EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for January 25, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for January 25, 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. Stay safe and healthy!
Events
- Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 9:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes item #07 on SDC COVID-19 response update and #13 on Framework For The Future: Saving Lives And Improving Health Outcomes Through Comprehensive Harm Reduction Approach. 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, January 27, 2021, 9:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes item #3, 4 and 7 on Framework For The Future including zero carbon and Climate Advisory Committee. 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, January 27, 2021, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes item #9 on moving meeting time from 6:00 PM to 5:00 PM and item #10 on Palomar Heights Project. See Major housing projects coming before Escondido City Council. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Escondido City Council urged to enforce county health orders, North County Report: Carlsbad to Step Up Restaurant Enforcement and How Carlsbad Restaurants Became Ground Zero for Coronavirus Defiance
- Contact the Escondido City Council and express concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in Escondido (we’re at 143.6 case rate and 10,747 total cases). 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 support for the regional stay-at-home order. Tell her that you’re concerned about still increased community spread of COVID-19 (we’re up at 60.6 case rate, 45 community outbreaks, and ICU capacity down at 11% while our hospital capacity has reached 81% meaning we only have 19% hospital beds available).
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein, Senator Padilla and urge them to pass additional COVID-19 relief and $2,000 in direct stimulus payments. See Urge Congress to Pass Additional COVID Relief Measures.
- In related news: read-up on One Year, 400,000 Coronavirus Deaths: How the U.S. Guaranteed Its Own Failure.
Voting & Government Reforms
- Read-up Indivisible Democracy Guide.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to support H.R.1 & S.1 to strengthen our democracy. See Indivisible Guide on H.R. 1: Strengthening Our Democracy and Support Democracy Reform with H.R. 1/S. 1.
Censure Issa
- #TBT: Read-up on Opinion: Darrell Issa Cannot Call for Unity Without Facing Accountability.
- Read-up on Republicans call for unity but won’t acknowledge Biden won fairly and 50th District Voters React to Rep. Issa’s ‘No’ Vote on Impeachment.
- Contact Representative Issa and ask for his resignation for his vote to discredit election results and his failure to hold President Trump accountable for his attempted coup. Rep. Issa needs to resign. He needs to be censured. He needs to be expelled from Congress. See Demand Consequences for Complicit Lawmakers.
Trump Attempted Coup
- Read-up on Ta-Nehisi Coates on Donald Trump's Legacy: Donald Trump Is Out. Are We Ready to Talk About How He Got In?
- Read-up on Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting AG and Trump entertained plan to install an attorney general who would help him pursue baseless election fraud claims.
- Read-up on Self-styled militia members planned Capitol storming in advance of Jan. 6, Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot and Organizers of Trump Rally Had Been on Campaign’s Payroll.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to impeach and remove 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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