EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for March 15, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for March 15, 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. Stay safe and healthy!
Events
- Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 9:00 AM: San Diego County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes Item #2 on Youth Development Training, Item #3 on Youth Transition Project, Item #11 on Covid-19 Response Update and Item #12 on San Pasqual Academy. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at sandiegocounty.gov here. Public comments may be made via eComment service or via email to [email protected]. See Voice Your Opinion.
Future Events
- Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 6:00 PM: Oversight That Affects Us All: San Diego County Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) Town Hall hosted by the Racial Justice Coalition of San Diego, North County Equity & Justice Coalition and NCSD NAACP among others. CLERB is the Citizens' Independent Oversight Board Committee for San Diego County Law Enforcement. RSVP via Zoom.
San Pasqual Academy
- Read-up on North County Report: 'San Pasqual Allows Them to Be Kids' and Advocates Fight To Keep San Pasqual Academy Open.
- Comment on Item #12 on San Pasqual Academy of the SDC Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda and support “authorization to request an extension from CDSS to continue operating SPA through June 30, 2022”.
Escondido Police Accountability
- Read-up on The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board: Escondido adopted the right police policy the right way.
- Read-up on Escondido police establish de-escalation policy, Escondido PD Releases New De-Escalation, Crisis Intervention Policy and Escondido police discusses updated de-escalation policies.
- Contact the Escondido City Council and express support for establishment of citizen review boards to investigate complaints against law enforcement officers as recommended by a 2015/2016 Grand Jury Report from San Diego County Civil Grand Jury. The City Council discussed the topic last October, but there have been no updates since then. See Grand Jury Report: Citizen Oversight Boards Of Police Behavior, Escondido Response to Grand Jury Report and Council, residents call for Escondido police oversight board.
Escondido Campaign Finance Controls
- Read-up on Escondido council adopts new campaign contribution rules. From last week, New Escondido council erases campaign finance reforms enacted by predecessors and our Twitter thread and blog post about newly elected City Council majority undoing Escondido campaign finance reforms.
- Write a letter to the editor about the newly elected City Council majority undoing Escondido finance campaign reforms. Call on the City Council to pull the proposed Ordinance 2020-27 from being made into law.
Voting Reforms
- Read-up on Voting laws proposed by Republicans in 43 states would limit voter access.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to support H.R.1/S.1 to strengthen our democracy. 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.
COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Centuries-Old Racist Medical Theory Causes Health Disparities For Black COVID-19 Patients.
- Read-up on A Year of Life in San Diego Through a COVID-19 Lens, COVID-19 One Year Later: 12 Months of the Pandemic in Photos, Covid-19: One Year Later and A year of covid-19: Timeline of the pandemic in America.
- Contact Supervisor Lawson-Remer and express concerns about still widespread community spread of COVID-19 & variant strains (we’re at 8.8 case rate and 15 community outbreaks). Express support for continuing public health measures to contain community spread of COVID-19. See also KPBS Trigger Tracker.
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