EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for February 22, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for February 22, 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!
Events
- Thursday, February 25, 2021, 5:00 PM: Virtual Covid-19 Townhall with Supervisor Lawson-Remer.
COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Local Vaccine Rates Highlight Barriers Facing Black and Latino Communities and San Diego County COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Highest In Wealthy ZIP Codes.
- Contact Supervisor Lawson-Remer and express concerns about the lifting of regional stay-at-home order. Tell her that you’re concerned about still widespread community spread of COVID-19 & variant strains (we’re up at 22.2 case rate and 22 community outbreaks).
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein, Senator Padilla and urge them to pass additional COVID-19 relief and $2,000 in direct stimulus payments. See Demand your Representatives build on Biden’s Rescue Plan to pass bold relief & Support the Biden-Harris Coronavirus Rescue Plan.
Voting & Government Reforms
- Read-up on State GOP lawmakers propose flurry of voting restrictions to placate Trump supporters, spurring fears of a backlash and Georgia Republicans File Sweeping Elections Bill To Limit Early And Absentee Voting.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to support H.R.1 & S.1 to strengthen our democracy. See Indivisible Democracy Guide, Indivisible Guide on H.R. 1: Strengthening Our Democracy and Support Democracy Reform with H.R. 1/S. 1.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB-37 to extend vote by mail to all elections in California.
- In related news: read-up on African Communities Warn Language Issues Could Shut Them Out of Redistricting.
U.S. Postal Service
- Listen to The U.S. Postal Service In 2021 After A Busy 2020.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to support H.R.695 & S.145 to repeal the USPS pre-fund retirement mandate which is causing an undue burden on the department. Senator Feinstein is currently co-sponsor of S.145. See Keep the Postal Service Solvent with the USPS Fairness Act.
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