November 17, 2024

EscInd: Action Plan for November 18, 2024

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s action plan for the week of  November 18, 2024! 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

• Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. See meeting agenda. 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.

Future Events

• Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 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.

• Thursday, December 12, 2024, 4:00 PM: Escondido Library Board of Trustees 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. Audio recordings of previous LBoT meetings are available at escondido.gov here.

Actions

The Arts

• Read-up on Escondido seeking new management for California Center for the Arts, Future of Escondido's ‘crown jewel' theater in jeopardy as city looks to cut costs and Escondido arts center may get new management, residents concerned.

• Contact the Escondido City Council and ask them to support the California Center for The Arts Escondido Foundation (CCAEF) to continue managing the CCAE. See Raise Your Voice: Shape the Future of CCAE.

Post-Election Day

• Read-up on Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink.

• Volunteer to help cure ballots and phone-bank for Derek Tran for Congress in CA-45, and check back for other ballot curing events at Mobilize. See Democrat Derek Tran pulls ahead of GOP's Michelle Steel by 36 votes in the 45th House District and Democrats nab 2 wins in tight SoCal races that could decide if the House goes red or blue. Note that AP has called 218 GOP to 212 Dems seats with 5 races left to be called.

• Volunteer to write postcards for Mississippi Supreme Court Justice in Re-Election Runoff with Postcards To Voters. See How [State] Supreme Court Elections Set the Stage for Coming Battles, from Voting to Abortion.

• Contact Senator Butler and Senator Padilla and ask them to confirm President Biden's judicial nominees and fill every judicial vacancy before the end of the year. See Demand the Confirmation of Biden's Judicial Nominees and Tell your Senators to fill every judicial vacancy NOW. Note that Representative Adam Schiff has been elected as a California senator replacing Senator Butler.

• In-Related News: read-up on California judge rules Huntington Beach can proceed with voter ID law.

Immigration

• Read-up on As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep, Migrant advocates mobilize in wake of Trump election, Donald Trump has promised a closed border and mass deportations. Those affected are taking action, and California workers could lose deportation protections.

• Read-up on Trump announces former ICE official Tom Homan as border czar and Trump is stacking his White House with immigration hawks.

• Contact Senator Butler and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to protect undocumented immigrants and provide them a pathway to citizenship.

• Contact Assemblymember Maienschein and State Senator Jones and ask them to provide more funding to protect California immigrant communities from losing their residentship and citizenship protections. See Newsom calls special session to ‘Trump-proof’ California and California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency. Note that Assemblymember Maienschein is termed out and Democrat Darshana Patel is leading by 7.8% point in the race for the 76th assembly. State Senator Jones is the current Republican leader of the State Senate.

Reproductive Rights

• Read-up on I’m An OB-GYN. I Was Forced To Travel Out Of State To End My Wanted Pregnancy and Testimony begins in Idaho case filed by women denied life-saving abortion care.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Butler and Senator Padilla 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 Codify Abortion Rights, 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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