The California legislature passed SB1 along party lines this month. This is a crucial bill for environment and labor protection, designed to push back against the Trump administration. Governor Newsom plans to veto it.
SB1 is the California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019. It stipulates that “protections afforded to Californians under the federal environmental and labor laws and regulations as of January 2017, remain in place in the event that President Trump weakens or repeals any of those federal laws of regulations”.
That means that protections such as the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and more would remain in effect for California - even if Trump’s administration guts these acts on the federal level. Which they have.
The bill faced major opposition from big agri-business and water agency interests. Now, Governor Newsom is threatening to side with the Trump Administration and some of his special interest donors and veto SB 1.
We cannot let that happen. It would be bad for California, bad for Newsom, and bad for the planet. Support California’s environment today and call Governor Newsom at 916-445-2841 to urge him to sign SB 1 when it gets to his desk.
Call Governor Newsom between 9am and 5pm at 916-445-2841 and tell him:
I urge Gov. Newsom to protect our environment and sign SB. 1.
For more information and further reading, see our call script website.
Done calling? There’s a bill in the US Congress we would like Speaker Pelosi and Representative Speier to endorse. Call them and ask them to support HR 4300 - a bill that authorizes HUD to provide housing opportunities to foster children.
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But wait, there’s more...Don’t wait until next year to #DitchMitch!
Write with Postcards to Voters for a straight Democrat ticket in the Nov 5, 2019 general election, and win plenty in 2020. More info on Facebook here.
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Indivisible SF Spotlight
Are you ready for 2019 City elections? Our November Voting Guide for 2019 is ready! ISF has made several ballot proposition endorsements - check them out here.
Our #DefundHate event made a big splash! Last week, Indivisibles and other groups nationwide held actions and call-ins to ask our MoC’s to use the appropriations process to Defund Hate - to prevent taxpayer money from being used to harm immigrants. On Friday, we took to the streets for a rush-hour demonstration to raise the profile of the issue. We asked passersby to share their stories of immigration, border crossings or national origin. We passed out all of our flyers with instructions to call their representatives. We were even picked up in the news!
We wrote to a LOT of voters. At our last General meeting, we wrote 50 postcards to voters in Mississippi at the request of Indivisible Golden Triangle MS, and more than 70 letters to voters at our Pints & Postcards events! Election season is heating up - don’t miss out on your chance to contact voters nationwide!
Power of the Purse Campaign Update - We Delivered our Letter to our MoC’s offices in DC! Thanks to Herd on the Hill, Speaker Pelosi, Rep. Speier, and Senators Harris and Feinstein all have a letter in their inboxes… and their mailboxes. In this letter are listed our asks for the budget fight - and it came with 104 signatures of ISF members! Our member Bruce wrote an update on how the budget fight is going, and what we can expect in the latter half of this month. Read all about it on our blog.
Our latest meeting with Sen. Feinstein. We met with Senator Feinstein’s staff, detailing our PoP asks, especially those focused on defunding ICE and CBP. We were disappointed to learn that Senator Feinstein does not agree with us. She would rather allocate funds and have strong guardrails in place to ensure that money is spent as intended. We are skeptical of how the administration would spend such funds and will continue to insist that Congress not allocate any additional money to support Trump's cruel deportation machine. We won't stop.
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Next Indivisible SF General Meeting: Sunday, Sep 29, 1pm–3pm at the Womens’ Building. This event is both for first-timers and regular attendees! Please join us. RSVP on Eventbrite.
Sunday, Sep 29, 4pm–6pm: Pints & Postcards at Standard Deviant Brewing! After our General meeting, we’ll be writing letters to voters in swing states helping them register to vote in key elections! $20 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP here!
TODAY - Wednesday, Sep 18, 10am and 2pm: Register New Citizens to Vote at Paramount Theatre in Oakland! Join Democracy Action volunteers as we help register new citizens to vote following the monthly swearing-in ceremonies. There are 2 ceremonies each month, each swearing in up to 1,000 new citizens. Join us at 10 am for the morning ceremony, or at 2pm for the afternoon ceremony! These actions usually take about two hours. For the morning session, RSVP here. For the afternoon session RSVP here.
Thursday, Sep 19, 4:30-7:30pm: Interfaith Action to Close the Camps at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco. UUSF and activists from St. Mark’s Lutheran and Or Shalom Synagogue are planning a rush hour mobilization of faith communities at UUSF. They need people to reach out to ministers and social justice teams at other religious communities, and they also need volunteers. If you can help, email them at [email protected]. To join the action, RSVP on Facebook.
Friday, September 20, 10am-12pm: SF Bay Area Youth & Allies Climate Strike! Adults are welcome to support the youth at this nationwide event! For this march, labor and adult contingents will gather between 7th and 8th on Market St. at Civic Center Plaza. Youths start at the office of Speaker Pelosi. For more details visit the Youth vs Apocalypse website. RSVP on Facebook.
Friday, September 20, 1pm-7pm: Resiliency Village after the Climate Strike at Sue Bierman Park. After the climate strike, join the Sunrise Movement to celebrate our future and learn how we can make our communities more sustainable, resilient, and regenerative. The space will be open to the public, and we hope to empower participants to reimagine waste, space, food production, energy and community through hands-on engagement, skills training, and teach-ins. If you can't make it to the earlier climate strike, this is a great way to still get involved and have fun together while spotlighting the need for climate action! RSVP on Facebook.
Saturday, Sept 21, 12--1:30pm: We the People March at Harry Bridges Plaza directly across from the Ferry Building at the Embarcadero. Stand with the 30’ Giant Chicken in his 00045 prison suit to Defend our Democracy! RSVP here.
Saturday, Sept 21, 12–1:30pm: State Senator Scott Weiner Town Hall at Commodore Sloat Elementary School. Senator Wiener will give updates on his work during this legislative session and give constituents an opportunity to ask questions in an open forum.RSVP here.
Sunday, Sept 22, 1–5pm: DemAction Phone Bank in Noe Valley at Doggy Style. We will be phone banking for the 2019 elections in Virginia, and asking people to register to vote in Arizona. RSVP here.
Monday, Sept 23, 1–4pm: DemAction Phone Bank & Postcards in West Portal. We will be calling and writing postcards for elections in Virginia and asking folks in Arizona to register to vote! RSVP here.
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