September 22, 2024

EscInd: Action Plan for September 23, 2024

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s action plan for the week of September 23, 2024! We're ~44 days away from Election Day on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Mail ballots will be mailed after October 6th to all registered voters in San Diego County. Register to vote, check your voter registration, track your mail ballot and plan to vote!

Events

• Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 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 #12 on Youth Behavioral Health Continuum Framework and #14 on Aging Roadmap 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.

Future Events

• Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda may include City Abatement Policy Review and Climate Action Plan Annual Progress Report. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.12milesout.com here (Note the new link leading directly to the streaming broadcast; 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, October 3, 2024, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM: 2024 Escondido City Council Candidate Forum (moderated by Escondido Times-Advocate Editor David Ross and Chamber of Commerce Madam Chair Deanna Smith) at California Center for the Arts, Escondido Foundation Conference Center, 340 N Escondido Blvd. Doors open 6:00 PM. Questions for consideration can be submitted at VoteEscondido.com.

• Wednesday, October 9, 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, October 10, 2024, 2:00 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.org here.

Actions

Election 2024

• Register to vote if you’re eligible, check your voter registration, sign-up to track your mail ballot and plan to vote. The Presidential Election will be on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, and mail ballots will be mailed starting the week of October 6 to all registered voters in San Diego County.

• Volunteer to Get Out the Vote (GOTV) and signup to canvas, phone/text bank or write postcards with the Escondido Democratic Club, National Indivisible, Women for Kamala Harris or Postcards To Voters.

• Read-up on KPBS Voter Hub and CalMatters California Voter Guide. We've also wrote about the 2024 Election and How to Vote.

• Read-up on Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots, Georgia's election board OKs controversial new voting rule, Network of Georgia election officials strategizing to undermine 2024 result and Georgia’s New Elections Rule (to delay or reject election results) Violates State Law, Experts Say.

• Read-up on 14 pro-Trump electors from 2020 are returning for 2024 and False claims about noncitizens voting are having a real impact.

• Read-up on Officials warn that problems with US mail system could disrupt voting and Suspicious mail sent to election officials in multiple states.

Reproductive Rights

• Read-up on Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable, Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis finds and Louisiana hospitals and pharmacists prep for new abortion pills rules.

• 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 and Indivisible's Abortion & Reproductive Freedom.

• In-Related News: read-up on Imperial County has one maternity ward left. These women are bearing the risks.

Judiciary Reforms

• Read-up on How Chief Justice Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak, The End of Judicial Independence and Ginni Thomas Email Praised Group Opposing SCOTUS Reform.

• Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Butler and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to enforce a code of conduct for the Supreme Court (see previous proposed S.325/H.R.927) and expand SCOTUS such as S.1616/H.R.3422. See Reform the Supreme Court.

Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. Our website is at EscondidoIndivisible.com. Send us links and comments at EscondidoIndivisible50@gmail.com. And feel free to forward our newsletter to interested parties! If you were forwarded this letter, you can subscribe here, and check the archive here.