EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for April 20, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for April 29, 2020! 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. Stay safe and healthy!
- Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 9:00 AM: Board Of Supervisors Regular Meeting via teleconference. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at sandiegocounty.gov here Agenda includes item #02 on COVID-19 responses and item #4 on Newland Sierra. Public comments may be made via eComment service or via email to publiccomment@sdcounty.ca.gov.
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 12:00 PM: Earth Day Virtual Climate Uprising.
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting via teleconference to interview District #2 City Council Member candidates. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here.
Census 2020
- Share & take the Census 2020. 55% households have responded in Escondido and, likewise, 55% in the 50th District.
Former Rep. Hunter Campaign Fund Misuses
- Read-up on San Diego congressional candidates spent millions on primary; Hunter again draws FEC attention. Choice quote: “On April 14, the FEC sent Hunter’s campaign a letter requesting more information about what appeared to be excessive and impermissible contributions listed in the campaign’s financial disclosure covering the last three months in 2019.”
2020 Election
- Sign-up for Indivisible’s Write Letters to Voters with VoteFWD.
- Read-up on Voter ID: Kentucky makes it harder to vote in the coronavirus pandemic and How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and tell them that you support legislation such as S.3529 (which will “establish contingency plans for the conduct of elections for Federal office in response to national disasters and emergencies”) as well as include an emergency relief fund for the postal service and election protection. Both Senator Feinstein & Harris are co-sponsors of S.3529. See Demand Your Senators Ensure Safe, Secure Elections During the COVID-19 Outbreak.
COVID-19 Federal Response
- Read-up on In March, Trump Promised Resources To Fight The Pandemic. Few Happened, Timeline: How Trump And WHO Reacted At Key Moments During The Coronavirus Crisis and Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and urge them to pass additional relief for COVID-19. See Urge Congress to Pass Additional Coronavirus Relief Measures, What To Tell Your Members of Congress to Do About Coronavirus and People's Bailouts.
- In-Related News: read-up on President Trump made 18,000 false or misleading claims in 1,170 days.
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