EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for September 20, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for September 20, 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
- Thursday, September 23, 2021, 5:30 PM: San Diego County Pre-Mapping (Communities of Interest) Public Hearing for District 5 via Zoom (scroll down to 9/2/21 for link & passcode) or In-Person at Vista Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Dr, Vista, CA 92084. Communities of Interest Input may also be submitted online at Community Builder Tool.
Future Events
- Monday, September 27, 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.
Voting Rights
- Read-up on What Is The Voting Rights Act?, New Texas voting bill deepens growing disparities in how Americans can cast their ballots and Senate Democrats Forge Agreement On New Voting Legislation.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and urge them to pass legislation to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 such as H.R.1/S.1, H.R.4 and S.2747. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.1 (which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate by the filibuster) and H.R.4 (which also passed the House). See Demand your Senator Eliminate the Filibuster to Pass S. 1 and Support Democracy Reform with the For the People Act.
- In-Related News: read-up on Recall Election Costly To California Taxpayers.
Redistricting
- Submit your Communities of Interest Input for San Diego County Redistricting at Community Builder Tool and to Center on Policy Initiatives at bit.ly/SDCR_COI.
- Submit your Communities of Interest Input for California Redistricting at Draw My CA Community.
COVID-19 & Economic Inequality
- Read-up on The Pandemic's New Faces Of Hunger And Food Insecurity, Poverty fell in 2020 amid massive stimulus checks and unemployment aid, Census Bureau says and The big drop in American poverty during the pandemic, explained.
- Contact the Board of Supervisors 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 is set to expire at the end of September and County eviction moratorium expires last month.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to pass legislation to federally pause eviction and provide more financial COVID-19 aid given the ongoing economic recovery, pandemic and resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
- In-Related News: read-up on Tampa police called for hundreds to be evicted. Entire families lost their homes.
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