EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for Nov. 23, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for November 23, 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. Hope you all stay safe and healthy during the holidays!
San Diego County Collaboration with ICE
- Read-up on Ahead of Forum, Immigrant Advocates Say San Diego Sheriff Is Breaking The Law and More than 100 residents criticize Sheriff's Dept.'s work with ICE during Truth Act community forum.
Local COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on San Diego Hospitals Brace For Surge In COVID-19 Patients, Largest Number Of New SD County COVID-19 Cases: 1,478 and Daily California coronavirus cases triple as pandemic worsens.
- Contact Supervisor Gaspar and the Board of Supervisors and urge them to implement tighter restrictions to contain widespread community COVID-19 outbreaks (10.7 case rate, 55 community outbreaks, and 15% hospitalization increase).
Federal COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Alex Azar, HHS secretary, says department won't work with Biden's team until federal agency determines he won.
- Read-up on Federal Coronavirus Data Show Health Care Staff Shortages Plague Hospitals, A health worker on receiving threats from coronavirus deniers and This Pandemic Must Be Seen.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and ask her to demand GSA Administrator Murphy to stop obstructing transfer of power. Urge her to also pass additional COVID-19 relief such as proposed by the HEROES Act. See Demand GSA Administrator Murphy Stop Obstructing Transfer of Power, Tell your Members of Congress: Fight for the Emergency-Relief We Need and Indivisible's HEROES Act Summary.
- In-Related News: read-up on Trump Tax Write-Offs Are Ensnared in 2 New York Fraud Investigations.
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