2025-2026 One-Year Action Plan for CDBG and HOME Funds.

• Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 3:30 PM: Escondido City Council Vision Workshop at City Hall, Mitchell Room, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. See agenda here. 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 7, 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 also Protest Friday At Rep Issa S Local Office To Demand Townhall Meeting Over Dismantling Of Federal Agencies.

Future 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. 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.

• Thursday, March 13, 2025, 4:00 PM: Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. 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 also Protest Friday At Rep Issa S Local Office To Demand Townhall Meeting Over Dismantling Of Federal Agencies.

• 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.

• 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.

Actions

Escondido

• Read-up on North County Mall recommended as temporary site for Escondido library, Escondido plans to temporarily move library to North County Mall and Escondido pivots on temporary library site, seeks new mall suite.

• Read-up on North County Report: More Detox Beds Are on the Way and Interfaith to repurpose shelter beds for withdrawal services.

• Contact the Escondido City Council and ask them to fund more emergency shelter beds and community-based services to meet the immediate needs of our community such as a Safe Sleeping Site Program similar to San Diego City, a Safe Parking Program similar to Encinitas, Oceanside or Vista and a Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement similar to La Mesa.

• In-Related News: listen to The needs of San Diego's homeless community in 2025 and read-up on Along freeways, homeless San Diegans are further from city sweeps and medical care and Inside California’s crackdown on homeless camps.

Healthcare & Federal Budget

• Read-up on California has a lot to lose if Trump slashes Medicaid. Seniors, kids and more could face coverage cuts, House GOP passes budget resolution, crucial step toward Trump's agenda and Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote.

• 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.

• In-Related News: read-up on Hundreds gather to protest in San Diego on Presidents Day.

• In-Related News: read-up on ‘People are frustrated. People are angry’: Fear and chaos grip San Diego’s 47,000-strong federal workforce, Local economist says San Diego County would not be the region it is today without federal jobs, Trump’s latest federal firings, explained and How Is the Trump Administration Funding DOGE?: DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion.

• In-Related News: read-up on Status of Oceanside Social Security office in doubt amid DOGE cuts, Congressman Mike Levin pushes back on Social Security office closures and staff cuts, Levin urges fight against Social Security cuts in Oceanside appearance, How will DOGE cuts to the Social Security Administration affect San Diego County? and What Are DOGE’s Plans for the Social Security Administration?

Immigration

• Read-up on [San Diego] Activists launch community patrols in response to promised ICE raids and ‘Afraid to go to school’: Immigrant families in the Salinas Valley are gripped by fear.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and oppose funding Trump mass deportations. See previously linked Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote and House GOP passes budget resolution, crucial step toward Trump's agenda.

• Contact State Senator Jones and oppose his bill, SB-554, to "prevent [CA] cities and counties from restricting local-federal cooperation on immigration matters". See Sen. Brian Jones Takes on California’s Sanctuary Law and Republican California senator introduces bill to roll back sanctuary immigration law.

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