Point Loma & OB Dems - September Recap and Minutes: Afghan Refugees | County Redistricting
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September Meeting Recap and Minutes
Afghan Refugees and San Diego County Redistricting
San Diego County Redistricting
Cody Petterson spoke to the club about the redistricting process of Supervisor Districts in San Diego County.
The Independent Redistricting Commission
Learn more about the Commission that is overseeing the redistricting process in San Diego County
The San Diego County Independent Redistricting Commission will meet twice a month until 15 December. The meeting schedule and format details are attached here.
Participate and Shape San Diego's Future!
Learn more about how to participate and to develop your own district maps to submit to the Commission.
Afghan Refugees
Homayra Yusefi, Deputy Director of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans, Aleena Jun Nawabi, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator CAIR California, and Mejgan Afshan, Founder Borderlands for Equity, spoke about the current situation facing Afghan refugees and how together we can work to improve US policies.
Refugee Experiences Report — PANA — www.panasd.org
Every two years, PANA conducts a survey of refugees in San Diego County to better understand the experiences, challenges, and needs of our communities.
Youth Mutual Aid Fund for Afghan Refugees — PANA — www.panasd.org
You can help to welcome Afghan refugees in San Diego and create an environment that will support them in experiencing a dignified, safe, and humane resettlement process.
Give Online – CAIR California San Diego
CAIR is supporting the relocation of refugees from Afghanistan to San Diego and elsewhere through several support services. Learn more and contribute here.
Borderlands for Equity — www.borderlandsequity.org Borderlands for Equity is a pro bono civil rights 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves those that have been discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity, gender orientation, race, religion within our borderlands region.
SD Afghan Refugees Aid — sdafghans.com
Learn more about how to support San Diego Afghan Refugees Aid Group
Senator Toni Atkins Newsletter — sd39.senate.ca.gov
Learn more about legislative accomplishments and priorities through Senator Toni Atkin's Newsletter.
Peninsula Planning Group seeking applications for High School Student Liaison Positions.
Learn more through the link and e-mail completed applications to pcpbsd@gmail.com
September General Meeting Online
View video recording of this month's meeting here.
September General Meeting Minutes
Please see the links to minutes from today's meeting before approval at our October Meeting.
Other News and Updates
Coastal Precincts and Most of City of San Diego Voted to Keep Newsom — obrag.org Data from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters show Newsom was heavily favored in the coastal areas of the county and throughout the city of San Diego. In contrast, more rural and desert communities in East County voted for
San Diego ready to solicit interest in sports arena property - The San Diego Union-Tribune — www.sandiegouniontribune.com The City of San Diego will soon alert a state-vetted list of affordable housing builders that it intends to lease the 48 acres it owns near Pechanga Arena in the Midway District for redevelopment.
At an Overrun ICU, ‘the Problem Is We Are Running Out of Hallways’ | Kaiser Health News — khn.org Billings Clinic in Montana is past the tipping point as it looks for places to add intensive care unit beds and is on the cusp of rationing care to deal with the surge of sick covid patients in a state with significant anti-vaccination sentiment.