EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for July 5, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for July 5, 2021! Happy Fourth of July! September 14, 2021 (72 days from now) will be the California Gubernatorial Recall Election. Check your voter registration, request Vote-By-Mail ballot if you’re not a permanent mail ballot voter (ballots will not be automatically mailed to all voters but only to permanent mail ballot voters or those who requested it) or register to vote. See San Diego County Registrar Makes Plans For Recall Election.
Events
- Sunday, July 11, 2021, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM: CA 50 Coalition Phone Bank Training to register new voters via Zoom.
- Sunday, July 11, 2021, 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM: CA 50 Coalition Phone Bank to register new voters via Zoom.
Voting Rights
- Read-up on What's Next For Voting Rights After Supreme Court Decision.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to pass legislation to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 such as H.R.1/S.1. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.1. See Deadline For Democracy.
- Contact State Senator Jones and ask him to support AB-37 to extend vote by mail to all elections in California. AB-37 passed the Assembly 59 to 16. Assemblymember Waldron voted no against extending vote by mail and making voting more accessible.
Police Accountability
- Read-up on State auditor to investigate deaths at San Diego County jails, Sacramento Report: State Will Probe San Diego County Jail Deaths, San Diego [City] police oversight commission says officers are failing to activate body-worn cameras and San Diego City Council Commits To Ongoing Policing Reforms.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and ask her to vote yes on SB-2 to create a decertification process for peace officers. SB-2 passed the Senate 26-9. Senator Jones voted no to holding police accountable for misconduct or criminal conviction four times during the three hearings and on the Senate floor. See SB-2 Fact Sheet, #TeamJustice SB2 Letter Template and Police Decertification Bill Moves Forward (scroll down).
COVID-19 & Economic Inequality
- Read-up on LA County sees surge in virus cases, urges vaccinations, California virus cases rising as delta variant spreads and Delta Variant Causing Surges In Low-Vaccine Countries.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to push for legislation that pays for time off for workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot and recover from vaccine side effects, for example, to lower the barriers for vaccine access. See Unvaccinated workers are concerned about missing work because of vaccine side effects and They Haven’t Gotten a Covid Vaccine Yet. But They Aren’t ‘Hesitant’ Either.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation such as S. 53/H.R. 603 to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla are co-sponsors of S.53. See Raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $15.
- In Related-News: read-up on Do Vaccinated People Still Need To Wear Masks? If So, When?
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