TAKE ACTION
ACTIONS FOR Monday 06/21/2026 – 06/07/2026
2026 Midterm Elections
1. Postcarding with Commit to Democracy
It will take a week or two, possibly three, to know which two candidates will be on the November ballot for governor of California. As frustrating as our California primaries can be, we now know that at least one Democrat will be running. Fortunately, we have a recent primary result we can work with quickly. Ken Paxton was anointed as Trump’s nominee for senator in Texas. However, we have a viable and fabulous Democratic candidate—James Talarico—who stands a good chance of beating Paxton in November. Commit to Democracy has jumped on this race and is now running a postcard campaign for Talarico. Postcards for this campaign must be mailed in by the end of June.
Take action: You can sign up for postcards here. FYI: there will be another postage rate increase on July 12. Postcard stamps will increase from 62 cents to 65 cents.
RESIST
U.S. Congress
2. Last-ditch Effort to Stop ICE Funding
On Friday we learned that any hint of a “revolt” by Republican Senators against Trump’s agenda and corrupt settlement with the Department of Justice was short-lived. After months of Democratic efforts to prevent new funding for ICE and CBP, the Republican Senate passed their reconciliation bill committing another $70B for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. It does not include any of the provisions to rein in ICE operations that Democrats had been pushing for. Democrats introduced over 300 amendments during the proceedings that included amendments to block Trump’s IRS immunity deal, to fully block his $1.8B slush fund, to block the $1B funding for Trump’s ballroom, and many more. Republicans voted down every single one.
The fight to block ICE and Border Patrol funding is not yet over. The House still has to vote on the bill passed in the Senate. But getting the House to break with the administration’s demands will take every one of us calling our Representatives now to keep up the pressure.
Take action: Contact our Senators Padilla and Schiff and commend them on their efforts to prevent more funding for ICE and Border Patrol violence. Urge them to continue their efforts to block Trump’s IRS immunity deal and his $1.8B “anti-weaponization” fund. Then call our Representative Carbajal and let him know we are counting on him to do everything possible to block the ICE funding bill in the House.
3. Resist Re-authorization of FISA
After the departure of Tulsi Gabbard as the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Trump’s appointment of William Pulte as Acting Director has alarmed even some Republican Congressmembers concerned with the implications for national security and domestic surveillance. Pulte has absolutely no intelligence experience (a requirement for the position), but in his role as Federal Housing Finance Agency director he demonstrated his willingness to use federal data bases to pursue indictments against Trump’s adversaries.
The announced appointment of Pulte came at a time when the Senate was due to vote on re-authorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This includes Section 702 that expanded the government’s capacity to conduct surveillance of suspected foreign terrorists (see explainer here). Although the surveillance is supposed to be targeted only at foreigners abroad, the government has engaged in widespread violations of these limits. Section 702 allows for a large amount of unwarranted surveillance of American citizens, made worse by a loophole that allows the government to buy our data from data brokers. On Friday, Senate Democrats, with the help of a handful of Republican defectors, blocked consideration of a FISA renewal bill over the appointment of Bill Pulte. We now want them to go further and commit to block any FISA extension until reforms of Section 702 have been enacted
Take action: Contact our Senators Padilla and Schiff and Representative Carbajal and tell them to continue to vote against any FISA re-authorization until Pulte has been removed from his post and real privacy protections have been added to the Act.
4. Join Us for Saturday Protests
As the war in Iran drags on, cost of living increases, and evidence of Trump’s corruption mounts, we have many reasons to continue to raise our voices to protest the actions of this administration and to defend our democracy. Our Saturday morning protests provide community and opportunity to bear witness to the resistance.
Take action: Make plans now to join us on Saturday mornings for our weekly protests to make our voices heard: 10:00 am-12:00 noon at State Street & Hitchcock Way.
ASSIST
California Legislation
5. Help Advance Two Bills in the California Legislature
Here is an update on the status of two bills that are being supported by the California Indivisible coalition:
- AB 2257, Assemblyman Gregg Hart’s bill to increase accountability of county jail administration. A modified version of this bill that provides county boards of supervisors with confirmation authority over a sheriff’s jail administrator has passed the Assembly and has now moved on to the Senate.
- AB 2243, a State Bank Planning Act. This bill, which would create a commission to develop a state bank plan and proposal, was killed in the Appropriations Committee after heavy lobbying by the banking industry. The coalition is now reaching out to the Governor and to Senate Pro Tem Monique Limón to move the State Bank Commission and Plan proposal through the budget process as a budget trailer bill. A letter to Senator Limón in support of the budget proposal is being circulated for signatures by Santa Barbara residents who are in her constituency. The budget timeline is short; negotiations end June 15 when Assembly and Senate budget leaders finalize what goes into the state budget.
Take action: You can review and sign-on to the letter to Senator Limón here. Then contact her office and tell her that you support funding for a state bank commission and that you want her to support AB 2257 when that bill comes up for vote in the state Senate.
6. Upcoming June Events
Two significant national events are coming up in June:
- Sunday, June 14. While Trump is celebrating his 80th birthday with an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout on the White House lawn, Indivisible is joining with other activist groups to host a counter-celebration of our First Amendment freedoms on that date. The event will be a live-streamed 90-minute concert called Rise Up, Sing Out that will be available for viewing free on YouTube, beginning at 4:30 pm PDT. Community members can participate remotely by organizing watch parties in your own homes or local hubs.
- Friday, June 19. Juneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth Santa Barbara is the local celebration of this national Black Independence Day, a community event being held at Plaza Del Mar Park from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm on June 19. The event will feature live music, artist exhibitions, food trucks, beer and wine garden, and the Black Artisan Market. Indivisible Santa Barbara will be staffing a table at Juneteenth this year and we hope to get a chance to see and talk with you all there!
CALL YOUR REPS DAILY!
Senator Adam Schiff Washington, DC: (202) 224-3841; San Francisco: (415) 393-0707; Los Angeles: (310) 914-7300; San Diego: (619) 231-9712; Fresno: (559) 485-7430; Email
Senator Alex Padilla Washington, DC: (202) 224-3553; Sacramento: (916) 448-2787; Fresno: (559) 497-5109; Los Angeles: (310) 231-4494; San Francisco: (415) 981-9369; San Diego: (619) 239-3884; FAX: (202) 224-2200 Email
Congressman Salud Carbajal Santa Barbara/Santa Maria: (805) 730-1710; San Luis Obispo: (805) 546-8348; Washington, DC: (202) 225-3601; Email
CALIFORNIA Senator Monique Limón (D), CA State Senate, District 19 Sacramento: (916) 651-4019; Santa Barbara: (805) 965-0862; Oxnard: (805) 988-1940 Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D), CA State Assembly, District 37 Sacramento: (916) 319-2037; Santa Barbara: (805) 564-1649 Program your representative’s local AND DC phone numbers into your phone. Republicans outnumber Democrats in calling 4-1, and 11-1 on hot button issues. If you are still grappling with how Obama’s administration were not able to get anything done, this is how they did it. We MUST constantly call and continually exert pressure. If you can’t manage daily, pick a day, mark it recurring on your calendar, and call weekly.
DAILY CALLS:
- Call your senators about an issue of concern EVERY DAY.
- Always provide your ZIP CODE,
- Call about ONE subject only, per call.
- Call once per day, or multiple times per day with one ask for each call.
- Leave a message if you can’t speak to a person.
- If you can’t get through, try again later.
Failing that, DO send an email, one ask per email. Both Schiff’s and Padilla’s offices have said they tally emails as well as phone calls.
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
It is helpful for our Representatives to hear a large outpouring of support from his constituents. Our Representatives become bolder when they hear from a lot of us. To see what is happening on the floor throughout each day, bookmark the Office of the Clerk. This site also has a live video stream of floor proceedings, and guides about how the legislative process works. It’s an amazing resource. Govtrack is a website that makes it easy to track certain legislation, you may sign up for alerts. It also can help you find your representative. Their twitter account @govtrack posts all the legislation as it passes, live. congress.gov is an incredibly useful resource, which has every position on every bill.
DAILY ACTIONS
Resistbot (text your number to automatically write your Member of Congress) 5 Calls (provides numbers and scripts for issues)
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
MoveOn.org ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union
