| From | Indivisible SF <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Rally TODAY for a People’s Budget |
| Date | June 4, 2025 3:29 PM |
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In this issue:
* The People’s Budget: Rally TODAY. Keep up the pressure!
* Protect Reproductive Health Funding in California and Federal Budgets
* Explainer: The Filibuster, Reconciliation, and Rescission Bills and the Hardball tactics Democrats should use to stop them
* VOLUNTEER for No Kings San Francisco
* CALL voters in red states about the budget bill which cuts Medicaid
* Want to help us do this work?
* Upcoming events
** The People’s Budget: Rally TODAY. Keep up the pressure!
------------------------------------------------------------
Indivisible SF is fighting alongside the People’s Budget Coalition for a budget that protects the freedom and future thriving of all our people and families in San Francisco. A budget is a moral document and an expression of values. We know that all people, no matter where they live, what they look like, or who they love, deserve safety and well-being.
Our city’s next budget is currently being crafted. But contrary to our values, our communities are on the chopping block. Year after year, we see more and more cuts to needed services while the budget for the police gets more and more bloated—especially with massive overtime spending ([link removed]) . The Board of Supervisors published an audit of police overtime ([link removed]) last year, but they have yet to take action.
We at Indivisible SF Local and State Action collaborate with others to fight for our values right here in San Francisco. We join with The People’s Budget Coalition ([link removed]) , a part of SF Rising ([link removed]) , which convenes 150 nonprofit organizations, unions, and advocates working to democratize the city budget to make sure every voice is heard.
Here’s what you can do.
* Join the People’s Budget Rally TODAY at 12 PM on the stairs of City Hall.
* Call the Mayor and your Supervisor ([link removed]) to make sure they know what we stand for. We want a city where our budget protects the freedom and future thriving of all our people and families.
Here are some things you can ask for:
+ Oppose $90 million of additional police overtime
+ Pressure Airbnb to drop its lawsuit against paying its taxes, and demand the taxes be paid
+ Ask for a SF Wealth Tax
+ Protect public arts funding ([link removed])
* Email Airbnb ([link removed]) , which is refusing to be a good neighbor and pay what it owes in taxes.
* Join the People’s Budget Coalition’s email campaign ([link removed]) to demand Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft drop the lawsuits.
Leave a public comment ([link removed]) on Monday, June 23, at 10 AM at City Hall to increase funding for the Public Defender’s office.
** Tell Your Senators and Governor to Protect Planned Parenthood NorCal’s Jeopardized Federal and State Funding
------------------------------------------------------------
California voters have repeatedly affirmed support for funding reproductive healthcare. In 2016, we passed a tobacco tax ([link removed]) that helps fund healthcare, including reproductive healthcare, for low-income Californians. Last year, we passed Proposition 35 ([link removed]) to provide further reproductive health funding.
Governor Newsom’s state budget proposal would reallocate $1.6 billion of Prop 35 money, and $500 million from the tobacco tax, to other purposes.
Meanwhile, in Congress, the MAGA Murder Budget currently before the Senate also contains provisions that would take federal funding away from reproductive healthcare.
This isn’t what we voted for. Reproductive healthcare needs to be protected from all attempts to defund it, whether they come from Trump or Governor Newsom.
Tell the Governor and Senator Wiener: Make our votes count! ([link removed])
** Explainer: The Filibuster, Reconciliation, and Rescission Bills
------------------------------------------------------------
The Trump regime is determined to enact the MAGA agenda of enriching the rich through massive tax cuts for the wealthy while slashing government services and gutting regulatory power at our expense. To do that, they must prevent Democrats from blocking their legislation with filibusters. So, as usual, they are maneuvering to do just that through ploys such as introducing a Reconciliation bill, a Rescission bill, and budget waivers; reinterpreting long-standing laws and rules; and circumventing the Senate Parliamentarian.
Democratic party leaders wring their hands and say that because they are in the minority there is nothing they can do. Not true. The Field Guide to Hardball Congressional Tactics ([link removed]) lists strategies and procedures that Republicans use against Democrats and that Democrats should start wielding on our behalf.
Our message to our Democratic representatives is clear and simple: DO YOUR JOB! Do your job—or we will find someone else who will.
Read our explainer here ([link removed]) .
** NO KINGS is in less than two weeks. Join us at our June 14 March and Rally
------------------------------------------------------------
Answering Indivisible National’s call for mass mobilization, Indivisible SF and 50501SF are hosting a No Kings event on Saturday, June 14. We’ll gather at Dolores Park at 11:30 AM, then march at noon sharp to Civic Center Plaza for a short rally. To sign up for our event, use our Mobilize page ([link removed]) .
There are three ways you can help:
First, we are looking for at least 50 volunteers. Sign up via our Google form. ([link removed])
Second, if you have some money to spare, please donate to Indivisible SF ([link removed]) . We will spend approximately $7,000 on costs for this event, including sound, printing, permits, and more. Your money will go extra-far this month as Indivisible National is matching donations up to a total of $500.
Third, spread the word to your friends, family, union, book club, or anyone who will listen! We have flyers available for download, so you can print and post them.
Look for flyers on our SF event page ([link removed]) . For other events going on around the Bay Area, check out our No Kings landing page ([link removed]) .
** Tell voters in red states: Pressure YOUR Congress members to vote NO on the MAGA Murder Budget.
------------------------------------------------------------
The “Big Ugly Reconciliation Bill ([link removed]) ” has passed the House, and faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Unfortunately, this bill confirms our greatest fears as written. Between cuts to Medicaid, food aid (SNAP), and other services, MAGA cuts will take an average of $700 out of the take-home pay of people earning from $17,000 to $51,000 starting next year, and more thereafter. On the other hand, those with incomes over $4.3 million will receive an extra $389,000 or more on average in their after-tax income in 2026.
The fight is not over, and we are keeping tabs on this bill. Since the service cuts it provides run so deep, it is a third rail for many red-state Senators. We need to let voters in red states know what their Senators are about to do and get them to raise holy hell about it.
Phone Bank with People’s Action Institute: RSVP on Mobilize ([link removed]) .
Phone Bank with Indivisible National: RSVP on Mobilize ([link removed]) .
** Want to help us do this work?
------------------------------------------------------------
We will plug you in where your skills can do the most good to resist this administration.
If you would like to join and do important work with us, we welcome you! Currently we are in need of volunteers to help with the following:
* Editing submissions to our newsletter (Mondays and Tuesdays)
* Publishing our newsletter with MailChimp and helping update our website on Newsletter Night (Tuesdays at 5 PM).
* Making short-form videos to help educate people on our topics in an accessible way.
* Tracking federal, state, and local legislation and working with our state and local legislatures and Mayor Lurie.
* Organizing our protests and other in-person actions and scheduling our in-person meetings.
No experience is needed; we will train you and provide everything you need. If you would like to help us, please contact us at .
[link removed]
TODAY: Rally for a People’s Budget: Wednesday, June 4 at 12 PM at San Francisco City Hall. Thousands could lose jobs and services in an historic year of the City budget process. Join the People's Budget Coalition to say: Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Working Class. More info here. ([link removed])
Phonebank with Indivisible—Stop the Trump Tax Scam: Thursday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 11, 8-9:30 AM Online. Every Wednesday and Thursday in June, join Indivisible for a phone bank, when we’ll be calling voters and connecting them directly to their senator to urge Republicans to oppose the Trump Tax Scam—a reckless GOP tax plan that prioritizes billionaires like Elon Musk while selling out working families. Register here. ([link removed])
Phone Bank with Common Cause to stop the SAVE Act: Thursday, June 5, from 2:30-4:30 PM and Tuesday, June 10, from 3-5 PM. Join Common Cause for an important phone bank as we mobilize voters to take action against the dangerous SAVE Act and advocate for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. RSVP on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Phone Bank to Republican Senators to Save Medicaid: Thursday, June 5, and Saturday, June 7, at various times. Join the California Democratic Party and Together for CA Health calling voters in Republican Senate districts to ask voters to call their senator to say no to Medicaid Cuts. RSVP on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Tell the Billionaires: Hands off our money, weekly phone bank with People’s Action Institute, Thursday, June 6, 3-6 PM. Join People’s Action Institute for Tax & Budget Fight Phone banks to talk to constituents in key congressional districts and have deep, meaningful conversations about how these tax breaks for the wealthy hurt all our local communities. Together, we’ll take action to pressure Congress to stop these cuts and ensure the rich pay their fair share. No experience? No problem! We provide training at every phone bank to set you up for success. Whether you’re a seasoned volunteer or making your first call, you’ll be supported every step of the way. RSVP on Mobilize. ([link removed])
People over Profit: Saturday, June 7, and (almost) every Saturday at 12 PM. Join this weekly, peaceful protest at the SF Tesla Dealership at 999 Van Ness to speak out against Musk’s takeover of the federal government. Details on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Stop the Attack on Federal Workers: Monday, June 9, and every Monday at 12 PM. This weekly protest at the SF Tesla Dealership at 999 Van Ness is organized by Federal Workers United to stand with federal workers. Details on Mobilize. ([link removed])
No Kings Mass Protest: Saturday, June 14, 11:30 AM-2 PM from Dolores Park to Civic Center Plaza. Indivisible SF and 50501SF are hosting a No Kings mass mobilization. We will gather at Dolores Park at 11:30 AM, and march at 12 NOON SHARP to Civic Center Plaza via Market St. There, we will have a rally showing our commitment to democracy and the power of We the People. Details on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Rep. Kevin Mullin Town Hall: Tuesday, June 17, 6 PM. In-person in San Mateo (check-in at 5:30 PM) or streaming online on the Congressman’s YouTube channel ([link removed]) . RSVP here for in-person tickets. ([link removed]) More info here. ([link removed])
** This Week’s Social Media Graphics
------------------------------------------------------------
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 graphics are promoting our upcoming mobilizations and calls to action.
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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** Website ([link removed])
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In this issue:
* The People’s Budget: Rally TODAY. Keep up the pressure!
* Protect Reproductive Health Funding in California and Federal Budgets
* Explainer: The Filibuster, Reconciliation, and Rescission Bills and the Hardball tactics Democrats should use to stop them
* VOLUNTEER for No Kings San Francisco
* CALL voters in red states about the budget bill which cuts Medicaid
* Want to help us do this work?
* Upcoming events
** The People’s Budget: Rally TODAY. Keep up the pressure!
------------------------------------------------------------
Indivisible SF is fighting alongside the People’s Budget Coalition for a budget that protects the freedom and future thriving of all our people and families in San Francisco. A budget is a moral document and an expression of values. We know that all people, no matter where they live, what they look like, or who they love, deserve safety and well-being.
Our city’s next budget is currently being crafted. But contrary to our values, our communities are on the chopping block. Year after year, we see more and more cuts to needed services while the budget for the police gets more and more bloated—especially with massive overtime spending ([link removed]) . The Board of Supervisors published an audit of police overtime ([link removed]) last year, but they have yet to take action.
We at Indivisible SF Local and State Action collaborate with others to fight for our values right here in San Francisco. We join with The People’s Budget Coalition ([link removed]) , a part of SF Rising ([link removed]) , which convenes 150 nonprofit organizations, unions, and advocates working to democratize the city budget to make sure every voice is heard.
Here’s what you can do.
* Join the People’s Budget Rally TODAY at 12 PM on the stairs of City Hall.
* Call the Mayor and your Supervisor ([link removed]) to make sure they know what we stand for. We want a city where our budget protects the freedom and future thriving of all our people and families.
Here are some things you can ask for:
+ Oppose $90 million of additional police overtime
+ Pressure Airbnb to drop its lawsuit against paying its taxes, and demand the taxes be paid
+ Ask for a SF Wealth Tax
+ Protect public arts funding ([link removed])
* Email Airbnb ([link removed]) , which is refusing to be a good neighbor and pay what it owes in taxes.
* Join the People’s Budget Coalition’s email campaign ([link removed]) to demand Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft drop the lawsuits.
Leave a public comment ([link removed]) on Monday, June 23, at 10 AM at City Hall to increase funding for the Public Defender’s office.
** Tell Your Senators and Governor to Protect Planned Parenthood NorCal’s Jeopardized Federal and State Funding
------------------------------------------------------------
California voters have repeatedly affirmed support for funding reproductive healthcare. In 2016, we passed a tobacco tax ([link removed]) that helps fund healthcare, including reproductive healthcare, for low-income Californians. Last year, we passed Proposition 35 ([link removed]) to provide further reproductive health funding.
Governor Newsom’s state budget proposal would reallocate $1.6 billion of Prop 35 money, and $500 million from the tobacco tax, to other purposes.
Meanwhile, in Congress, the MAGA Murder Budget currently before the Senate also contains provisions that would take federal funding away from reproductive healthcare.
This isn’t what we voted for. Reproductive healthcare needs to be protected from all attempts to defund it, whether they come from Trump or Governor Newsom.
Tell the Governor and Senator Wiener: Make our votes count! ([link removed])
** Explainer: The Filibuster, Reconciliation, and Rescission Bills
------------------------------------------------------------
The Trump regime is determined to enact the MAGA agenda of enriching the rich through massive tax cuts for the wealthy while slashing government services and gutting regulatory power at our expense. To do that, they must prevent Democrats from blocking their legislation with filibusters. So, as usual, they are maneuvering to do just that through ploys such as introducing a Reconciliation bill, a Rescission bill, and budget waivers; reinterpreting long-standing laws and rules; and circumventing the Senate Parliamentarian.
Democratic party leaders wring their hands and say that because they are in the minority there is nothing they can do. Not true. The Field Guide to Hardball Congressional Tactics ([link removed]) lists strategies and procedures that Republicans use against Democrats and that Democrats should start wielding on our behalf.
Our message to our Democratic representatives is clear and simple: DO YOUR JOB! Do your job—or we will find someone else who will.
Read our explainer here ([link removed]) .
** NO KINGS is in less than two weeks. Join us at our June 14 March and Rally
------------------------------------------------------------
Answering Indivisible National’s call for mass mobilization, Indivisible SF and 50501SF are hosting a No Kings event on Saturday, June 14. We’ll gather at Dolores Park at 11:30 AM, then march at noon sharp to Civic Center Plaza for a short rally. To sign up for our event, use our Mobilize page ([link removed]) .
There are three ways you can help:
First, we are looking for at least 50 volunteers. Sign up via our Google form. ([link removed])
Second, if you have some money to spare, please donate to Indivisible SF ([link removed]) . We will spend approximately $7,000 on costs for this event, including sound, printing, permits, and more. Your money will go extra-far this month as Indivisible National is matching donations up to a total of $500.
Third, spread the word to your friends, family, union, book club, or anyone who will listen! We have flyers available for download, so you can print and post them.
Look for flyers on our SF event page ([link removed]) . For other events going on around the Bay Area, check out our No Kings landing page ([link removed]) .
** Tell voters in red states: Pressure YOUR Congress members to vote NO on the MAGA Murder Budget.
------------------------------------------------------------
The “Big Ugly Reconciliation Bill ([link removed]) ” has passed the House, and faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Unfortunately, this bill confirms our greatest fears as written. Between cuts to Medicaid, food aid (SNAP), and other services, MAGA cuts will take an average of $700 out of the take-home pay of people earning from $17,000 to $51,000 starting next year, and more thereafter. On the other hand, those with incomes over $4.3 million will receive an extra $389,000 or more on average in their after-tax income in 2026.
The fight is not over, and we are keeping tabs on this bill. Since the service cuts it provides run so deep, it is a third rail for many red-state Senators. We need to let voters in red states know what their Senators are about to do and get them to raise holy hell about it.
Phone Bank with People’s Action Institute: RSVP on Mobilize ([link removed]) .
Phone Bank with Indivisible National: RSVP on Mobilize ([link removed]) .
** Want to help us do this work?
------------------------------------------------------------
We will plug you in where your skills can do the most good to resist this administration.
If you would like to join and do important work with us, we welcome you! Currently we are in need of volunteers to help with the following:
* Editing submissions to our newsletter (Mondays and Tuesdays)
* Publishing our newsletter with MailChimp and helping update our website on Newsletter Night (Tuesdays at 5 PM).
* Making short-form videos to help educate people on our topics in an accessible way.
* Tracking federal, state, and local legislation and working with our state and local legislatures and Mayor Lurie.
* Organizing our protests and other in-person actions and scheduling our in-person meetings.
No experience is needed; we will train you and provide everything you need. If you would like to help us, please contact us at .
[link removed]
TODAY: Rally for a People’s Budget: Wednesday, June 4 at 12 PM at San Francisco City Hall. Thousands could lose jobs and services in an historic year of the City budget process. Join the People's Budget Coalition to say: Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Working Class. More info here. ([link removed])
Phonebank with Indivisible—Stop the Trump Tax Scam: Thursday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 11, 8-9:30 AM Online. Every Wednesday and Thursday in June, join Indivisible for a phone bank, when we’ll be calling voters and connecting them directly to their senator to urge Republicans to oppose the Trump Tax Scam—a reckless GOP tax plan that prioritizes billionaires like Elon Musk while selling out working families. Register here. ([link removed])
Phone Bank with Common Cause to stop the SAVE Act: Thursday, June 5, from 2:30-4:30 PM and Tuesday, June 10, from 3-5 PM. Join Common Cause for an important phone bank as we mobilize voters to take action against the dangerous SAVE Act and advocate for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. RSVP on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Phone Bank to Republican Senators to Save Medicaid: Thursday, June 5, and Saturday, June 7, at various times. Join the California Democratic Party and Together for CA Health calling voters in Republican Senate districts to ask voters to call their senator to say no to Medicaid Cuts. RSVP on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Tell the Billionaires: Hands off our money, weekly phone bank with People’s Action Institute, Thursday, June 6, 3-6 PM. Join People’s Action Institute for Tax & Budget Fight Phone banks to talk to constituents in key congressional districts and have deep, meaningful conversations about how these tax breaks for the wealthy hurt all our local communities. Together, we’ll take action to pressure Congress to stop these cuts and ensure the rich pay their fair share. No experience? No problem! We provide training at every phone bank to set you up for success. Whether you’re a seasoned volunteer or making your first call, you’ll be supported every step of the way. RSVP on Mobilize. ([link removed])
People over Profit: Saturday, June 7, and (almost) every Saturday at 12 PM. Join this weekly, peaceful protest at the SF Tesla Dealership at 999 Van Ness to speak out against Musk’s takeover of the federal government. Details on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Stop the Attack on Federal Workers: Monday, June 9, and every Monday at 12 PM. This weekly protest at the SF Tesla Dealership at 999 Van Ness is organized by Federal Workers United to stand with federal workers. Details on Mobilize. ([link removed])
No Kings Mass Protest: Saturday, June 14, 11:30 AM-2 PM from Dolores Park to Civic Center Plaza. Indivisible SF and 50501SF are hosting a No Kings mass mobilization. We will gather at Dolores Park at 11:30 AM, and march at 12 NOON SHARP to Civic Center Plaza via Market St. There, we will have a rally showing our commitment to democracy and the power of We the People. Details on Mobilize. ([link removed])
Rep. Kevin Mullin Town Hall: Tuesday, June 17, 6 PM. In-person in San Mateo (check-in at 5:30 PM) or streaming online on the Congressman’s YouTube channel ([link removed]) . RSVP here for in-person tickets. ([link removed]) More info here. ([link removed])
** This Week’s Social Media Graphics
------------------------------------------------------------
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 graphics are promoting our upcoming mobilizations and calls to action.
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 © 2025 Indivisible SF, All rights reserved.
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