EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for August 1, 2022
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for August 1, 2022! The General Election will be Tuesday, November 8, 2022 and will include 7 state ballot measures along with Escondido Municipal Election for Mayor, City Council Seat #1 and #2 and a ¾ cent sales tax measure. Check your voter registration and register to vote if you’re eligible and not registered.
Climate Change & Health Care
- Read-up on The policies in the Inflation Reduction Act, explained.]
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and express support for Inflation Reduction Act to “[invest] in cleaner energy solutions” and extend “lower Affordable Care Act premiums”. See Tell the Senate to Pass the Inflation Reduction Act Now!
Reproductive Rights
- Read-up on States With Abortion Bans Are Among Least Supportive for Mothers and Children and How Texas abortion law turned a pregnancy loss into a medical trauma.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation such as H.R.8373 to “codify access to contraception into federal law”. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.8373 (and had previously praised the overturn of Roe vs. Wade and also voted against codifying abortion rights) but H.R.8373 passed the House. See Breaking: Call now to protect contraception access and same-sex marriage.
2022 Election
- Read-up on 2020 election deniers are winning secretary of state races.
- Read-up on Sales tax hike headed for November ballot in Escondido and Escondido Council Sends Sales Tax Measure to November Ballot.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to pass legislation to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 such as the amended H.R.5314, H.R.4/S.4, H.R.1/S.1 and S.2747. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.5314, H.R.1 & H.R.4 which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate. See Support Democracy Reform with Voting Rights Protections.
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