EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for February 8, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for February 8, 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 Lunar New Year!
Events
- Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 9:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes item #02 on SDC COVID-19 response update, #9 on Covid-19 Small Business Recovery Plan and Employee Sick Leave Policy, #10 on Covid-19 Compensation Framework and #11 on Declaring Pollution At The Tijuana River Valley A Public Health Crisis. 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, February 10, 2021, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes item #15 on Climate Action Plan Update. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Escondido Climate Action
- Read-up on Escondido City Council Meeting Agenda’s Item #15 on Climate Action Plan Update and Letter from Escondido Community Advisory Group on Climate and Environmental Action Subcommittee on Equitable and Effective Measures for the ECAP.
- Comment on Item #15 on Climate Action Plan Update.
- Contact the Escondido City Council and support the Climate Action Plan.
- In related news: read-up on G.M. Will Sell Only Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035, County Partners with UC San Diego on Plan to Reach Zero Emissions by 2035, San Diego County teams with UCSD on plan for zero-carbon by 2035, and Proposal to transform Valencia Business Park into renewable energy hub moves forward.
Local COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on An Illustrated Guide To Coronavirus Variants That Worry Scientists and Actual Coronavirus Infections Far Higher Than Confirmed Cases, Model Shows.
- Read-up on Restaurant, Retail COVID-19 Outbreaks Decreased During Stay-At-Home Order and CA failing to track COVID-19 workplace infections, deaths.
- Contact the Escondido City Council and express concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in Escondido (we’re at 143.6 case rate and 13,249 total cases as of Jan.16th). Express concerns about businesses who are not complying with public health orders. Ask for more public health education and awareness of COVID-19 risks.
- 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 42.5 case rate, 73 community outbreaks, and ICU capacity down at 18%).
Federal COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on America’s unequal jobs recovery in 7 charts and The risks of going too big on stimulus are real — but going too small could be riskier.
- 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 After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote & State Republicans Weigh New Laws Making It Harder To Vote.
- 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.
Trump Attempted Coup
- Read-up on 77 Days: Trump's Campaign to Subvert the Election and More Than A Month Later, It's Still Jan. 6 On Capitol Hill.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to convict and permanently disqualify President Trump from Office. President Trump needs to be held accountable for inciting a violent attempted coup at the Capitol and be disqualified from running for reelection. See Demand Your Senator Return to Congress to Support the Conviction and Permanent Disqualification of Donald Trump and Impeach and Remove Donald Trump.
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