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ACTIONS FOR Monday 4/22/2024 – 5/5/2024
CALLS TO ACTION
ELECTION 2024
1. Help California Take Back the House
California Grassroots Alliance is launching a campaign this week to elect Democrats in six critical California districts that could return the U.S. House of Representatives to a Democratic majority. Keynote speakers, including Representative Katy Porter, will participate in the virtual launch event, Power in the House, on April 24th.
Take Action: Sign up here to attend the Power in the House event at 7:00 pm, Wednesday April 24th to learn about the Alliance election year strategy and ways you can get involved.
2. Register Voters with Field Team 6
At this stage in the election cycle, nothing is more critical than getting potential Democratic voters registered to vote. Field Team 6 is a national organization that partners with local teams to register voters in critical swing states.
Take Action: Find out how you can volunteer to help with voter registration campaigns at this site, or join Field Team 6 to adopt a state where you can support their efforts.
CALLS TO ACTION
3. Get Ukraine Aid Package to President Biden
After months of obstruction in the House preventing passage of the critical foreign aid package for increased aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, House Speaker Mike Johnson finally decided to put the funding request to vote in the form of four separate aid bills. In the face of threats from the right-wing extremists in the House all the aid bills passed on Saturday are structured to be combined into a single bill for transmission to the Senate for a vote early next week. President Biden has signaled that new military aid to Ukraine could be provided within a week if the funding is approved.
Take Action: Contact our Representative Salud Carbajal and thank him for his role in getting the aid package through the House. Then contact our Senators Padilla and Butler and let them know you want this critical funding package passed and on to President Biden’s desk as soon as possible.
4. Support Abortion Access in Arizona
The shocking decision by the Arizona State Supreme Court to reinstate a total abortion ban from 1864 has made it more critical than ever to get a citizen’s initiative to protect abortion rights in Arizona’s constitution on the November ballot.
Take Action: If you have friends or family in Arizona, urge them to sign the petition from Arizona for Abortion Access if they have not already done so, and consider donating to the signature campaign.
SPREAD THE WORD
5. Celebrate Earth Day by Amplifying Biden Administration Climate Action
Tomorrow, April 22nd, is Earth Day and a good opportunity to reflect on what our current administration has been doing to protect our environment and take action against climate change. Through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — the largest piece of climate legislation ever — and a series of executive actions, Biden has built a strong record of climate action, green job creation, and energy savings.
Take Action: Join the Indivisible Truth Brigade climate disinformation/Earth day campaign and share this month’s “Earth Day is Every Day” message through your social media.
Plan to attend Santa Barbara’s Earth Day Festival at Alameda Park on April 27-28.
CALL YOUR REPS DAILY!
Senator Laphonza R. Butler 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 Feinstein and Harris’ offices have said they tally emails as well as phone calls.
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
In the House of Representatives, Congress continues to debate funding and pass bills. 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.
GRAB YOUR WALLET
#GrabYourWallet was a movement that began during the election, started by Shannon Coulter. The Grab Your Wallet boycott began on October 11, 2016 and ended on November 8, 2020. It lasted exactly 1,489 days. The boycot was a peaceful, nonpartisan protest of the cruelty and divisiveness of the Trump administration. It has been credited with over 70 large companies cutting financial ties with the Trump administration (see “Dropped Companies” tab). The retail boycott was so effective that by August 2019, just 12 companies remained on the list. As a postscript, The Grab Your Wallet spreadsheet now includes an archived special section to track which U.S. officials are backing Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the outcome of the 2020 election, along with their contact information. Find it here.
THERE IS A NEW @WHITEHOUSE ON TWITTER!
Follow the new official Biden administration Twitter accounts, which started from zero and need to build followers. @PresElectBiden is now the @POTUS account. @FLOTUSBiden is now @FLOTUS. @SenKamalaHarris is now @VP. @Transition46 will become the new @WhiteHouse. Douglas Emhoff’s official account is @SecondGentleman. Note that the previous administration’s archived account is at @WhiteHouse45.
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