EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for June 8, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for June 8, 2020! Stay safe and healthy! 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
- Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting via teleconference. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Agenda includes item #9 involving Board & Commission Interviews. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Police Violence
- Read-up on 'It’s Never Stopped': Racial Injustice Ignites Protests Across San Diego.
- Read-up on Escondido Indivisible’s Actions to Demand Police Reforms with actions to support AB 2054 (CA C.R.I.S.E.S. Act), to demand an independent police commission in Escondido and to enact #8CantWait police reform policies.
Local COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on County Supervisors Vote To Extend Moratorium On Evictions, County Lays Out Backup Plan If Second Wave Of COVID-19 Arrives and Here Are the 13 Triggers That Would Move San Diego Back Into Lockdown.
- Note that in 7 days from May 31th to June 6th, San Diego County had 995 new positive cases, 97 new hospitalization cases, 17 new intensive care cases and 27 new death cases. See LA Times’ San Diego County coronavirus cases and California coronavirus cases.
- Note that Escondido currently has 300 total positive cases (up 63). See San Diego County COVID-19 Cases.
- In-related news: read-up on Thousands Who Got COVID-19 in March Are Still Sick.
Federal COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on The C.D.C. Waited ‘Its Entire Existence for This Moment.’ What Went Wrong? and Trump in Maine: Puritan will throw away coronavirus swabs.
- 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.
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