EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for October 9, 2023
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for October 9, 2023! 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
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 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 #14 on Humanitarian Emergency Response And Relief for Asylum Seeking Refugees. 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, October 11, 2023, 5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda includes [Item #13 on San Diego County Water Authority Report and #15 on Fiscal Year Financial Report. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form.
- Thursday, October 12, 2023, 6:00 PM: Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. Agenda has not been posted as of Oct. 8th. Live broadcast of the meeting will be at escondido.org here. Public comments may be made via Public Comment Form. Audio recordings of previous LBoT meetings are available at escondido.org here.
Homelessness
- Read-up on To sweep homeless camps, California cities say they offer shelter. What that really means is up for debate.
- Read-up on Escondido Pulls Funding from the Only Homeless Shelter in the City, Lacking funds, Haven House temporarily moves to Turk Center and Escondido closes the door on Haven House.
- Contact the Escondido City Council and ask them to do more to address the immediate needs of our community, such as, creating a Safe Parking Program similar to Encinitas and Vista and a Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement similar to La Mesa.
- In-Related News: read-up on Closure of Escondido Preschool Program Leaves More Gaps in Child Care and Escondido raises campaign contribution limits to match state caps.
Judiciary Reforms
- Read-up on Clarence Thomas Filing Acknowledges Harlan Crow Real Estate Deal, Private Jet Travel and Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Butler and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to adopt a code of conduct for the Supreme Court such as S.325/H.R.927 and expand SCOTUS such as S.1616/H.R.3422. See Demand Your Representative Cosponsor the Judiciary Act of 2023, Demand your Senator Cosponsor the Judiciary Act of 2023, and Senate Democrats push for Supreme Court ethics code for justices.
Reproductive Rights
- Read-up on Indivisible's Abortion & Reproductive Freedom.
- Read-up on Abortion bans in Texas are personal and professional for one pregnant doctor, Abortion ban fight goes to the courts in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma and Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.
- Contact Representative Issa, Representative Peters, Senator Butler and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to codify abortion, contraception and reproductive rights into federal laws such as H.R.782, H.R.3420 and H.R.4303. Note that Representative Issa had previously praised the overturn of Roe vs. Wade and voted against codifying abortion rights. See Codify Abortion Rights and Indivisible's Abortion & Reproductive Freedom.
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