EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for July 13, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for July 13, 2020! Check Your Voter Registration (113 days until Election Day 2020) and take the Census 2020 if you haven’t already (Escondido has a 67.5% response rate, or more than 1/3 of residents have not responded, so far). Stay safe and healthy!
Events
- Monday, July 13, 2020, 6:30 PM: Escondido Climate Action Meeting via teleconference (see link for meeting info).
- Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting via teleconference. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Agenda includes consideration of a sales tax (#23 & 24) and term limit (#25) before voters in the upcoming Election. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Thursday, July 16, 2020, 2:00 PM: Transit Equity Town Hall: Mobility, Race, and the Economy via Webinar (see link for meeting info).
Trump Presidency & Abuse of Power
- Read-up on Roger Stone: President Trump Commutes Sentence Of Adviser, Alexander Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House 'campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation' and The past 24 hours in Trump legal issues and controversies, explained.
- Read-up on Trump Friends and Family Cleared for Millions in Small Business Bailout and Trump donors among early recipients of coronavirus loans.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and call for President Trump to resign due to his continued blatant abuse of power in granting clemency to Roger Stone and retaliation of Lt. Col. Vindman.
Federal COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Americans gave up a lot to stop coronavirus. Leaders wasted the sacrifice.
- Read-up on PPE shortage: U.S. is running short of masks, gowns and gloves, healthcare workers say, Coronavirus testing in the US is abysmal. Again. and The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and express support for additional COVID-19 relief proposed by the HEROES Act. Note that the HEROES Act has passed the House. See Indivisible's HEROES Act Summary.
- In-related news: read-up on Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale.
Local COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on The End of California's Coronavirus Miracle.
- Read-up on San Diego's Contact Tracing Program Not Keeping Up With Virus Surge and COVID-19 Community Setting Outbreaks Continue to Be Confirmed in County.
- Contact the Mayor McNamara and the rest of Escondido City Council and express concerns about Escondido’s increased COVID-19 positive cases. Ask for more community health communications and education locally in Escondido about COVID-19. As of July 11, 2020, Escondido currently has 784 total positive cases (which is 517.6 per 100,000 and up 132 from last week) compared to our neighbors: San Marcos with 398 (up 88), Vista with 467 (up 85), Carlsbad with 311 (up 76), Rancho Santa Fe with 40 (up 9) and Poway with 132 (up 33).
- Note that as of July 12, 2020, San Diego County had 140.5 per 100,000 case rate, 18 community outbreaks in a 7 day period and 67% case investigation rate over a 7-day period. See SDC’s COVID-19 Triggers Dashboard and Daily 7/12 Status Update and LA Times’ San Diego County coronavirus cases and California coronavirus cases.
- In-related news: read-up on How To Protect Yourself From The Risk Of Airborne Coronavirus Transmission?
Police Violence
- Read-up on Qualified Immunity's Role In Police Accountability and “I Can’t Breathe.” It Happens at Schools, Too.
- Contact the EUSD Board of Education and Superintendent and ask them to remove police presence from Escondido Unified schools (as Special Resource Officer).
- Contact State Senator Jones and ask him to support AB 2054 which “will establish the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (C.R.I.S.E.S.) Act pilot grant program, to fundamentally improve emergency responses for vulnerable populations in California, by strengthening, expanding and promoting community-based responses to emergency situations”. AB 2054 passed the Assembly 78-0 on June 18, 2020.
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