HomeMy WebLinkAbout3/17/2020 Item B1, DSA SLO
Clerk, Intern
From:DSA SLO <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Council Meeting 3/15
We are greatly thankful and impressed by this community's response to the current pandemic we are facing.
As closures and social distancing sets in we are seeing the most vulnerable in our community be deeply
affected by the loss of income and access to resources.
To this, we request that not only the governor’s executive order N-28-20 be respected but there be an
additional suspension of rent given how many renters in this city are hourly service workers who no longer
have a safe source of income while performing social distancing. We request as well that empty hotel/motel
rooms be immediately offered to houseless community members who cannot self quarantine without a space
to do it in. It is vital emergency shelters be provided immediately.
As per the latest executive order, we further recommend the city guarantee continued publicly provided water
and trash service regardless of payment.
We request that you do not fail your earlier promise to provide free tests to all who qualify and furthermore that
these tests are provided regardless of doctor’s note- putting such a roadblock on students and those without
insurance or local doctors will keep us from having the knowledge we need to keep our county safe.
Lastly, we ask that as per executive order N-26-20, you ensure state funds are allocated and properly used
within our school systems. Parents deserve daytime childcare and school lunches need to continue to be
provided.
We will continue on to ask the state for paid sick leave for those workers who have no source of income while
following health directives. Flattening the curve necessitates avoiding public interactions for longer than those
14 days, disability and unemployment are not an adequate response.
Sincerely,
DSA SLO
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In Solidarity,
The San Luis Obispo Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America
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