EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for January 9, 2023
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for January 9, 2022! Happy New Year! National Indivisible has published a new guide for 2023: A Practical Guide to Defeating MAGA (PDF). In Escondido, the seat for City Council District 3 is open for application until January 13, 2023, and an interview of applicants is scheduled at a council meeting on January 25, 2022.
Events
- Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #10 on Selection Of Clean Energy Alliance Default Energy Supply Option and Item #12 on Review Of Council Policies And Rules Of Procedure. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Thursday, January 12, 2023, 1:00 PM: Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. No agenda posted as of January 8th. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form. Audio recordings of previous LBoT meetings are available at escondido.org here.
Future Events
- Wednesday, January 25, 203, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes City Council District 3 Vacancy Appointment Interviews. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Congressional Accountability
- Read-up on House Republicans again set their sights on ethics watchdogs, McCarthy Proposes Gutting Ethics Watchdog in Bid for Speaker, and Kevin McCarthy’s speaker deal, explained.
- Contact Representative Issa and Representative Peters and ask them to “Reject Rules that Would Weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics”.
- In-Related News: read-up on Enablers, line-straddlers and quiet resisters: How GOP lawmakers contributed to Jan. 6, San Diegans warn 'democracy still in danger' two years after Capitol breach and San Diego’s connection to Jan. 6 remains even if many want to move on.
Homelessness
- Read-up on North County Service Providers Can’t Keep Up With Growing Homelessness, These are the stories of newly homeless San Diegans and San Diego County sees a record number of homeless deaths this year: 574 and counting.
- Contact the Escondido City Council and ask them to address the immediate needs of the community, such as, creating a Safe Parking Program similar to Encinitas and a Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement similar to La Mesa.
- In-Related News: read-up on Homeless Encampment Sweeps May Be Draining Your City’s Budget.
Reproductive Rights
- Read-up on Louisiana's abortion law leaves some doctors afraid to provide miscarriage care.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to “codify access to contraception into federal law” (such as H.R.8373 ) and to codify abortion rights (such as H.R.8296). Note that Representative Issa voted against codifying reproductive rights and praised the overturn of Roe vs. Wade.
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