EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for October 25, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for October 25, 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
- Monday, October 25, 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 2020 Census Data, and Item #6 on Budget. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 1:00 PM: California Citizens Redistricting Commission Visualization Meeting for Southern California (Zones I, J, K) via Teleconference. See Agenda. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at videossc.com here.
- Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes Item #10 on Community Energy and Item #11 on Middle Income Housing. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Thursday, October 28, 2021, 11:00 AM: California Citizens Redistricting Commission Visualization Meeting for Southern California (Zones I, J, K) via Teleconference. See Agenda. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at videossc.com here.
- Thursday, October 28, 2021, 5:30 PM: San Diego County Independent Redistricting Commission Regular Meeting via Zoom or In-Person at County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 302, San Diego, CA 92101. Agenda is not available yet but will be posted at IRC Upcoming Meeting Agendas. Public comments may be made via Independent Redistricting Commission eComment.
- Friday October 29, 2021, 9:30 AM: California Citizens Redistricting Commission Visualization Meeting for Southern California (Zones I, J, K) via Teleconference. See Agenda. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at videossc.com here.
- Saturday, October 30, 2021, 10:00 AM: NSDC Housing Event: Landlord & Tenant Eviction Prevention Workshop.
Escondido Public Library
- Read-up on The Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books: Increasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do.
- Complete the Escondido Public Library Strategic Plan Survey 2021.
San Diego County Redistricting
- Read-up on How should North County fit in new San Diego County supervisor district boundaries?
- Explore SDC IRC Supervisorial District Springboards, Draft Map #1, Draft Map #2, Draft Map #3 and Draft Map #4. Note that Draft Map #2 is the only proposal so far that keeps Escondido together with San Marcos, Vista and Oceanside together. See IRC Special Meeting Replay for October 21, 2021.
- Comment on the Springboard or Draft Maps. See Public Comment and Communities of Interest (COI).
- Submit Communities of Interest Input at Community Builder Tool. See County of San Diego IRC Community Builder Public Feedback.
California Redistricting
- Read-up on California Politics: Redistricting gets real.
- Explore Southern California and Congressional, Senate and Assembly Visualizations. See CA IRC Meeting Replays for October 6, 2021 and October 14, 2021.
- Comment on California Redistricting Visualizations.
COVID-19 & Recovery
- Read-up on Why is North County falling behind in vaccinating Latinos?
- Watch Indivisible #TimeToDeliver: Progressive Town Hall for the Build Back Better Agenda Replay.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass an inclusive recovery package. See Indivisible's Call to Action on Winning an Inclusive Recovery in the House and Winning an Inclusive Recovery in the Senate.
- Contact Supervisor Lawson-Remer and ask for the reinstatement of the county eviction moratorium given the ongoing economic recovery, pandemic and resurgence of COVID-19 cases in San Diego. The Supreme Court struck down the CDC limited nationwide eviction moratorium, California eviction moratorium expired in September and County eviction moratorium expired in August.
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 [email protected] 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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