EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for November 14, 2022
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for November 14, 2022! Thank you to those who voted this past election! If you voted by mail and haven’t already, check that your mailed ballot has been counted at Where’s My Ballot. Our write-up of current results of some federal, state, county and municipal races affecting Escondido is here: General Election 2022. Many of the local races remain tight with a 70 to 750 votes difference. The next expected update from the San Diego County of Registrar is November 13, 2022 at 5:00 p.m., and full results are expected by December 8, 2022.
Events
- Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 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 #26 on Community Forum Regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement Access to Individuals during 2021 and Item #27 on feasibility to purchase sleeping cabins or sprung shelters for use as emergency shelters to address homelessness. 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, November 16, 2022, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #16 to increase waste disposal and recycling rates by 8% or $2.21 per month from $26.45 to $28.66 (previous rate increases range from ~1% to 4%). Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Election 2022
- Share Indivisible California’s Help us win GA! on how to help Georgia Senate Runoffs.
- Read-up on Democrats maintain control of Senate, NBC News projects, defeating many Trump-backed Republicans, Georgia is still important, even after Democrats retained control of the Senate and Georgia is still important, even after Democrats retained control of the Senate.
- Read-up on How San Diego's political map shifted from red to blue and what comes next, Where are Democrats in San Diego? See voter registration maps and Voices of the Voters: Toss-Up Races in North County are Top of Mind for Voters.
- Read-up on our write-up of current results of some federal, state, county and municipal races affecting Escondido.
Voter Suppression
- Read-up on In the cold and dark, UMich students and locals wait hours to vote at UMMA, volunteers provide support, Young voters hailed as key to Democratic successes in midterms and 2022 Midterms Recalled Republican's Summer of 1964 Voter Suppression Tactics.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to pass legislation to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 such as the amended H.R.5314, H.R.4/S.4, H.R.1/S.1 and S.2747. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.5314, H.R.1 & H.R.4 which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate. See Support S. 4 to Restore Federal Protections Against Voter Suppression.
Reproductive Rights
- Read-up on How abortion is mobilizing young voters beyond midterms elections and After wins at the ballot, abortion rights groups want to 'put this to the people.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation such as H.R.8373 to “codify access to contraception into federal law” and H.R.8296 to codify abortion rights. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.8373/H.R.8296 (and had previously praised the overturn of Roe vs. Wade and also voted against codifying abortion rights) but H.R.8373/H.R.8296 passed the House. See Breaking: Call now to protect contraception access and same-sex marriage and Codify Abortion Rights - Passed House, Demand a Senate Vote.
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