General Election 2022

General Election 2022

San Diego County of Registrar and other county registrars are still counting votes for the 2022 General Election, and many of the local races remain tight with a 70 to 750 votes difference. The next expected update from the SDC registrar is November 13, 2022, 5:00 p.m., and full results are expected by December 8, 2022. Updated on November 20, 2022: The San Diego County of Registrar has finished tallying votes, are currently working to cure ~11,000 votes and are…

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Redistricting Update

Redistricting Update

For the past year, Escondido communities have advocated for their communities of interests (COI) in the state and county redistricting process to redraw voting districts. Largely, they advocated for being with other North County cities and tribal lands along the interstate 78, 76 and/or 5 corridors. The San Diego County Independent Redistricting Commission (SDC IRC) COI Public Hearing in Escondido on September 2, 2021 encapsulated many of the feedback submitted both to SDC IRC and California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Now…

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Communities of Interest Input: How to Keep Communities from Being Split or Underrepresented During Redistricting

Communities of Interest Input: How to Keep Communities from Being Split or Underrepresented During Redistricting

Last Updated on 09/06/2021 to add replays of previous public hearings & links to additional public hearings. Every 10 years, the Census surveys every household in the United States, counts each member and updates the nation’s population data. Using the new population data, which is set to be released on August 12th for 2020 Census Data, federal, state and local voting districts are redrawn. But often districts are drawn to benefit one party instead of being representative of the population….

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Re-imagining Public Safety and Actions to Hold the Police Accountable

Re-imagining Public Safety and Actions to Hold the Police Accountable

[A PDF version of this post is available here.] We’re approaching the anniversary of the George Floyd uprising, but miscarriages of justice remain: police officers continue to overpolice Black and other communities of color and murder the community members that they are paid and entrusted to protect while too often escaping accountability. We outlined some actions to demand police reforms last year, but here are some updated ones: Call for the establishment and funding of community based & non-law enforcement…

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Undoing of Escondido Campaign Finance Reforms

Undoing of Escondido Campaign Finance Reforms

Introduction On March 3, 2021, Councilmembers Inscoe (District 2), Garcia (District 3) and Morasco (District 4) voted 3-2 to: Allow candidates to carryover surplus campaign funds to a new campaign account (for example, carryover remaining City Council 2020 campaign funds to a City Council 2024 campaign account); Exclude Political Party Committees from being subjected to the City’s campaign laws From the SDUT: New Escondido council erases campaign finance reforms enacted by predecessors. Previously on October 21, 2020, the former City…

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NSDC NAACP Presents Meet the Candidate Forum (Escondido) on Sept. 16, 2020, 5:30 PM

NSDC NAACP Presents Meet the Candidate Forum (Escondido) on Sept. 16, 2020, 5:30 PM

Replay of the Candidate Forum is available NSDC NAACP on YouTube. NSDC NAACP Presents Meet the Candidate Forum (Escondido) Date: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Zoom Register Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z5AWLbdETi-LqhSXfrkKBQ Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2793797020848354 Host: Vice President Rob Jenkins Moderator: 3rd Vice President Natasha Howell Candidates: City Council District 2 Rick Paul Tina Inscoe Vanessa Valenzuela City Council District 3 Don Greene Dara Czerwonka Susan Reveles City Council District 4 April Pugh Andres Yanez

Election Day 2020

Election Day 2020

Election Day will be on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and you can: Register to Vote (including Conditional Voter Registration on Election Day and 14 days prior) Check Your Voter Registration Check Where’s Your Ballot You’re eligible to vote in California if you are: A United States citizen and a resident of California, 18 years old or older on Election Day, Not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony (for more information, please…

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Presidential Primary Election 2020

Presidential Primary Election 2020

? A write-up from Escondido Indivisible, a grassroots group for liberty, justice and compassion for all. A version of this post is also available on Notion. Our preliminary write-up of the Midterm Election 2018 is also available on our website. Please let us know of any errors in the data. Summary The voter turnout for this 2020 Presidential Primary in San Diego County almost reached 50% based on 907,602 ballots out of 1,825,237 registered voters. For U.S. House of Representatives’…

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Some Actions to Demand Police Reforms

Some Actions to Demand Police Reforms

As we mourn George Floyd and grieve the latest losses of black lives in our nation and communities due police brutality and anti-blackness, we can continue to demand actions. Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB 2054 which “will establish the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (C.R.I.S.E.S.) Act pilot grant program, to fundamentally improve emergency responses for vulnerable populations in California, by strengthening, expanding and promoting community-based responses to emergency situations”. See…

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Updated Notes on San Diego County COVID-19 Cases

Updated Notes on San Diego County COVID-19 Cases

As we face calls to reopen San Diego on May 1st, including from our elected Board of Supervisor Kristin Gaspar and Mayor Paul McNamara, and opposition to California’s Stay-at-Home Order, here are some San Diego County COVID-19 related numbers to keep in mind: In 7 days from April 26 to May 2, 2020 and even with our early & strict state and local public health orders, we had reported: – 884 new positive cases (which account for ~22.5% of total…

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