EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for November 29, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for November 29, 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
- 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. Agenda includes Item #4 on Public Outreach, Item #5 on Census 2021 Data and Item #6 on Budget. 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. Agenda includes Item #14 on Escondido Redistricting and Item #15 on Homelessness. 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 at San Diego County Office of Education, 6401 Linda Vista Road San Diego, CA 92111-7319. Various versions of Maps 13 and 14 are under consideration. Public comments may be made via Independent Redistricting Commission eComment and other methods.
San Diego County Redistricting
- Comment on the SDC Redistricting Draft Maps in support of Draft Map #14 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 Escondido's redistricting process about to begin, and the public's help is needed.
California Redistricting
- 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 The children who lost parents to Covid-19 are facing a crisis of grief.
- Read-up on Another COVID holiday: Is California better this year? and Could the Omicron variant have been avoided? It could set back vaccine successes around the world.
- 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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