EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for June 14, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for June 14, 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.
Events
- Monday, June 14, 2021, 9:00 AM & Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 5:30 PM: San Diego County Budget Hearing at Board Of Supervisors North Chamber Room 310, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 402, San Diego, CA 92101. 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, June 16, 2021, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #12 on Community Choice Energy. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form. See Escondido council to allow both online and in-person public comments.
Voting Rights
- Read-up on Jim Crow Killed Voting Rights for Generations. Now the GOP Is Repeating History.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and express support for H.R.1/S.1 to strengthen our democracy. Thank them for being cosponsors of S.1. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.1, but the House passed the bill with a 220-210 vote. See Indivisible Democracy Guide, Indivisible Guide on H.R. 1: Strengthening Our Democracy and Support Democracy Reform with H.R. 1/S. 1.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB-37 to extend vote by mail to all elections in California.
Federal Minimum Wage
- Read-up on Why Four States Are Cutting A Key Lifeline For The Unemployed, Back-aching work. Low pay. No health care: Here’s why Chicago restaurant workers aren’t coming back and Worker shortage: How businesses are raising wages to fix the issue.
- 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 Millions Face Eviction With CDC Moratorium Ending And Delays In Rent Assistance.
Escondido City Budget
- Read-up on Escondido City Council increases police budget.
- Contact the Escondido City Council and ask them to consider re-imagining our city's approach to public safety and a budget in the future that invests more than 15% in our communities. Call for more non-enforcement programs for homelessness outreach, for example, rather than fund more in programs that focused on enforcement and disproportionately targeted communities of color and the unhoused. See Re-imagining Public Safety and Actions to Hold the Police Accountable (PDF version).
- In Related News: read-up on Another Consequence of Traffic Stops: Deportation and UCSD Students And Faculty Call For Abolishing Campus Police.
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