Vote NO on the nominations of Nancy Tung and Geoffrey Gordon-Creed to the SF Police Comission
Nancy Tung and Geoffrey Gordon-Creed have been nominated by Mayor London Breed to serve on the SF Police Commission. Tell the Supervisors on the Rules Committee to vote NO on these unqualified candidates.
Protect online privacy: Tell your Representatives to support Lofgren-Davidson amendment requiring a warrant for surveillance of online activity.
The USA Freedom Reauthorization Act, an extension of the PATRIOT Act, has been winding its way through Congress. After passing the House and being amended in the Senate, the next House vote is imminent. An amendment has been added to the bill requiring a warrant for surveillance of online activity. Call your representatives to support this amendment.
Tell your Senators - Defend and Improve the HEROES Act in the Senate
The HEROES Act for more COVID-19 aid has passed the House, including significant progressive provisions. Now it heads to the Senate, where it faces Republican attempts to weaken or defeat it and Trump’s willingness to veto it. Join us in urging our Senators to defend and improve the HEROES Act.
Call your Representatives about the HEROES stimulus bill for COVID-19 relief
We’re pleased with the content of the HEROES bill, which satisfies many of our demands for the next COVID-19 stimulus package. However, we have some concerns about how the aid will be applied, and the early timing of the vote. Call your Representative about these concerns.
Tell your Senators - Vote NO on new Director of National Intelligence and Court Nominees
In the midst of a pandemic, Republican Senate Majority Leader is forcing Senate to convene in person to push through a series of unqualified, hyperpartisan nominees to American courts, and to enable Trump’s choice of loyalists to such critical positions as the Director of National Intelligence. Urge your Senators to oppose these nominees.
Tell your Members of Congress: Support the Essential Worker Bill of Rights
Join us in partnership with Indivisible National in a day of action supporting the Essential Worker Bill of Rights. Tell your Members of Congress to support these provisions in the next CARES-2 bill.
Tell your Members of Congress: Fully fund the Post Office and Vote-By-Mail
Join us as part of the #VirusFreeVoting initiative to contact Members of Congress to demand that they fund the post office, and that they secure vote-by-mail in the next stimulus bill.
Tell your Senators - We Need Fair & Effective Emergency Legislation
While the "Interim" small business relief bill ("phase 3.5") passed by the Senate contains greatly-needed funds for struggling businesses,hospitals and COVID-19 testing, it completely ignores many issues crucial to fighting the pandemic and addressing mass economic misery. Ask your Senators to begin drafting a follow-on legislative package (CARES-2) that covers the necessities omitted from the "Interim" bill.
Tell your House Representatives - We Need Fair & Effective Emergency Legislation for COVID-19
While the "Interim" small business relief bill ("phase 3.5") passed by the Senate contains greatly-needed funds for struggling businesses,hospitals and COVID-19 testing, it completely ignores many issues crucial to fighting the pandemic and addressing mass economic misery. Ask your House Reps to demand improvements on it before they pass it!
Tell our MoC's to make sure interim Covid-19 bill includes and funds election security, hospital funding, and local gov't relief
Urge your MoC’s to including funding for hospitals, election security, and funding relief in any interim emergency bill during the pandemic.
Tell your State MoC's to support the California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Package
Urge your State MoC to support the California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Package, which will ensure the safety, health, and economic security of California’s farmworkers, who are some of the most essential workers in this crisis.
Tell our MoC's to ensure any new Covid-19 aid package includes and funds protections for Nov 2020 Election
During COVID 19 pandemic, we need to ensure elections are held in a democratic manner and all eligible Americans can safely exercise their constitutional right to vote. Tell your MoC’s to ensure that future Covid-19 relief bills secure elections going forward!
Tell Mayor Breed: No Mass Camps for Homeless San Franciscans!
Mayor Breed has resisted calls to house San Franciscans in hotels to keep them safe from Covid-19, instead proposing such dangerous ideas as mass camps for them. Demand that she acts to procure safe and secure housing for homeless people!
Demand that our MoCs convene remotely to provide immediate oversight against Trump's abuses
Our MoC’s cannot safely convene in Congress, but with Trump continuing his criminal activity, the business of oversight and legislation is more urgent than ever. Urge your MoC’s to enact remote voting to ensure the continuity of government.
Demand that Governor Newsom to order the release of immigrant detainees
COVID-19 is a threat to prison populations, including ICE detainees, due to the poor conditions at prisons and detention centers. Governor Newsom has the discretion to order the detainees to be released back to their communities where they can safely shelter in place. Urge Governor Newsom to make this order.
Demand that our MoCs enact rules allowing them to continue governing while dispersed and sheltering in place.
Our MoC’s cannot safely convene in Congress, but the business of legislation is more urgent than ever. Urge your MoC’s to enact remote voting to ensure the continuity of government.
Tell your Senators - Real relief, not corporate bailouts!
Mitch McConnell is trying to pass a platter of corporate bailouts under the American people’s noses, in the guise of bringing us the relief that millions of us need. Tell your Senators to loudly and publicly oppose this and push for real relief for individual people.
Tell Speaker Pelosi: Enable the House to work remotely!
COVID-19 has been found to be spreading among Congressmembers. Call your MoC NOW and ask them to amend House Rules to allow Representatives to meet in session via video conference.
Staying Safe and Politically Active as We Respond to the COVID-19 virus
Due to the threats of the 2019 novel coronavirus, Indivisible SF is cancelling all in-person public meetings for the month of March, including the General Meetings and Pints & Postcards. We are committed to the safety of our members, and to the hard work of organizing that we do every day. Here’s how you can protect yourself and stay active in your community.
Tell your MoC's to fully fund the emergency response to the Coronavirus outbreak
Our MoC’s are preparing to pass a supplemental bill for the Corona virus emergency. Call them and tell them that they need to ensure that the supplemental funding bill stays clean, guarantees a strong public health response that gets everyone the treatment they need, and doesn’t exacerbate harm to vulnerable communities or our democracy.