EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for July 30, 2018
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for July 20, 2018! It’s less than 100 days until the Primary Election on November 6, 2018. Be sure to confirm that you’re registered to vote at sdvote.com. If you’re not registered to vote, you can register at registertovote.ca.gov. The deadline is October 22, 2018. If you would like to request a vote-by-mail ballot, you can mail an request application to the Registrar Of Voters.
Events | SDC Events Calendar
- Monday, July 30, 2018, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Libertad para Familias (Freedom for Families) at Corner of S Mission Rd & Ammunition Rd near 1139 South Mission Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028.
- Monday, July 30, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Escondido Climate Action Plan at City Hall, Mitchell Room, 201 North Broadway, Escondido CA 92025. See Climate Action Plan Documents and July 30th Escondido CAP meeting and E-Newsletter.
Monday
- Read-up on The Weekly List: Week 89.
- Read-up on How the Republican tax cuts are failing workers, in one chart and Dramatic increase in voters purged from voter rolls between 2014 and 2016: Report.
- Read-up on This Case Could Throw a Major Wrench in the Government’s Zero-Tolerance Prosecutions, Protesters Shut Down National City Council Meeting Over Earl McNeil Death, Arrests Made and San Diego County Fast-Tracks Waivers To General Plan For New Housing.
Tuesday
- Read-up on Feinstein Calls Out 'Sub-Standard' Conditions At El Centro Border Patrol Facility, Hundreds of migrants describe experience in federal custody, Report: 6-year-old separated from mother was sexually abused in an immigrant shelter and Number of children in Texas shelters continues to grow after end of "zero tolerance".
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to support legislations such H.R.5950 (HELP Separated Children Act), S.2468 (Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2018) and S.3036 (Keep Families Together Act) to “strengthen protections for immigrant families while they are in ICE custody”. See Family Separation: Trump’s Cruel Immigration Policy.
Wednesday
- Read-up on Kavanaugh Could Tip Supreme Court Against Gun Control Laws, Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court: the implications for Obamacare and Top Senate Democrat presses former president George W. Bush for Kavanaugh documents.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and ask them to block President Trump’s SCOTUS nomination, Justice Brett Kavanaugh. See Why We Must Stop Kavanaugh From Becoming Trump’s Next Supreme Court Justice and Block Brett Kavanaugh for the US Supreme Court.
Thursday
- Read-up on Russia-Claire McCaskill: hackers target 2018 election vulnerable Democrat and Trump, Election Hacking, and the Georgia Governor’s Race.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask for tougher sanctions on Russia and for congressional hearings and legislations that will combat and protect future U.S. elections from foreign interference. See Mandate Paper Ballots to Protect Our Elections and Safeguard Our Elections with Mandated Online Political Ad Disclosure.
Friday
- Read-up on Discretionary rules, policies await undocumented migrants.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and ask her to support SB-183, which “prohibits ICE from entering public schools, community college campuses, and state buildings without a warrant”, when it goes to the general floor for a vote.
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