EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for November 22, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for November 22, 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.
Events
Future Events
- Monday, November, 29, 2021, 5:00 PM: Escondido Independent Redistricting Commission via Zoom or In-Person at Escondido City Hall, Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Thursday, December 2, 2021, 5:00 PM: San Diego County Independent Redistricting Commission Draft Map Public Hearing via Zoom or In-Person. Public comments may be made via Independent Redistricting Commission eComment and other methods.
San Diego County Redistricting
- Read-up on Pushed Out of San Diego by Housing Costs, Black Voters Fight for County Representation | Voice of San Diego.
- Comment on the SDC Redistricting Draft Maps in support of Draft Map #10 to unite Escondido with San Marcos, Vista, Oceanside and Carlsbad along the freeway 78. See Public Comment and Communities of Interest (COI).
- In-Related News: read-up on The hidden history of racism in San Diego deeds and Racial covenants, still on the books in virtually every state, are hard to erase.
California Redistricting
- Read-up on Latino, AAPI, LGBTQ advocates want to shape congressional maps.
- Explore California Redistricting Draft Maps. Note that from November 10, 2021, Escondido is visualized as U.S. Congressional District CD_SWRIV-NSD_DRAFT with San Marcos, Hidden Meadows and Valley Center; as State Assembly District AD_ESC-BONS-RAI_DRAFT with San Marcos; and as State Senate District SD_SD-POW-ESC_DRAF with Hidden Meadows and Valley Center. See Public Input
- Comment on California Redistricting Draft Maps.
COVID-19 & Recovery
- Read-up on House passes roughly $2 trillion spending package to expand social benefits and fight climate change .
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass an inclusive recovery package under H.R.5376. Note that Representative Issa voted No on expanding child tax credits and universal preschool for children ages 3 and 4 among other “safety-net” expansions. See Indivisible's The Build Back Better Act, Explained and Winning an Inclusive Recovery in the Senate.
Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. Our website is at EscondidoIndivisible.com, and our sister group is at Escondido Indivisible on Facebook. Send us links and comments at EscondidoIndivisible50@gmail.com and @EscInd50 on Twitter. And feel free to forward our newsletter to interested parties! If you were forwarded this letter, you can subscribe here, and check the archive here.
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