Compiled by RADC Members - Tracy Wise and Jeff Poggi

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Welcome to this week’s Call to Action, where you can find some of the latest events and news to help you take part in the issues that matter to our communities.  If you have a call to action that you would like us to highlight, email us at: [email protected] 

ACTION ITEMS

For Wednesday, May 25, 2022

1. Volunteering for Candidates

Please help out our endorsed candidates by volunteering to phone bank, text bank and/or canvass.  Check out www.RADC.vote/Volunteer for how to sign up!

And if you would like our ballot recommendations, go to our special election newsletter at https://www.redlandsareademocrats.org/may_2022_newsletter .

Also, if you would like to support RADC’s work supporting our endorsed candidates as we go on the final push to June 7th, please go to: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/20 


2. Climate Education: Special Climate Action Document Preview

Join ANCA-Redlands at their special screening of the documentary “Facing Adversity: Choosing Earth, Choosing Life.” Tuesday, May 31, 2022, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Carriage House, Prospect Park, 1352 Prospect Drive, Redlands.  

Please RSVP for a free ticket on Eventbrite:

 

3. Track Your Ballot

Tracking your vote-by-mail ballot—when it is mailed, received, and counted—has never been easier. The California Secretary of State is now offering Where’s My Ballot?—a new way for voters to track and receive notifications on the status of their vote-by-mail ballot. Powered by BallotTrax, Where’s My Ballot?  lets voters know where their ballot is, and its status, every step of the way.

Sign-up at WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov to receive automatic email, SMS (text), or voice call notifications about your ballot. 

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  • The midterms are on their way!  Early voting begins on May 9th and runs through June 6th for the June 7, 2022 primary. For RADC endorsements and information about the candidates to volunteer for, go to: https://www.redlandsareademocrats.org/endorsements 
  • Advocating for a vibrant downtown Redlands with a re-use of the site of the current derelict Redlands Mall:  The Planning Commission and the City Council held a joint meeting on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.  Lasting over 5 hours, the result was a unanimous vote by the City Council in favor of the developers’ design for the Redlands Mall project. This is an important step forward in building a sustainable and resilient downtown Redlands for the future.
  • Redlands City Redistricting:  Our Congressional maps have been set, and the City Council voted unanimously on March 1st to select Public Map One. The final vote came through the March 15th consent calendar. This is the map RADC advocated for, as the best map to recognize neighborhoods and promote equity while being well within the numerical requirements. This will be our new Redlands district map for the next 10 years. Thank you, everyone, for your efforts in preparing, submitting, and advocating for this map!
  • Learn about the City Council Candidate Running in the New District 3: Mario Saucedo! Go to https://mariosaucedo.com/ to learn more about this native Redlander and community activist and the issues he is prioritizing in his campaign. We will be sharing future events for Redlands Dems to attend!
  • The Rittenhouse trial demonstrated that judicial elections are incredibly important. Let us pledge together to become better informed prior to the next election where judges are on the ballot to ensure that we are electing qualified, non-partisan members of the bench to serve the judiciary in our region. #NoRittenhouseJudgesHere

https://followourcourts.com/2022/03/a-look-at-who-has-filed-to-run-for-judge-in-sb-riv-counties/

  • On May 2, 2022, the following press release came out of Sacramento from our state leaders:

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) and Governor Gavin Newsom released the below statement following news reports detailing a preliminary U.S. Supreme Court majority draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and end federal constitutional protections for the right to abortion:

“California will not stand idly by as women across America are stripped of their rights and the progress so many have fought for gets erased. We will fight. California is proposing an amendment to enshrine the right to choose in our state constitution so that there is no doubt as to the right to abortion in this state. We know we can’t trust the Supreme Court to protect reproductive rights, so California will build a firewall around this right in our state constitution. Women will remain protected here.”

CONTACT: 
[email protected] (for Pro Tem Atkins)
[email protected] (for Speaker Rendon)
[email protected] (for Governor Newsom)

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/05/02/following-draft-scotus-opinion-legislative-leaders-and-governor-newsom-announce-constitutional-amendment-to-enshrine-the-right-to-choose-in-california/ 

If you have not already done so, send a message to the Governor, Speaker Rendon in the Assembly, Pro Tem Atkins in the Senate (emails are above), as well as your own assemblymember and state senator to tell them you support this action.

Suggested Text:

Dear [NAME]:

I fully support the proposal of an amendment to the California state constitution to enshrine the right to choose, so that there is no doubt at all regarding the right to abortion in our state.  Women must be protected here, and California must take whatever steps it can to protect this basic civil liberty which gives women the right to manage their own bodies.

NAME

CITY

ZIP

 

For Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (SD23): 10350 Commerce Center Drive, Suite A-220, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, or call (909) 919-7731 .

For Assemblymember James Ramos (AD40): https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD40