| From | Indivisible SF <[email protected]> |
| Subject | October is voting month, and voting month is now! |
| Date | October 2, 2024 3:30 PM |
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** Your ballot is arriving in your mailbox soon. Are you ready?
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In the next week or so, you’ll receive your ballot in the mail. On it, there are nearly a dozen state propositions, and 15 local propositions in the City. That’s in addition to candidate races that include president, mayor, a Senate seat, your assemblymember, your supervisor (if you’re in an odd-numbered district), and your BART district.
It really helps to start your research now. You don’t need to wait until your ballot arrives—the sooner you start, the sooner you’ll be ready. Now is the time to start reading up on your choices in the California Voter Information Guide ([link removed]) and the San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet ([link removed]) . These and other resources are on our Vote ([link removed]) page.
If you’re already registered to vote, you’ll get your ballot in your mailbox near the start of October. So another thing to do now is check your voter registration status ([link removed]) , and if you need to update it or it turns out you’re not registered, register to vote ([link removed]) .
** Celebrate Voting on Day One!
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Join the California Grassroots Alliance for a Ballot Joy party via Zoom one week from today on October 9 from 7 to 8 PM.
We'll hear from California Congressional candidates and grassroots heroes, then talk through our shared California ballot choices via BlueVoterGuide.org ([link removed]) , the "Yelp for voting" that helps you vote fast, smart, and blue. You can check out which candidates, judges, and propositions get the endorsements of trustworthy groups, and save your choices to share with family and friends via email, text, or social posts.
RSVP for the party here ([link removed]) !
** Help build the blue wave with Sunday Pints & Postcards
------------------------------------------------------------
We mailed nearly 60 postcards this past Sunday, bringing us up to roughly 200 postcards sent in September. These postcards to registered voters in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and CA-45 and CA-47 will help increase voter turnout and hopefully win the White House, hold the Senate, and flip the House of Representatives.
This Sunday, October 6, join us at Standard Deviant from 4–6 PM to write postcards to swing districts and swing states.
The time is now to do something. Join us in building the #BlueWave2024 to protect our freedoms, uphold our civil rights, and build a prosperous democratic future. RSVP on Eventbrite ([link removed]) —we’d love to see you there!
** Vote NO on Prop 36 (and tell 10 friends)
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Ten years ago, California passed Proposition 47 ([link removed]) , which made punishments fit their crimes. Two years before that, 2012’s Proposition 36 ([link removed]) ended the failed policy of “three strikes and you’re out” and the violence it caused, making all Californians safer.
This year brings a new Proposition 36 ([link removed](2024)) , which aims to re-break some of the things that the earlier propositions fixed. It takes a huge step backwards in California’s progress by trying to take us back to the failed policy era of “tough on crime” and “three strikes.”
Proposition 36 is a false solution to real problems. As noted in this 48 Hills opinion piece ([link removed]) :
Backed by big-box retailers and law enforcement, Proposition 36 is being touted as a solution to homelessness and the scourge of fentanyl on the streets. But the initiative does not provide money for housing or treatment beds or allocate any money to create new funding sources to enforce it. In fact, the ballot measure has little to do with addiction and nothing at all to do with homelessness.
Since 2014, Proposition 47 has reduced California’s prison overcrowding and saved the state more than $800 million, which the state uses instead to fund projects that prevent further crime ([link removed]) , trauma recovery for crime victims, and programs to prevent violence in schools. By ending Prop 47’s successes, Proposition 36 would cost Californians between tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars every year ([link removed]) ,
Worse, Proposition 36 would create a new “three strikes” policy. We know these don’t work and create more violence as offenders seek to avoid a third arrest that could turn into a felony conviction. Let’s not have more police chases and armed showdowns on our streets.
Other resources to learn more about Proposition 36 include the LA Times Endorsement to vote No on Proposition 36 ([link removed]) , the Vera Institute's explanation ([link removed]) , and the No on Prop 36 campaign website ([link removed]) .
Let’s protect the progress we’ve made in making our cities safer. We urge you to vote NO on Proposition 36.
In addition, many of your friends and family are likely not aware of the harms that this proposition will do, and they’re likely getting lied to about Prop 47. We ask you to talk with 10 or more of your friends and family members about this proposition to help pre-bunk or debunk the disinformation and fill them in on the truth. The ACLU of Northern California has talking points, resources, and other ways to get involved ([link removed]) .
** Get your free COVID-19 tests and your 2024 vaccines!
------------------------------------------------------------
The Biden-Harris administration has brought back COVIDTests.gov ([link removed]) . You can order four more rapid tests from the USPS to be mailed to your home address.
Prepare now for the winter surge by ordering your tests today. Don’t wait—the earlier you order, the earlier you’ll have them.
And, good news for uninsured Californians: The California Department of Public Health has opened a statewide replacement for the CDC’s recently-expired Bridge Access Program ([link removed]) , providing free COVID-19 vaccines this October through December ([link removed]) . This, along with the annual flu vaccine that is also now available, will be vital protection for you and your community.
** Two defeats in state legislative advocacy: Gov. Newsom vetoed SB 1374 and signed AB 2527
------------------------------------------------------------
SB 1374 ([link removed]) was a net metering bill that would have protected rooftop solar. Although weeks of calls from Indivisibles like you influenced the Assembly and the Senate to pass it, it was vetoed by Governor Newsom.
AB 2527 ([link removed]) allows prisons to place pregnant people in solitary confinement for up to five days. Solitary confinement has been clearly shown to cause long-term harm to all incarcerated people, pregnant or not. Instead of codifying the use of solitary confinement, we should be moving to eliminate it from our prison system entirely.
Our partners believe that our collective advocacy was successful in disrupting the Governor's plan to tout this bill as a significant reform, and forced him instead to sign the bill quietly late Friday evening. Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan's office has also gone largely silent on the bill.
We won’t give up pressuring our state representatives and the governor to make our lives better and not worse. Energy should be plentiful, affordable, and resilient, and rooftop solar is a critical part of achieving all three. And nobody should be subjected to solitary confinement. We’ll keep up these fights and others in the legislative years to come.
[link removed]
Indivisible SF Pints and Postcards: Sunday, Oct. 6 and Oct. 13, 4–6 PM at Standard Deviant. Join us in reaching out to voters in other districts/states to help win the 2024 elections! Standard Deviant is at 280 14th Street (near Mission), San Francisco, CA 94103. RSVP here ([link removed]) for the 6th and RSVP here ([link removed]) for the 13th.
TODAY: The Many over MAGA Phonebank: Call white voters with Showing Up for Racial Justice: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 3–6 PM and Sunday, Oct. 6, 12–3 PM. Call white voters in Georgia, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio with SURJ on Wednesdays and Sundays! RSVP here. ([link removed])
TODAY: Bay Area Coalition Phone Banks to CA, NV, and AZ: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 5–7 PM (and every Wednesday through Oct. 30). Join to help elect Adam Gray in CA-13 and Rudy Salas in CA-22. This phone bank also calls into swing states Nevada and Arizona. RSVP here. ([link removed])
TODAY: TRUE to BLUE Phone Banks supporting Democrats in 2024: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 5–7 PM (and every Wednesday through Oct. 30). Join the California Democratic Party to make calls to voters in the Central Valley in CA-22 (Rudy Salas) and CA-13 (Adam Gray) to talk about voting in 2024. RSVP here. ([link removed])
TODAY: Text Bank into California with GDHQ: Wednesday, Oct. 2, and Monday, Oct. 7, 4:30–5:45 PM. Join the Grassroots Democrats HQ Text Team to mobilize voters for 2024 via text. These sessions continue every Monday and Wednesday through Oct. 23. RSVP here. ([link removed])
Info Session: Knock Doors in a Swing State with SURJ: Friday, Oct. 4, 9–9:45 AM and 2:30–3:15 PM, Sunday Oct. 6, 10–10:45 AM, and Monday, Oct. 7, 3–3:45 PM. Come learn about how to get on the ground in key battleground states for the election this November. These info sessions will give you all the info you need about doorknocking with SURJ in six key swing states this fall (NC, WI, AZ, NV, PA, MI), with their partners at Seed the Vote. RSVP here ([link removed]) .
BALLOT JOY: Alliance Vote on Day One Party: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7–8 PM. Join your fellow Californians for celebrity cameos from our Sweep Six Congressional candidates and grassroots powerhouses. Then we’ll review the statewide choices on our ballots using Blue Voter Guide. RSVP here ([link removed]) .
** About this week’s photo
------------------------------------------------------------
If you’ve seen our newsletter posts on social media, you might have noticed that we include a photo or graphic with each issue.
Today’s graphic is our “October is Voting Month” photo illustration.
Keep Fighting,
The Indivisible SF Team ([link removed])
If you'd like to support our all-volunteer team:
DONATE HERE ([link removed])
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** Your ballot is arriving in your mailbox soon. Are you ready?
------------------------------------------------------------
In the next week or so, you’ll receive your ballot in the mail. On it, there are nearly a dozen state propositions, and 15 local propositions in the City. That’s in addition to candidate races that include president, mayor, a Senate seat, your assemblymember, your supervisor (if you’re in an odd-numbered district), and your BART district.
It really helps to start your research now. You don’t need to wait until your ballot arrives—the sooner you start, the sooner you’ll be ready. Now is the time to start reading up on your choices in the California Voter Information Guide ([link removed]) and the San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet ([link removed]) . These and other resources are on our Vote ([link removed]) page.
If you’re already registered to vote, you’ll get your ballot in your mailbox near the start of October. So another thing to do now is check your voter registration status ([link removed]) , and if you need to update it or it turns out you’re not registered, register to vote ([link removed]) .
** Celebrate Voting on Day One!
------------------------------------------------------------
Join the California Grassroots Alliance for a Ballot Joy party via Zoom one week from today on October 9 from 7 to 8 PM.
We'll hear from California Congressional candidates and grassroots heroes, then talk through our shared California ballot choices via BlueVoterGuide.org ([link removed]) , the "Yelp for voting" that helps you vote fast, smart, and blue. You can check out which candidates, judges, and propositions get the endorsements of trustworthy groups, and save your choices to share with family and friends via email, text, or social posts.
RSVP for the party here ([link removed]) !
** Help build the blue wave with Sunday Pints & Postcards
------------------------------------------------------------
We mailed nearly 60 postcards this past Sunday, bringing us up to roughly 200 postcards sent in September. These postcards to registered voters in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and CA-45 and CA-47 will help increase voter turnout and hopefully win the White House, hold the Senate, and flip the House of Representatives.
This Sunday, October 6, join us at Standard Deviant from 4–6 PM to write postcards to swing districts and swing states.
The time is now to do something. Join us in building the #BlueWave2024 to protect our freedoms, uphold our civil rights, and build a prosperous democratic future. RSVP on Eventbrite ([link removed]) —we’d love to see you there!
** Vote NO on Prop 36 (and tell 10 friends)
------------------------------------------------------------
Ten years ago, California passed Proposition 47 ([link removed]) , which made punishments fit their crimes. Two years before that, 2012’s Proposition 36 ([link removed]) ended the failed policy of “three strikes and you’re out” and the violence it caused, making all Californians safer.
This year brings a new Proposition 36 ([link removed](2024)) , which aims to re-break some of the things that the earlier propositions fixed. It takes a huge step backwards in California’s progress by trying to take us back to the failed policy era of “tough on crime” and “three strikes.”
Proposition 36 is a false solution to real problems. As noted in this 48 Hills opinion piece ([link removed]) :
Backed by big-box retailers and law enforcement, Proposition 36 is being touted as a solution to homelessness and the scourge of fentanyl on the streets. But the initiative does not provide money for housing or treatment beds or allocate any money to create new funding sources to enforce it. In fact, the ballot measure has little to do with addiction and nothing at all to do with homelessness.
Since 2014, Proposition 47 has reduced California’s prison overcrowding and saved the state more than $800 million, which the state uses instead to fund projects that prevent further crime ([link removed]) , trauma recovery for crime victims, and programs to prevent violence in schools. By ending Prop 47’s successes, Proposition 36 would cost Californians between tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars every year ([link removed]) ,
Worse, Proposition 36 would create a new “three strikes” policy. We know these don’t work and create more violence as offenders seek to avoid a third arrest that could turn into a felony conviction. Let’s not have more police chases and armed showdowns on our streets.
Other resources to learn more about Proposition 36 include the LA Times Endorsement to vote No on Proposition 36 ([link removed]) , the Vera Institute's explanation ([link removed]) , and the No on Prop 36 campaign website ([link removed]) .
Let’s protect the progress we’ve made in making our cities safer. We urge you to vote NO on Proposition 36.
In addition, many of your friends and family are likely not aware of the harms that this proposition will do, and they’re likely getting lied to about Prop 47. We ask you to talk with 10 or more of your friends and family members about this proposition to help pre-bunk or debunk the disinformation and fill them in on the truth. The ACLU of Northern California has talking points, resources, and other ways to get involved ([link removed]) .
** Get your free COVID-19 tests and your 2024 vaccines!
------------------------------------------------------------
The Biden-Harris administration has brought back COVIDTests.gov ([link removed]) . You can order four more rapid tests from the USPS to be mailed to your home address.
Prepare now for the winter surge by ordering your tests today. Don’t wait—the earlier you order, the earlier you’ll have them.
And, good news for uninsured Californians: The California Department of Public Health has opened a statewide replacement for the CDC’s recently-expired Bridge Access Program ([link removed]) , providing free COVID-19 vaccines this October through December ([link removed]) . This, along with the annual flu vaccine that is also now available, will be vital protection for you and your community.
** Two defeats in state legislative advocacy: Gov. Newsom vetoed SB 1374 and signed AB 2527
------------------------------------------------------------
SB 1374 ([link removed]) was a net metering bill that would have protected rooftop solar. Although weeks of calls from Indivisibles like you influenced the Assembly and the Senate to pass it, it was vetoed by Governor Newsom.
AB 2527 ([link removed]) allows prisons to place pregnant people in solitary confinement for up to five days. Solitary confinement has been clearly shown to cause long-term harm to all incarcerated people, pregnant or not. Instead of codifying the use of solitary confinement, we should be moving to eliminate it from our prison system entirely.
Our partners believe that our collective advocacy was successful in disrupting the Governor's plan to tout this bill as a significant reform, and forced him instead to sign the bill quietly late Friday evening. Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan's office has also gone largely silent on the bill.
We won’t give up pressuring our state representatives and the governor to make our lives better and not worse. Energy should be plentiful, affordable, and resilient, and rooftop solar is a critical part of achieving all three. And nobody should be subjected to solitary confinement. We’ll keep up these fights and others in the legislative years to come.
[link removed]
Indivisible SF Pints and Postcards: Sunday, Oct. 6 and Oct. 13, 4–6 PM at Standard Deviant. Join us in reaching out to voters in other districts/states to help win the 2024 elections! Standard Deviant is at 280 14th Street (near Mission), San Francisco, CA 94103. RSVP here ([link removed]) for the 6th and RSVP here ([link removed]) for the 13th.
TODAY: The Many over MAGA Phonebank: Call white voters with Showing Up for Racial Justice: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 3–6 PM and Sunday, Oct. 6, 12–3 PM. Call white voters in Georgia, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio with SURJ on Wednesdays and Sundays! RSVP here. ([link removed])
TODAY: Bay Area Coalition Phone Banks to CA, NV, and AZ: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 5–7 PM (and every Wednesday through Oct. 30). Join to help elect Adam Gray in CA-13 and Rudy Salas in CA-22. This phone bank also calls into swing states Nevada and Arizona. RSVP here. ([link removed])
TODAY: TRUE to BLUE Phone Banks supporting Democrats in 2024: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 5–7 PM (and every Wednesday through Oct. 30). Join the California Democratic Party to make calls to voters in the Central Valley in CA-22 (Rudy Salas) and CA-13 (Adam Gray) to talk about voting in 2024. RSVP here. ([link removed])
TODAY: Text Bank into California with GDHQ: Wednesday, Oct. 2, and Monday, Oct. 7, 4:30–5:45 PM. Join the Grassroots Democrats HQ Text Team to mobilize voters for 2024 via text. These sessions continue every Monday and Wednesday through Oct. 23. RSVP here. ([link removed])
Info Session: Knock Doors in a Swing State with SURJ: Friday, Oct. 4, 9–9:45 AM and 2:30–3:15 PM, Sunday Oct. 6, 10–10:45 AM, and Monday, Oct. 7, 3–3:45 PM. Come learn about how to get on the ground in key battleground states for the election this November. These info sessions will give you all the info you need about doorknocking with SURJ in six key swing states this fall (NC, WI, AZ, NV, PA, MI), with their partners at Seed the Vote. RSVP here ([link removed]) .
BALLOT JOY: Alliance Vote on Day One Party: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7–8 PM. Join your fellow Californians for celebrity cameos from our Sweep Six Congressional candidates and grassroots powerhouses. Then we’ll review the statewide choices on our ballots using Blue Voter Guide. RSVP here ([link removed]) .
** About this week’s photo
------------------------------------------------------------
If you’ve seen our newsletter posts on social media, you might have noticed that we include a photo or graphic with each issue.
Today’s graphic is our “October is Voting Month” photo illustration.
Keep Fighting,
The Indivisible SF Team ([link removed])
If you'd like to support our all-volunteer team:
DONATE HERE ([link removed])
============================================================
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Instagram ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
Copyright © 2024 Indivisible SF, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted in on our website or attended one of our meetings. This list is used only by ISF and we will not share your contact information with any local or national groups without your permission.
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