EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for April 24, 2023
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for April 24, 2023! 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
- Saturday, April 29, 2023, 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM: City of Escondido Arbor Day Tree Planting (to to help us plant over 120 trees for Arbor Day from Aster Street to Erica Street between Mission Avenue and Washington Avenue) at House of Prayer Lutheran Church, 795 N Rose St, Escondido, California, 92027. RSVP at Volunteer Event Registration.
Judiciary Reforms
- Read-up on Clarence Thomas to amend financial disclosure forms to reflect sale to GOP megadonor and Here's the history of Congress clashing with Supreme Court justices over ethics.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to push the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct. See Senate Democrats push for Supreme Court ethics code for justices and Outside groups take a first stab at a Supreme Court ethics code.
Gun Control
- Read-up on Outrage grows over the shooting of a Black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell.
- Contact Assemblymember Maienschein and State Senator Jones and ask them to pass legislation to protect us from gun violence such as SB-2 to ban people from carrying concealed guns into public spaces and “anyone younger than 21 from having a permit to carry their gun concealed and would require all permit holders to have more training, including on how to safely store and transport guns”.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass more comprehensive legislation addressing gun violence such as S.25 which will ban assault weapons and S.14 which will raise the age to be able to buy a gun from 18 to 21. Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla are co-sponsors of S.25 & S.14. Note that Representative Issa previously voted no on the Gun Safety Bill (S.2938) along with other gun safety legislation. See Demand a Federal Ban on Assault Weapons and Demand Action Against Gun Violence.
Homelessness
- Read-up on No vacancy: Homeless people turned away from San Diego shelters every day.
- Contact the Escondido City Council and ask them to do more to address the immediate needs of our community, such as, creating a Safe Parking Program similar to Encinitas and Vista and a Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement similar to La Mesa.
- Contact Assemblymember Maienschein and State Senator Jones and ask them to pass SB-567, the Homeless Prevention Act, which “limits rent increases and requires landlords to provide “just cause” for evictions”.
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