EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for August 30, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for August 30, 2021! Mail ballots for California Gubernatorial Recall Election have been mailed to all registered voters. Check your voter registration, check where’s your ballot or register to vote. Plan to vote before or on September 14, 2021. Stay safe and healthy!
Events
- Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 9:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting at Board Of Supervisors North Chamber Room 310, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 402, San Diego, CA 92101. Agenda includes Item #6 and #7 on Affordable & Moderate Housing Package, #8 on Homelessness and #11 on Community Choice Energy. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at sandiegocounty.gov here. Public comments may be made via eComment service or via email to publiccomment@sdcounty.ca.gov. See Voice Your Opinion.
- Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #4 on Middle Income Housing. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Thursday, September 2, 2021, 3:20 PM - 4:30 PM, 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM or 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: California Communities of Interest Input Meeting for Imperial & San Diego County via Teleconference. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at videossc.com here. Communities of Interest Input may also be submitted online at Draw My CA Community.
- Thursday, September 2, 2021, 6:00 PM: San Diego County Pre-Mapping (Communities of Interest) Public Hearing for District 3 via Zoom (scroll down to 9/2/21 for link & passcode) or In-Person at Escondido Chamber of Commerce, 720 N Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Communities of Interest Input may also be submitted online at Community Builder Tool.
California Gubernatorial Recall Election
- Vote! Mail ballots went out on August 16, 2021. Drop off your mail ballot via USPS or at a mail ballot drop-off location or vote in-person. Early in-person voting has started from Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Registrar’s office and from Saturday, Sept. 11 through Tuesday, Sept. 14, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at a polling place near you or the Registrar’s office. Track your ballot at Where’s My Ballot. See EDC 2021 Key Dates for Recall and EDC How to Vote PowerPoint Guide from 2020 Election.
Redistricting
- Read-up on Escondido Indivisible’s Communities of Interest Input: How to Keep Communities from Being Split or Underrepresented During Redistricting.
- Submit your Communities of Interest Input for San Diego County Redistricting at Community Builder Tool and to Center on Policy Initiatives at bit.ly/SDCR_COI.
- Submit your Communities of Interest Input for California Redistricting at Draw My CA Community.
COVID-19 & Economic Inequality
- Read-up on Eviction moratorium fatigue leads to increase in evictions around the US, Tenants in El Cajon facing eviction despite statewide moratorium and from earlier, County eviction moratorium quietly expires.
- Contact the Board of Supervisors and ask for the reinstatement of the county eviction moratorium given the ongoing economic recovery, pandemic and resurgence of COVID-19 cases in San Diego. The Supreme Court struck down the CDC limited nationwide eviction moratorium, and California eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of September.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to federally pause eviction given the ongoing economic recovery, pandemic and resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. Our website is at EscondidoIndivisible.com, and our sister group is at Escondido Indivisible on Facebook. Send us links and comments at EscondidoIndivisible50@gmail.com and @EscInd50 on Twitter. And feel free to forward our newsletter to interested parties! If you were forwarded this letter, you can subscribe here, and check the archive here.
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