EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for June 20, 2022
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan fo June 20, 2022! Happy Juneteenth! California General Election will be Tuesday, November 8, 2022 which will include Escondido Municipal Election for Mayor, City Council Seat #1 and #2. Check your voting registration and register to vote if you’re eligible and not registered.
Events
- Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #10 on City Budget. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Escondido City Budget
- Read-up on Arts center subsidy could be cut to balance Escondido 2022-23 budget and How deep will cuts be to California Center for the Arts?
- Comment on Escondido City Council Meeting Agenda Item #10 on City Budget. See also Fiscal Year 2022/23 Annual Operating Budget.
- In-Related News: read-up on Escondido police chief Ed Varso to leave for same job in Menifee and How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own.
Voting Rights
- Read-up on A Georgia woman known as "Burnitdown" portends what the Trump movement is becoming at the grassroots level and More than 100 GOP primary winners back Trump’s false fraud claims.
- 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 the amended H.R.5314, H.R.4/S.4, H.R.1/S.1 and S.2747. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.5314, H.R.1 & H.R.4 which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate. See Support Democracy Reform with Voting Rights Protections.
- In-Related News: read-up on Ginni Thomas corresponded with John Eastman, sources in Jan. 6 House investigation say, Jan. 6 Panel Says Capitol Marcher Toured With G.O.P. Congressman and How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies.
COVID-19 & Healthcare
- Read-up on Universal Health Care Could Have Saved More Than 330,000 U.S. Lives during COVID.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to support S.3726 which funds research on long COVID-19. Ask for more funding to provide free testing, vaccination and treatment for COVID-19 and aid for the global pandemic response. See Va. Sen. Tim Kaine still has long covid symptoms, introduces bill to research the phenomenon.
- In-Related News: read-up on How American families are adapting to the pressure of medical debt and Some Clinics Aren’t Waiting for Roe Decision to Stop Abortions.
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