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September 10, 2017

EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for September 11, 2017

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for September 11, 2017! In a Facebook Post about the Trump administration rescinding DACA, former President Obama stated: “What makes us American is not a question of what we look like, or where our names come from, or the way we pray. What makes us American is our fidelity to a set of ideals – that all of us are created equal; that all of us deserve the chance to make of our lives what we will; that all of us share an obligation to stand up, speak out, and secure our most cherished values for the next generation. That’s how America has traveled this far. That’s how, if we keep at it, we will ultimately reach that more perfect union.”
 
Events | SDC Events Calendar
  • September 12, 2017, 2:30 PM: Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at the Escondido Library, Turrentine Room, 239 S Kalmia St., Escondido, CA 92025.  ***Attend and encourage the board to stay strong in their stance to protect the library from outsourcing and the exercise their legal authority to manage the library themselves. See agenda.***
  • September 13, 2017, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM: Informational Sessions on Immigration: Know your rights, what is next for immigrant youth and available services. See North County Immigration Task Force Facebook Post.
  • September 13, 2017, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM: Public meeting on the County Climate Action Plan (CAP) at North Inland Live Well Center, Grand Avenue Conference Rooms B, C & D, 649 W. Mission Ave, Escondido, CA 92025. ***PLEASE NOTE: This meetings is informational only. A link to the documents is available at the County’s CAP website:  Draft County Climate Plan.  All comments on the Draft CAP, Draft SEIR, and other project related documents must be provided, in writing, to CAP@sdcounty.ca.gov****
  • September 16, 2017, 10:00 AM: Let's Roll Out the Unwelcome Mat Rally at Escondido Public Library, 239 S Kalmia St, Escondido, CA 92025. ***To unwelcome LS&S from our city. Bring your signs, neighbors, friends, family, and cellphones if you have one.***
Future Events
  • September 20, 2017, 4:30 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
  • September 25, 2017, 6:00 PM–6:30 PM: Escondido Indivisible Group Meeting with ECOC & TWW North County Inland at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92029.
  • September 27, 2017, 4:30 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
     
Action Plan | Contact Info for Elected Officials | Tips for Communicating with Public Officials
Monday
  • Read-up on Week 43: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.
  • Listen and read-up on Report: 10 Percent Increase In Hate Incidents Against California Muslims.
  • Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to co-sponsor H.R.3591 (or the American Hope Act) which would provide DREAMers in Rep. Hunter’s district a path to citizenship. See California, Tell Your Members of Congress to Defend DACA.
  • Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to pass a clean DREAM Act (S.1615) which protects DREAMers from deportation. No amendments to fund a border wall or increase deportations. See Trump continua su ataque contra los inmigrantes—Lo que usted puede hacer para defender DACA and Trump Continues His Attack on Immigrants—What You can do to Defend DACA.
     
Tuesday
  • Read-up on Summary of Scathing Report about LS&S & 2016 Jackson County Library Performance Review and Quality Assessment (LSS Contracted Library)
  • Attend Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at the Escondido Library, Turrentine Room, 239 S Kalmia St., Escondido, CA 92025 at 2:30 PM. Attend and encourage the board to stay strong in their stance to protect the library from outsourcing and the exercise their legal authority to manage the library themselves. See agenda.
  • Contact the Escondido City Council and ask them to stop the outsourcing contract and evaluate alternatives. See Action Alert & Alerta de Acción.
     
Wednesday
  • Read-up on Rep. Hunter's older expenses also incurred at Vons and in Hawaii, Hunter's campaign paid for Costco memberships and Rep. Duncan Hunter's chief of staff steps down amid investigation into congressman's campaign funds.
  • Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to vote no on any budget resolutions that 1) requires cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, food assistance or any other programs that help families afford the basics or 2) allows cuts to critical programs to pay for tax cuts -- or that allows tax cuts to lose revenues  basics. See Trump Tax Scam, Step 1: The Budget Resolution.
  • Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to protect federal assistance and critical programs from cuts in funding to pay for tax cuts. See Trump Tax Scam, Step 1: The Budget Resolution.
     
Thursday
  • Read-up on This is what Obamacare sabotage looks like and California, other states to extend Obamacare sign-up beyond federal limit.
  • Contact Rep. Hunter and let him know that his priority should be to stabilize the ACA, not to repeal or replace the ACA. See TrumpCare By Another Name: “Graham-Cassidy” & Oppose the GOP's Last-Ditch Effort to Repeal the ACA.
  • Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to again defend the ACA against repeal and replace, the upcoming Graham-Cassidy bill.
     
Friday
  • Read-up on 'DACA' supporters rally in Escondido against Trump's decision, Democratic California lawmakers vow to help DACA recipients, and Trump administration ends DACA, San Diego dreamers vow to fight.
  • Contact Assemblymember Waldron and ask her to vote yes in favor of SB-54 which limits instances in which state and local resources are used for immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant. The bill has been re-referred to the Assembly Committee on Rules, and has until September 15, 2017 to pass out of the assembly. See How California's Trust Act shaped the debate on the new 'sanctuary state' proposal.
  • Contact Governor Brown and let him know your support of SB-54 which limits instances in which state and local resources are used for immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant.
     
Saturday & Sunday
  • Listen to The First White President and read-up on The First White President.
  • Attend Let's Roll Out the Unwelcome Mat Rally at Escondido Public Library, 239 S Kalmia St, Escondido, CA 92025 on Saturday, 10:00 AM. Members of the Save our Library Coalition will ceremoniously remove the "existing" Welcome Mat and replace it with Escondido's "One-and-Only Unwelcome Mat" specifically for the City Council's proposed library outsourcing company, LS&S. Bring your signs, neighbors, friends, family, and cellphones if you have one.
 
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