EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for April 22, 2019
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for April 22, 2019! 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 | SDC Events Calendar
- Wednesday, April 25, 2019, 2:00 PM: Library Board of Trustees Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. **Agenda includes swearing in of newly appointed Trustees and update of strategic plan progress**
- Saturday, April 27, 2019, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Earth Day Community Service: Creek to Bay Clean-up at Lake Wohlford Rd, Escondido, CA 92027.
Trump-Russia Investigation
- Read-up on Key findings from the Mueller report, Mueller report: what you actually need to know, explained and Read Robert Mueller’s Written Summaries of His Russia Report.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to support H.Res.257 to begin investigating whether Trump should be impeached. See Demand your member of Congress support Rep. Tlaib's Impeachment Resolution and The Mueller Report Is an Impeachment Referral.
- In-related news: Hunter campaign reports spending at cigar lounge, liquor store, Trump hotel and GOP congressman climbs 'border' wall, doesn't actually make it to Mexico.
Voting
- Read-up on [UCSD Researchers Say Voter's Choice Act Increases Voter Turnout and Mueller Report Shows Flaws in U.S. Democracy.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to support H.R.1275 and S.549, which will “modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office,” while H.R.1 is stalled in the Senate. Note: Senator Harris is a co-sponsor of S.549. See Lewis, Hoyer, Clyburn, and Nadler Continue Their Push for Voter Empowerment.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB-177 which makes election day a state holiday and AB-363 which requires early voting availability in three days preceding election. See Indivisible CA: StateStrong’s scripts for AB-177 and AB-363.
Healthcare
- Read-up on CBO: over 1 million Americans have become uninsured since 2016.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to support legislations strengthening the Affordable Care Act and/or for Medicare-for-All like H.R.1384. See Tell Your Member of Congress to Support Medicare for All.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB-4 and SB-29 which extend Medi-Cal to all those eligible regardless of immigration status. See Indivisible CA: StateStrong’s scripts for AB-4 and SB-29.
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