EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for Nov. 16, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for November 15, 2020! 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, Nov. 17, 2020, 9:00 AM: Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting via teleconference. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at sandiegocounty.gov here Agenda includes item #08 on SDC COVID-19 response update. Public comments may be made via eComment service or via email to [email protected]. See Voice Your Opinion.
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, 5:00 PM: Board of Supervisors Truth Act Community Forum on County Sheriffs Department providing ICE access in 2019 via teleconference. 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.
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes item #11 on adoption of campaign contribution limit reduction. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Escondido Election & Campaign Finance Reforms
- Read-up on North County Report: Where Voters Landed (Hint: All Over the Place!) and Election 2020: Escondido council will have a conservative majority once again.
- Comment on Item #11 of the City Council Agenda on adoption of campaign contribution limit reduction and reiterate support for adopting a policy to lower the campaign contribution limits ($1,000 for city council candidates and $1,700 for mayor or city treasurer candidates). Ask them to consider putting forth a more robust conflict of interests policy such as asking city council members to recuse themself from voting on a donor’s development project or proposal. See Escondido City Council votes to reduce campaign contribution limits.
- Contact Mayor McNamara and the City Council and reiterate support for adopting a policy to lower the campaign contribution limits. Note that City Council Morasco voted no against the proposed campaign reforms.
San Diego County Collaboration with ICE
- Read-up on A Year Into California's 'Sanctuary' Law, Not All Police Departments' Policies Reflect Its Changes and One Year Later: SB 54 Implementation in San Diego County posted in 2019.
- Comment on the Truth Act Forum and ask the County Sheriffs Department to stop collaborating with ICE. See Participate in the Truth Act Community Forum.
- In-Related News: read-up on Lawyers can't find the parents of 666 migrant kids, a higher number than previously reported.
COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on U.S. Continues To Set Records For Daily Coronavirus Infections, Unwelcome Milestone: California Surpasses 1 Million COVID-19 Cases and SD County Reports Additional 1,281 COVID-19 Cases Over Two-Day Period.
- Read-up on Why Bay Area Counties Are Beating Coronavirus While San Diego Struggles and Lock Yourself Down, Now.
- Contact Supervisor Gaspar and express concerns about San Diego County COVID-19 positivity rates not being contained (8.9 case rate and 45 community outbreaks). Urge caution about reopening San Diego County without sufficient testing, contract tracing capacity and hospital and nursing staff.
- In-Related News: read-up on More than 130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected with coronavirus or quarantining in wake of Trump’s campaign travel and The second White House coronavirus outbreak: Mark Meadows, the Secret Service, and more.
Trump Refusal to Concede
- Read-up on Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation on transition and In Trump’s final days, a 30-year-old aide purges officials seen as insufficiently loyal.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and ask her to demand GSA Administrator Murphy to stop obstructing transfer of power. See Demand GSA Administrator Murphy Stop Obstructing Transfer of Power.
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