EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for March 13, 2023
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for March 13, 2023! 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
- Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 9:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting at Board Of Supervisors North Chamber Room 310, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 402, San Diego, CA 92101. Agenda includes Item #24 on FY2022-23 Q2 Operational Plan Status Report. 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, March 15, 2023, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #1 on Board And Commission Interviews. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Labor Rights
- Read-up on Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ kids and Weakening child labor laws is the latest Republican target.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to pass legislation to increase protections against child labor violations and extend basic workplace protections for child workers in agriculture. See Next labor secretary should protect child farmworkers.
- In-Related News: read-up on Amid fight over ethnic studies, Carlsbad Unified scrubs ‘institutional racism’ from course description.
- In-Related News: read-up on Greek train driver told to ignore red light before deadly crash and Railway transport safety is failing. These lawmakers have a plan to help.
Reproductive Rights
- Read-up on Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication, A Texas man accuses three women of helping his wife obtain an illegal abortion and 5 women say Texas' abortion bans put their lives and health at risk.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to “codify access to contraception into federal law” and abortion rights. Note that Representative Issa had previously praised the overturn of Roe vs. Wade and voted against codifying abortion rights. See Oppose a National Ban on Abortion.
Federal Budget
- Read-up on National Indivisible’s Legislative Process 101: The Debt Ceiling and Debt Default Would Devastate US Economy, Moody’s Warns.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and express support for a clean debt ceiling increase. See Support a Clean Debt Ceiling Increase, Tell Your GOP House Representative You Oppose the MAGA Default Scheme and Tell Your Dem Rep: No MAGA Default, Save Social Security & Medicare.
- In-Related News: read-up on Loss of CalFresh funds means 7.7 million lost meals monthly, study finds and Extra SNAP benefits are ending. Here's what to know.
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