EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for December 28, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for December 28, 2020! 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. Stay safe and healthy! Happy Holidays and New Year!
Trump Abuse of Power & Hunter Campaign Misuse
- Read-up on Trump Pardons Include George Papadopoulos, Duncan Hunter. The Hunters will now serve no sentence for misusing more than $250,000 in campaign funds and rendering District 50 without congressional representation for more than four years.
Local COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Here's Where COVID-19 Outbreaks Have Happened In San Diego County and Pandemic Profile: The Emotional Toll Of Caring For COVID-19 Patients.
- Contact the Board of Supervisors and express support for the regional stay-at-home order. Tell them that you’re concerned about increased community spread of COVID-19 (we’re up at 36.3 case rate, 60 community outbreaks, and ICU capacity down at 18%).
- Contact the Escondido City Council and express concerns about the spread of COVID-19 (we’re at 87.0 case rate, 163.8 hospitalization, 29.7 intensive care and 41.3 mortality rate). Ask for more public health education and awareness of COVID-19 risks.
Federal COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on The U.S. was supposed to be equipped to handle a pandemic. So what went wrong? and President Trump unexpectedly capitulated Sunday night and signed the stimulus bill into law, releasing $900 billion in emergency relief funds into the economy and averting a Tuesday government shutdown.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and urge her to also pass additional COVID-19 relief quickly after the latest signed extension relief. $600 isn’t enough. See Relief Can’t Wait: Demand Congress Pass a COVID Relief Bill and Urge Congress to Pass Additional Coronavirus Relief Measures.
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