EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for August 2, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for August 2, 2021! California Gubernatorial Recall Election will be on September 14, 2021. Check your voter registration or register to vote. Mail ballots will be mailed to all registered voters starting August 16th. On The Newsom recall: What happens between now and election day:
The ballots contain two questions:
- Should Newsom be recalled?
- Regardless how you voted on the first question, if the governor is recalled, who should he be replaced by?
If more than 50% of voters say that Newsom should be recalled, the top vote-getter in the second question will serve the rest of Newsom’s term, regardless of how few votes that candidate gets.
Events
- Monday, August 2, 2021, 11:00 AM: Community Meeting on San Diego Redistricting via Zoom. Register at Zoom.
- Thursday, August 5, 2021, 6:30 PM: Community Meeting on San Diego Redistricting with jean-huy (Center on Policy Initiatives) & Escondido Indivisible via Zoom. Register at Zoom.
Voting Rights
- Read-up on There’s growing concern — bordering on alarm — about the potential impact in 2022 of the raft of new voting restrictions.
- 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 H.R.1/S.1. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.1 which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate by the filibuster. See Demand your Senator Eliminate the Filibuster to Pass S. 1 and Support Democracy Reform with the For the People Act.
- Contact State Senator Jones and ask him to support AB-37 to extend vote by mail to all elections in California. AB-37 passed the Assembly 59 to 16. Assemblymember Waldron voted no against extending vote by mail and making voting more accessible.
Police Accountability
- Read-up on Fatal shootings by police continue despite a pandemic, protests and pushes for reform.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and ask her to vote yes on SB-2 to create a decertification process for peace officers. SB-2 passed the Senate 26-9. Senator Jones voted no to holding police accountable for misconduct or criminal conviction four times during the three hearings and on the Senate floor. See SB-2 Fact Sheet, #TeamJustice SB2 Letter Template and Police Decertification Bill Moves Forward (scroll down).
COVID-19 & Economic Inequality
- Read-up on Federal eviction protections have ended, leaving renters scrambling
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to pass legislation to federally pause eviction given the ongoing economic recovery, pandemic and resurgerrence of COVID-19 cases.
- In-Related News: read-up on CDC: Data Shows Vaccinated People Can Spread The Delta Variant and The C.D.C.’s decision on masks rests on new data showing the Delta variant thrives in the nose and throat.
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