This Week's Calls To Action
This is streamlined list of calls and emails for this week. Visit the Call Your Reps page to meet your elected officials!
US Senate
On January 8, wannabe king Trump asserted to the New York Times that his power to unilaterally use military force internationally and domestically is constrained only by: "My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” Call your Members of Congress and tell them: Defend our Constitution against Trump’s power-grab.
For months, ICE and other federal agents have escalated their operations in neighborhoods across the country, resulting in increasingly disturbing scenes and illegal conduct. Our communities have been left reeling as agents have arrested U.S. citizens, dragged children from their beds in the middle of the night in zip-ties, smashed car windows, and even driven away from an arrest scene with a toddler still in the backseat. Now, ICE agents have tragically killed without just cause a beloved community member in Minneapolis. And yet, the administration has the audacity to ask Congress for even more money to detain and deport people.
With the illegal military strike on Venezuela and abduction of its leader Nicolas Maduro, this is a return to the era in which the US asserted unlimited power over Western Hemisphere nations. Tell your Members of Congress to reassert Congress’ unique power to declare war and to investigate the illegal actions of this administration.
US House of Representatives
On January 8, wannabe king Trump asserted to the New York Times that his power to unilaterally use military force internationally and domestically is constrained only by: "My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” Call your Members of Congress and tell them: Defend our Constitution against Trump’s power-grab.
For months, ICE and other federal agents have escalated their operations in neighborhoods across the country, resulting in increasingly disturbing scenes and illegal conduct. Our communities have been left reeling as agents have arrested U.S. citizens, dragged children from their beds in the middle of the night in zip-ties, smashed car windows, and even driven away from an arrest scene with a toddler still in the backseat. Now, ICE agents have tragically killed without just cause a beloved community member in Minneapolis. And yet, the administration has the audacity to ask Congress for even more money to detain and deport people.
With the illegal military strike on Venezuela and abduction of its leader Nicolas Maduro, this is a return to the era in which the US asserted unlimited power over Western Hemisphere nations. Tell your Members of Congress to reassert Congress’ unique power to declare war and to investigate the illegal actions of this administration.
Bonus Federal Actions
Make a public comment on two HHS rules that that could cause serious harm to trans healthcare. The deadline is February 17.
Register your opposition to 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program , an environment-threatening handout to the fossil fuel industry.
The Election Assistance Commission is fielding a proposal to require federal voter ID for voters using the National Mail Voter Registration form. Public comment to oppose this.
Public Comment against a new rule would remove requirements for most GHG emitters to report emissions under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and suspend reporting requirements for others until 2034.
Weaker regulations on the transportation of hazardous materials could cause problems with hazardous materials getting into under-represented communities. Leave a public comment to stop it!
Make a public comment against Federal worker firings (Deadline May 23rd)!
Public Comment: Speak Out Against Passport Gender Policy Changes
California Governor
Gov. Newsom signed most, but not all, of our LGBTQ+ defense bills. Tell him how you feel about it!
Write to urge Governor Newsom to sign SB 42 - strengthen our democracy by legalizing public financing of campaigns everywhere in California and empowering voters!
Write to urge Governor Newsom to sign AB 554, which enables PReP access, into law.
California State Senate and Assembly
Tell Our Reps: Protect Protestors from ICE in their Districts
The SAVE Act, H.R.22, will disenfranchise millions and hurt millions more. Tell your Representative to vote NO!
AB 89 will throw trans children’s rights under the bus to appease fascists, and harm all children. Tell your assemblymember to vote NO!
Bonus State Actions
Thank City Attorney Chiu for filing a lawsiut against the Trump Administration to protect our Sanctuary Status.
Mayor of San Francisco
Call or email the mayor and your district supervisor to thank them for securing housing for Samara and her family and to urge them to keep working and find full funding to end child homelessness in San Francisco!
Sup. Dorsey—with Sups. Mandelman and Sherill cosponsoring—are seeking to remove the 2019 Anti-Surveillance Law’s private right of action, which allows people to sue the Department after it violates their privacy. In other words: Removing the one lever we have to enforce this law when our leaders fail to do so.
Thank your mayor and supervisor for supporting the Board’s recommendation for a $3.5 million supplemental budget and asking Board President Mandelman to fast-track it. The lives of our neighbors are on the line, and we are thankful that the city government is taking this seriously.
Ask the Rec and Park Commission to hold off on a terrible plan to replace grass with plastic turf in Crocker Amazon.
MUNI is considering cutting service this summer in hopes of meeting a budget shortfall. Tell Mayor Lurie to find a way to preserve MUNI service!
SF Board of Supervisors
Tell your supervisor to vote NO on Mayor Lurie’s office is request to allow him to solicit donations from local businesses to fund downtown revitalization without any oversight.
Contact your Supervisor today and urge them to vote yes on the $3.5 million budget supplemental for immigration legal defense and rapid-response. The Board of Supervisors will take one more key vote on Tuesday, December 2. Every message matters: call, email, or tag your Supervisor on social media to make your voice heard.
There's a BOS Rules Committee "streamlining" proposal to completely remove spending limits for all candidates when there is significant outside spending — allowing unlimited spending even by the candidates whose SuperPAC funders blew through the limits! Protect Qualified Candidates From Big Money!
Thank your mayor and supervisor for supporting the Board’s recommendation for a $3.5 million supplemental budget and asking Board President Mandelman to fast-track it. The lives of our neighbors are on the line, and we are thankful that the city government is taking this seriously.
Following the events of Jan 6, the need to impeach Trump is more urgent than ever. Further, our Members of Congress must hold their colleagues who are peddling lies and promoting sedition accountable.
As harrowing as last week was for all of us, it was particularly terrifying for our city’s immigrant community, many of whom are still so traumatized that they are afraid to leave their homes. San Francisco needs to do everything it can to protect its immigrant community Two of the most important services for immigrants facing ICE raids are San Francisco’s Rapid Response Hotline and legal organizations that defend immigrants.
Ask the Rec and Park Commission to hold off on a terrible plan to replace grass with plastic turf in Crocker Amazon.
Samara is a 7‑year‑old San Franciscan with serious medical needs who has spent the past two years living in shelters with her family. After undergoing multiple surgeries this month, she is preparing to leave the hospital—but the City has told her parents they don’t qualify for housing assistance because, according to a computer system, they are “not homeless enough.”
Tell Our Reps: Protect Protestors from ICE in their Districts
If your supervisor is Supervisor Melgar, Chen, or Mahmood, call them and tell them: Let’s advance Supervisor Mandelman’s climate-protecting ordinance to the full Board!