Indivisible SF Newsletter

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In this issue:
* TODAY: SF Westside Budget Town Hall with the People’s Budget Coalition
* You only have two weeks left to vote! We have all the information you need
* Urgent: Due May 22: Tell The FCC That LGBTQ+ Stories Don’t Need A Warning Label
* Social Storm: Fight Against New Funding for ICE/CBP
* Join Indivisible SF at Carnaval this Sunday, May 24
* Ask Senator Weiner to Vote Yes on SB 1103: Hold Home Depot accountable for ICE raids at their stores
* Tell your State Assemblymember and Senator to STOP SB 1373: Preserve access to mental health - it’s the right safety solution!
* Did you make a Public Comment for ICE Out Of Dublin? June 1 is the deadline. We have 28/50 letters written!
* Sign up and volunteer for the Trans Ally Rally at SF Pride
* Thank you for your help funding our ongoing operations
* Upcoming events: Find them on our Events page ([link removed])


** TODAY, Wed, May 20: SF Westside Budget Town Hall with the People’s Budget Coalition
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Learn how San Francisco’s budget works, what’s at stake this year, and how decisions are being made.

We’ll start with a Budget 101 to ground everyone in the process, then work together to build a People’s Budget that reflects your area's real needs and priorities.

You’ll hear directly from Westside-based and serving community organizations about the current state of funding, the impacts of Mayor Lurie’s proposed $100 million in cuts to community services, and what’s on the line this year.

Join us at 1555 Irving (at 17th Ave) at 7 PM tonight. RSVP on Eventbrite. ([link removed])


** You only have two weeks left to vote! We have all the information you need
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You should have received your ballot in the mail by now. If you haven’t gotten a voter guide and sample ballot yet, check your voter registration at the SF Voter Portal ([link removed]) .

Check out all the resources you need to make informed decisions on our Vote page ([link removed]) .

There’s a lot of attention in particular on the governor’s race. Read more about this race, and how you can best use your vote, on our blog ([link removed]) .

Additionally, ISF has endorsed YES on Prop D, the Overpaid CEO tax. Read more about Prop D ([link removed]) on our blog.


** Urgent: Due this Friday, May 22: Tell The FCC That LGBTQ+ Stories Don’t Need A Warning Label
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FromGLAAD ([link removed]) :

In a Public Notice ([link removed]) released on April 22, 2026, the FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to “transgender and gender non-binary programming” and “the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes.”

The FCC is aiming to pressure television networks to apply warning labels to programming featuring transgender and nonbinary characters. This will cause further stigmatization and marginalization of these already threatened communities.

Please submit a public comment by May 22 against this policy. Use the talking points on our website ([link removed]) and submit your comment directly to the FCC regulation website ([link removed]) .


** Social Storm: Fight Against New Funding for ICE/CBP
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Rather than rein in the MAGA regime's racially-motivated raids and deportations, Republicans are now trying to use the reconciliation maneuver to circumvent the Democratic filibuster and jam through more than $70 billion in new ICE/CBP funding. If they succeed in excluding Democrats and passing major funding and policy laws entirely with Republican votes, it will signal a major step towards one-party authoritarian rule.

Their Reconciliation 2.0 bill funds ICE/CBP until 2029 so that even if Democrats take back either the House or the Senate in the midterm elections, Congress won't be able to use its Power of the Purse to restrain or limit ICE/CBP abuses and atrocities. This will leave them free to resume and expand Minneapolis-style raids and abuses wherever they wish.

In the latest developments, the Senate parliamentarian disallowed some portions of the Republican's reconciliation bill, but she left the core of it intact. Republican leaders characterized the parliamentarian's actions as 'minor' and are currently working behind the scenes to maneuver around her rulings. But even if her rulings stand, the bill will still inject a massive infusion of cash into immigration enforcement for the next three years.

Voting on this vile bill may begin today or tomorrow in the Senate!

The only way to defeat this bill is to generate so much public opposition nationwide that either four Republican Senators vote against it, or two Republican House members do so. Those are not impossible numbers because almost that number voted against the BBB reconciliation bill last year. So the key to defeating Recon2 are the swing states and districts where Republican incumbents are facing re-election challenges.

Take action today! Use your social media to inform your friends, family, and followers about this legislative abomination and urge them to contact their members of Congress to oppose it.

Use our Social Storm webpage ([link removed]) to share our social media posts.


** Join Indivisible SF at Carnaval this Sunday, May 24
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Carnaval is the most joyous and fun of all the S.F. summer street fairs.

The Sunday festival on Harrison Street in the Mission District between 17th and 23rd streets, from 11 AM to 5 PM, usually draws between 50–75,000 celebrants enjoying live music and street dancing from multiple stages and impromptu venues, art displays, ethnic crafts, culture, and a variety of food booths.

This year, for the first time, we of Indivisible SF will have our own booth on Harrison to meet and talk with people, advocate for our beliefs, promote our upcoming events such as Pride Allyship, immigration, legislative, local politics, etc, distribute educational materials, give out T-shirts, ask for donations, gather petition signatures, and recruit volunteers. Indivisible members are welcome to stop by and chat.

(Note that parking will be difficult so public transit is recommended.)

Interested in volunteering? Join our Signal group for this event. ([link removed])


** Ask Senator Weiner to Vote Yes on SB 1103: Hold Home Depot accountable for ICE raids at their stores
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SB 1103 ([link removed]) requires large home improvement retailers in California to publicly report immigration enforcement activity occurring on their premises, and to disclose their surveillance data-sharing practices with federal immigration authorities.

Large home improvement retailer parking lots have long served as informal hiring sites, where day laborers gather each morning seeking work from homeowners and contractors in need of labor, typically for one-time projects both large and small. The day labor workforce predominantly consists of immigrant Latino workers, a majority of whom are undocumented, which makes them especially susceptible to immigration enforcement activity.

As we have all witnessed in the past year, federal immigration authorities have increasingly concentrated enforcement efforts at large home improvement retailers, particularly in southern California, leading to more frequent and aggressive raids. It is a human rights crisis happening on the property of these large home improvement retailers.

Contact Senator Weiner and tell him to vote yes on SB 1103 ([link removed]) !


** Tell your State Assemblymember and Senator to vote NO on SB 1373: Preserve access to mental health—it’s the right safety solution!
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In order to reserve law-enforcement resources for law-breaking, and get people with mental illnesses treatment rather than ineffective punishment, California has a system called mental health diversion. Specific offenses disqualify a defendant from access to diversion, and judges have the ability to deny eligibility if there are public safety concerns.

Some politicians want to posture as “tough on crime,” a political catchphrase that garners votes, and so have introduced a new bill, SB 1373 ([link removed]) , which would restrict access to mental health diversion. It would add to the list of crimes that make a person ineligible, prohibit a defendant with prior felony convictions from being granted diversion (even if they would qualify), and specify that only people who have been recently diagnosed within 5 years of a current offense qualify for diversion.

If this bill became law, a person in the throes of psychosis could conceivably be jailed for a minor crime simply because their illness was first diagnosed more than 5 years ago. Once in jail, a person with serious mental illness is extremely vulnerable to being preyed on by others and will certainly continue to deteriorate without proper treatment. After their release, their criminal record will make it more difficult for them to reintegrate into society. Without treatment, these people are then more likely to be rearrested and trapped in a vicious cycle.

Mental health diversion programs improve public safety by addressing the root causes of harmful behavior and supporting people’s recovery and long-term stability. Instead of wasting our money on jail for people who need treatment, we should ensure that mental health diversion is adequately funded for all the people who qualify. We should protect these programs, not dismantle them.

SB 1373 has already been passed by the Senate Public Safety Committee. Disappointingly, our State Senator, Scott Wiener, voted for it in committee. The bill will next be considered by the Assembly Public Safety Committee in early June; if it makes it through that committee, this disastrous bill is likely to become law. Our local Assemblymember Matt Haney sits on this committee.

We have instructions for your Assemblymember and Senator Weiner—call and let them know that access to treatment is a far better safety option ([link removed]) !


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** Did you make a Public Comment for ICE Out Of Dublin? June 1 is the deadline.
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On Friday, May 1, the Bureau of Prisons published an environmental assessment, a necessary step in the property transfer process of FCI Dublin to ICE so they can reopen it as a detention center.

The public now has 21 days, until June 1, to provide feedback on BOP’s plan. The ICE Out of Dublin Coalition is asking our community to submit public comments and tell the BOP: keep FCI Dublin closed, and keep ICE out of Dublin!

We need you to email [email protected] ([link removed]) and BCC [email protected] ([link removed]) to tell them, Keep FCI Dublin closed, and keep ICE out of Dublin! You must submit your name, email and address in the subject line of your email. (Alternatively, you can submit a comment anonymously by emailing [email protected] ([link removed]) with the subject line: “Anonymous Submission.”)

Judging by our Mobilize action page, we have written at least 28 of our goal of 50 letters. We’re halfway past our goal. Will your comment get us there?

Use our webpage with talking points ([link removed]) or Mobilize page ([link removed]) to make a public comment.


** Sign up and volunteer for the Trans Ally Rally at SF Pride
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Join us in allyship and community to stand with trans folks under attack. ([link removed])

RSVP for and volunteer at our Trans Ally Rally on June 27 at 10 AM at Embarcadero Plaza. In partnership with SF Pride ([link removed]) , People's March & Rally ([link removed]) , San Francisco Dyke March ([link removed]) , and SF Dykes on Bikes® WMC ([link removed]) , we will march and rally for our trans loved ones before the official SF Dyke March ([link removed]) in the afternoon.

To show your support, buy an I Could Be Trans T-shirt ([link removed]) (and/or get a button at one of our meetings) and wear it proudly. Send the message: ANYONE can be trans, and we will not accept attacks that try to divide and set us against each other. Proceeds from the T-shirts go to the Trans March ([link removed]) .


** Colbert’s last day is nigh; how did we get here, and what do we do next?
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This week, Stephen Colbert’s Late Show will air its final episode, in CBS’s capitulation to Trump.

Colbert, along with fellow comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers, have spent the last year and a half criticizing the Trump regime, naming its fascism, and poking fun at Trump’s biggest insecurities. The regime has responded by weaponizing government power against these dissenting voices. This is one of the many steps towards authoritarianism the country has taken.

We look back over the history of Trump’s efforts to silence the comedians—and the rest of us—who criticize his regime. Read our blog post ([link removed]) —and keep speaking out.


** Thank you for your help funding our ongoing operations
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Your generous donations brought us back into the green after we spent all our money on No Kings 3, our Candidate Forums ([link removed]) , and May Day preparations. We’re now back in fighting shape.

We’ll use this money to continue defending our community from the MAGA agenda and achieving our progressive policy goals.

Your help is always appreciated. If you feel so moved, here’s our donate page ([link removed]) .
Click here for our upcoming events! ([link removed])


** This week’s social media graphics
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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. You can freely use and share these graphics. Tag us on your
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