EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for December 20, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for December 20, 2021! 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. Happy Holidays!
Events
- December 20, 2021, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM: California Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting via Teleconference. Agenda includes Item #4 on Live Line Drawing. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at videossc.com here. Public comments may be made via Public Input Form.
- December 21 – 23, 2021, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM: California Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting via Teleconference. Agenda includes Item #4 on Live Line Drawing. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at videossc.com here. Public comments may be made via Public Input Form.
San Diego County Redistricting
- Read-up on Commission approves new San Diego County voting districts.
- Explore and read-up on the 2021 Redistricting Plan, Final Report, and Map. Escondido will be in District 5 with Oceanside, Vista and San Marcos along with other North County unincorporated city and tribal lands.
- In-Related News: read-up on Map by Map, G.O.P. Chips Away at Black Democrats’ Power.
California Redistricting
- Explore California Redistricting Draft Maps.
- Comment on California Redistricting Draft Maps. In the latest draft map update on December 18th-19th, Escondido is split between two U.S. Congressional Districts, CD48-SMESCPOW and CD50-SDCOAST, along Bear Valley Pkwy, Grant Ave and Valley Pkwy. For the State Assembly District, Escondido is with San Marcos, San Pasqual and Rancho Bernando under AD76-ESC-SA. For the State Senate District, Escondido with Valley Pkwy down to Poway and Santee, Alpine and Pine Valley under SD_SD-POW-ESC_ITERATION.
COVID-19 & Recovery
- Listen to Evictions in a pandemic.
- Read-up on The First Year of COVID: Farm and Construction Workers Among Those Most Likely to Die, Once labeled the most vulnerable, these San Diego ZIP codes are still seeing high COVID-19 rates and 800,000 Deaths
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass an inclusive recovery package under H.R.5376. Note that Representative Issa voted No on expanding child tax credits and universal preschool for children ages 3 and 4 among other “safety-net” expansions. See Indivisible's The Build Back Better Act, Explained and Winning an Inclusive Recovery in the Senate.
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.
Don't miss what's next. Subscribe to Escondido Indivisible: