EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for Oct. 26, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for October 26, 2020! Early voting has started and mail ballots went out on Oct. 5th to all registered voters. Check Where’s My Ballot. We are 8 days away from Election Day. Early voting turnout for San Diego County is at 36%. 2016 total turnout was 81.46%. Go vote! Stay safe and healthy!
Events
- Tuesday, October 27, 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 #03 on SDC COVID-19 response update and #18 on increased citizen oversight board review power of police conduct. Public comments may be made via eComment service or via email to publiccomment@sdcounty.ca.gov. See Voice Your Opinion.
- Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting via teleconference. Agenda includes item #9 on economic update. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
Election
- Read-up on The Ultimate Guide to the Local Election.
- Vote! Mail ballots went out on Oct. 5th. Early in-person voting has also started on Oct. 5, 2020: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday starting Oct. 5 at the Registrar’s office and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31 through Monday, Nov. 2 at your assigned polling place or the Registrar’s office. Track your ballot at Where’s My Ballot. See EDC's How to Vote PowerPoint Guide.
County Citizen Oversight of Police Conduct
- Comment on Item #18 on Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board Ordinance And Rules Update and express support for increasing the citizen oversight of police conduct and granting the citizen review board the power without receiving a citizen complaint to investigate incidents involving firearm discharge and use of force.
- Contact Supervisor Gaspar and express support for increasing the citizen oversight of police conduct and granting the citizen review board the power without receiving a citizen complaint to investigate incidents involving firearm discharge and use of force.
Local COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Pandemic’s Death Toll 66% Higher Than Official Counts, inewsource Finds and Here’s Why We Wrote About Pandemic Deaths After The County Pushed Back.
- Contact Supervisor Gaspar and ask the county to count and use excess death as a measurement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Trump’s den of dissent: Inside the White House task force as coronavirus surges and A new White House case cluster once again throws Trump’s failures into stark relief.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and express support for additional COVID-19 relief proposed by the HEROES Act and for continued funding of testing and tracing. Note that the HEROES Act has passed the House. See Tell your Members of Congress: Fight for the Emergency-Relief We Need and Indivisible's HEROES Act Summary.
Family Separation and Inhumane Treatment & Torture of Asylum Seekers
- Read-up on Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration and What It Looks Like to Care for Separated Migrant Children.
- Read-up on Women allege medical abuse in Georgia immigration detention and US Ice officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and express concerns about continuing reports of inhumane treatment and torture of asylum seekers in the U.S.
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