GOT TIPS FOR STUDIO & TRANSMITTER SITES?  WE’RE STILL LOOKING !
Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  


ON THE SHOW

• Steve Silverman of FlexYourRights.com :  Rules for Recording Police
• Murdered Civil Rights Leader from 1963 Medgar Evers
• Santa Cruz Homeless Union Activist Angel Describes the MLK March 1-20
• History and Significance of City Manager/Police Chief Supremacy in Santa Cruz
• Kazenjammer Keith McHenry Gives a Second Account of the MLK March  
  
• Street Stuff:  Larry, Seth, Viper, Mr. Lennoxhead, Sarah, Steve C, Jimmy, Max, Leon, Wes, Carlos, 
• Rafa  Sonnenfeld on the CACH meeting; Wes White on Chief Mills’ anti-homeless ordinances  
• SC Union Meeting Schemes and Sputters 1-18  
• Lengthy Grilling of “Ready-for-the-Rough-Stuff” Rafa Sonnenfeld
  
• City Council Preview of Upcoming 1-28 Meeting Including Snatches of Councilmember Glover’s Agenda Analysis 
  
• Full Glover Analysis on 1-24 at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Glover%20Agenda%20Analysis%201-24.mp3  
• Musing at the Food Not Bombs Meal:  Randy, Free, Cooper’s Sidewalk Campsite Report, Travis, Gentletongue Jim, Harm Reduction Squad, Jessie, James, Enrique
• Councilmember Krohn answers a few questions, but ducks “Will you Demand Real Winter Shelter be put on the Agenda?”
  
• Jeffrey’s Plight and Dreamcatcher’s Worddance  
• The Intercept’s Podcast:Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and the Rewriting of Iraq War History at https://theintercept.com/2020/01/22/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-and-the-rewriting-of-iraq-war-history/
  
  
  

REVIEW THE PAUL BODEN ADVICE TO THE SC HOMELESS UNION at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY

CHECK OUT CHIEF MILLS PUSHING HIS “DISAPPEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS” PROGRAM BEFORE THE REACTIONARY SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORS VIGILANTE GROUP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)

• Historical Reminders:  The Watkins Minority Liberalizing Measures and Sets the Stage for the Unconstitutional Destruction of the first Ross Camp: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=MINUTES
• The City’s Own Standard Operating Procedures Ignored and Violated: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=AGENDA  (See documents attached to Item 15.4)
  
• Chief Mills’s reassurance that Camp Phoenix (the SC Union-managed Camp at Ross) could not be removed without due process:  https://chiefmills.com/2019/11/14/homeless-in-santa-cruz-ross-camp-2-0/     (paragraphs 3 & 4)
• The role of then Vice-Mayor, now Mayor, Justin Cummings in the destruction and other sell-out’s of the Progressive agenda: “A Blast at Vice-Mayor Cummings Record As the Council Dallies” at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827718.php ; “Open Letter to Vice-Mayor Justin Cummings” at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/21/18827505.php ; and https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2019/12/18/guest-commentary-city-officials-buck-homelessness-responsibility/

Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly: 

Bring your sleeping bags, voices, & blankets 5 PM Tuesday to the doors of City Council Food Not Bombs will bring the goodies; you bring the speeches at 7 PM.  More details at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/25/18830072.php  Plan for the next Community-Backed Homeless Encampment at the Wednesday HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) meeting noon at the Sub Rose Cafe next to the Bike Church.
Backtalk Police Chief All-too-Amiable Andy Mills’ Hijack the Homeless “7 Point Plan” at the Union’s Resistance Forum Wednesday 4:30 PM at the Resource for Non-Violence at 612 Ocean St.  Details at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/25/18830070.php
Demand “Bad News” Bernal Order His Cops to Stand off and Allow Homeless Activists to Reopen Camp Phoenix now that Governor Newsom has declared that area surplus space to be designated for homeless use. Denounce the latest cosmetic “Winter Shelter” lie with the opening of the Armory–which only serves 20 more people and ignores the 1000-2000 outside, spending ridiculous sums of money to shelter a few, while really providing protective cover to the City Council and Board of Supervisors for essentially doing nothing for the great majority.
Contact Chief Mills at amills@cityofsantacruz.com  to demand fundamental changes such as that seized survival gear be available for reclaiming during regular business hours, not just 6 hours as week.  See https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2019/12/18/police_protest_flyer_12-18-19.pdf Hold accountable City Hall NIMBY enablers at all public meetings:  Former Mayor Martine Watkins, New Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager-for-Life Martin Bernal, His Wrecking Crew of Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara and Megan Bunch, Police Chief Andy Mills, & City Attorney Tony Condotti  for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction,  Subsequent Deaths, & the Friday Nov 15th Demolition of Camp Phoenix (the renewed Deseire Memorial Survival Encampment in back of Ross) with a campaign of lies to the community regarding “adequate shelter options”. Remember Deseire Quintero–Killed by City Indifference, Negligence, and Malice in Closing the First Ross Camp Without Any Adequate Shelter!  Support Survival Campgrounds, Empty Building Takeovers This Winter Wherever They Happen. Take peaceful action to open up buildings for Winter Shelter as well as an end to harassment citation of folks surviving outside under “trespass on public property”, “closed area”, “public nuisance” and “blocking the sidewalk” pretexts;
Witness, oppose, and document police and ranger harassment using “closed areas”, “blocking the sidewalk”, “public nuisance”, “public trespass”, and “illegal lodging” to get around the Boise v. Martin “No shelter? No tickets!” decision.
Demand City Manager “Mangler” Martin Bernal and SCPD Police Chief  “Ambushmaster” Andy Mills account for their destruction of Camp Phoenix ignoring City Council’s required Standard Operating Procedures for closing encampments and violating their own admission that “trespass” could not be properly applied to the survival sleepers
Sign up at the SCHU Table at the Food Not Bombs meals to find more direct and effective ways to support the next homeless-run encampment.  Contact the Union at 831-431-7766.  Union meets 5 PM Sundays at Front & Water St.  Phone: 431-7766  DONATE SURVIVAL GEAR SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT FOOD NOT BOMBS
Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action by contacting the SC Union, HUFF,  Conscience & Action, or the Give-A-Shit Campaign Provide Direct Support to Survival Camps & Squats as City Council Ignores the Winter Shelter Emergency; Skip the Poverty Pimp Entrepreneurs
Post Your Documentation of Police and Ranger “Move Along” Mischief or Pass it on to Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766  Donate to Existing Homeless Encampments, NOT Poverty-Pimp Posturers– Survival Demands Blankets, Water, Tarps, Portapotties & Trash Pick-Up’s–and Deter Police Harassment by being On Call to Document It.
Additional Needs for Community Samaritans!–More Needs: Potable Water for Drinking, Laundry Access so Clothes Don’t Mildew, and More Space in Additional Spots, Monitor and Expose Cop Crackdowns Support Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s Day/Night Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action,Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless by documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.  Check out The Santa Cruz Community, Santa Cruz Homeless Advocates & Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, SNAIL, HEART Disabled Homeless People,  Power Surge Tenants Rights, Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance, and more on Facebook..then go out and do something!
  Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org Thursdays 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .  Call in with street reports and commentary: 831-335-4844   If you must, expropriate items from corporate & chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

YOU FIND US STUDIO SPACE, WE GOT A REWARD FOR YOU.

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   
Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

• Inside the Penal System–A Phone Call From the Darkness from Harold Prescott Ashton III
  
• “Tough It Out” Tyler Restores Video Shows on Pacific Avenue
• Councilmember Glover’s Mid-Week Update
  

• Santa Cruz Homeless Union Plots and Plans in its 1-12-20 Meeting
• Marching and Mockery in the Martin Luther King Day Parade With a Police Chief Pushing New Anti-Homeless Laws

STILL STUDIO AND PHONE CHALLENGED,  BUT CALL IN AT 423-4833 AFTER YOU HEAR THE SHOWWITH COMMENTS, NEWS, AND CASTIGATION FOR THE NEXT SHOW & I’LL CALL BACK !
Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html   



ON THE SHOW

• Covering the SCPD-orchestrated “Homeless Removal” program of Chief Mills before the Santa Cruz Neighbors Peanut Gallery 1-15
• Andrea the Street Spirit Vendor Describes Her Beat
• Santa Barbara Gets A New Legal Homeless Defender–a Report from Pepper-n-Salt Peter Marin
• Checking in with the real “Winter Shelter” users, huddling by the Post Office fence: Words with George Willoughby and Daniel
• Cackling outside City Council at the “Let Us Make A Second Camp Phoenix” Protest with Rafa, Alicia, and Keith
• Reassuring patter from the mild-mannered smooth-talking City Manager Martin (“the Mellow Mangler”) Bernal on the City’s (lack of) Homeless Winter Shelter
  
• Growls from the Groundlings–Selections from the 1-14 City Council’s Oral Communications
• Educating the Local ACLU:  “Punch Back” Paul Boden of WRAP (Western Regional Alliance Project) Keynotes the Crowd
• Pronouncements Past Due–Pleich Postures and Posner Pleads at the ACLU Awards
  

REVIEW THE PAUL BODEN ADVICE TO THE SC HOMELESS UNION at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY

CHECK OUT CHIEF MILLS PUSHING HIS “DISAPPEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS” PROGRAM BEFORE THE REACTIONARY SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORS VIGILANTE GROUP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)

• Historical Reminders:  The Watkins Minority Liberalizing Measures and Sets the Stage for the Unconstitutional Destruction of the first Ross Camp: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=MINUTES
• The City’s Own Standard Operating Procedures Ignored and Violated: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=AGENDA  (See documents attached to Item 15.4)
  
• Chief Mills’s reassurance that Camp Phoenix (the SC Union-managed Camp at Ross) could not be removed without due process:  https://chiefmills.com/2019/11/14/homeless-in-santa-cruz-ross-camp-2-0/     (paragraphs 3 & 4)
• The role of then Vice-Mayor, now Mayor, Justin Cummings in the destruction and other sell-out’s of the Progressive agenda: “A Blast at Vice-Mayor Cummings Record As the Council Dallies” at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827718.php ; “Open Letter to Vice-Mayor Justin Cummings” at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/21/18827505.php ; and https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2019/12/18/guest-commentary-city-officials-buck-homelessness-responsibility/

Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly: 

Bring your sleeping bags, voices, & blankets 5 PM Sunday to the Sidewalk Rally outside the Main Post Office for an Organize-for-Martin-Luther-King-Monday action.  Munchables provided by Food Not Bombs as usual; Oratory by the Santa Cruz Homeless Union.
Demand “Bad News” Bernal Order His Cops to Stand off and Allow Homeless Activists to Reopen Camp Phoenix now that Governor Newsom has declared that area surplus space to be designated for homeless use. Denounce the latest cosmetic “Winter Shelter” lie with the opening of the Armory–which only serves 20 more people and ignores the 1000-2000 outside, spending ridiculous sums of money to shelter a few, while really providing protective cover to the City Council and Board of Supervisors for essentially doing nothing for the great majority.
Contact Chief Mills at amills@cityofsantacruz.com  to demand fundamental changes such as that seized survival gear be available for reclaiming during regular business hours, not just 6 hours as week.  See https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2019/12/18/police_protest_flyer_12-18-19.pdf Hold accountable City Hall NIMBY enablers at all public meetings:  Former Mayor Martine Watkins, New Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager-for-Life Martin Bernal, His Wrecking Crew of Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara and Megan Bunch, Police Chief Andy Mills, & City Attorney Tony Condotti  for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction,  Subsequent Deaths, & the Friday Nov 15th Demolition of Camp Phoenix (the renewed Deseire Memorial Survival Encampment in back of Ross) with a campaign of lies to the community regarding “adequate shelter options”. Remember Deseire Quintero–Killed by City Indifference, Negligence, and Malice in Closing the First Ross Camp Without Any Adequate Shelter!  Support Survival Campgrounds, Empty Building Takeovers This Winter Wherever They Happen. Take peaceful action to open up buildings for Winter Shelter as well as an end to harassment citation of folks surviving outside under “trespass on public property”, “closed area”, “public nuisance” and “blocking the sidewalk” pretexts;
Witness, oppose, and document police and ranger harassment using “closed areas”, “blocking the sidewalk”, “public nuisance”, “public trespass”, and “illegal lodging” to get around the Boise v. Martin “No shelter? No tickets!” decision.
Demand City Manager “Mangler” Martin Bernal and SCPD Police Chief  “Ambushmaster” Andy Mills account for their destruction of Camp Phoenix ignoring City Council’s required Standard Operating Procedures for closing encampments and violating their own admission that “trespass” could not be properly applied to the survival sleepers
Sign up at the SCHU Table at the Food Not Bombs meals to find more direct and effective ways to support the next homeless-run encampment.  Contact the Union at 831-431-7766.  Union meets 5 PM Sundays at Front & Water St.  Phone: 431-7766  DONATE SURVIVAL GEAR SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT FOOD NOT BOMBS
Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action by contacting the SC Union, HUFF,  Conscience & Action, or the Give-A-Shit Campaign Provide Direct Support to Survival Camps & Squats as City Council Ignores the Winter Shelter Emergency; Skip the Poverty Pimp Entrepreneurs
Post Your Documentation of Police and Ranger “Move Along” Mischief or Pass it on to Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766  Donate to Existing Homeless Encampments, NOT Poverty-Pimp Posturers– Survival Demands Blankets, Water, Tarps, Portapotties & Trash Pick-Up’s–and Deter Police Harassment by being On Call to Document It.
Additional Needs for Community Samaritans!–More Needs: Potable Water for Drinking and Grey Water for Washing, Laundry Access so Clothes Don’t Mildew, a Drainage System Against the Rains, More Space in Additional Spots, Monitor and Expose Cop Crackdowns Support Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s Day/Night Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action,Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.  Check out The Santa Cruz Community, Santa Cruz Homeless Advocates & Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, SNAIL, HEART Disabled Homeless People,  Power Surge Tenants Rights, Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance, and more on Facebook..then go out and do something!
  Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org Thursdays 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .  Call in with street reports and commentary: 831-335-4844   If you must, expropriate items from corporate & chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

YES, WE STILL HAVE NO STUDIO AND WILL PAY TO FIND ONE !

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   
Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

• Warming Center Weatherman Brent Adams Discusses the City Council Vote of 1-14  (http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1330&doctype=AGENDA Agenda Item 28
• Jackie Taylor’s Tale of Street Survival at the SC Homeless Union Protest at City Hall with additional outside input
  

• WRAP (Western Regional Advocacy Project) Paul Boden Talks Turkey With Local Activists (Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY )
• And more…!

NO STUDIO–NO PHONE LINE.  BUT CALL IN AT 423-4833 & I’LL CALL BACK !
Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html   



ON THE SHOW

• Upcoming “Shitty City” Council Meeting Agenda Analysis for 1-14 and Proposed 5 PM Protest
• Chowing and Chattering at the Santa Cruz Diner with “Scope it Out” Scott and “Phantomwalk” Free
• 1-5 Union of the Homeless Updates and Protest Plans to Demand (or Create) Winter Shelter at Council 1-14, A Few Camp Updates
• St. James Visits “By the Roadside” Beverly at the Washington St. Sidewalk Encampment
• “Back to Basics” Brent Adams Explains His Triaging Formula on the Few Nights the Warming Center Opens
•  Oakland’s Moms4 Housing Update 
•  Rough Talk from Red Church Rogues: Abbey’s Camp Proposals, “Substance or Posture?” Steve Pleich’s Update  
•  Saturday Seasoning from the Food Not Bombs/Post Office Encampment Area:  Katanjammer Keith on Bogus Winter Shelter Chatter,
   Lewis on Withstanding Ranger Harassment, Violet on Psych Shelters, Dreamcatcher, “Happy-go-lucky” Henry, Free, Angel in Dispute, Eagle & Others
  

ALSO ON THE SHOW:  FLASHBACKS WITHIN FLASHBACKS–THE FLASHY FEBRUARY 22, 1998 SHOW

       *** Bathrobespierre Robert grills Mayor “Riot Act” Rotkin in May of 1996 on his Sleeping Ban Baloney and the Closing of the Coral St. Open Air Shelter

     ***  Spring 1994 Clips from Homeless Hating KSCO’s Coverage of the Downtown Demonstrations Against Councilmember Neal Coonerty’s Sitting Ban

     ***  “Dragonsheart” Dan Hopkins Denounces Rotkin in a December 1995 Show After the Betrayal of the Coral St. Open Air Shelter

      ***  “Sick of Poverty” Celine Pasquale Deconstructs City Council’s Anti-Homeless Stance


DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)

• Historical Reminders:  The Watkins Minority Liberalizing Measures and Sets the Stage for the Unconstitutional Destruction of the first Ross Camp: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=MINUTES
• The City’s Own Standard Operating Procedures Ignored and Violated: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=AGENDA  (See documents attached to Item 15.4)
  
• Chief Mills’s reassurance that Camp Phoenix (the SC Union-managed Camp at Ross) could not be removed without due process:  https://chiefmills.com/2019/11/14/homeless-in-santa-cruz-ross-camp-2-0/     (paragraphs 3 & 4)
• The role of then Vice-Mayor, now Mayor, Justin Cummings in the destruction and other sell-out’s of the Progressive agenda: “A Blast at Vice-Mayor Cummings Record As the Council Dallies” at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827718.php ; “Open Letter to Vice-Mayor Justin Cummings” at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/21/18827505.php ; and https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2019/12/18/guest-commentary-city-officials-buck-homelessness-responsibility/

Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly: 

Bring your sleeping bags, voices, and blankets to City Council 5 PM Tuesday at 809 Center St. (City Hall) for a Speak-Out and possible Sleep-In.  Munchables provided by Food Not Bombs and other donors.  Oral Communciations starts at 7 PM. Demand “Bad News” Bernal Order His Cops to Stand off and Allow Homeless Activists to Reopen Camp Phoenix now that Governor Newsom has declared that area surplus space to be designated for homeless use. Denounce the latest cosmetic “Winter Shelter” lie with the opening of the Armory–which only serves 20 more people and ignores the 1000-2000 outside, spending ridiculous sums of money to shelter a few, while really providing protective cover to the City Council and Board of Supervisors for essentially doing nothing for the great majority.
Contact Chief Mills at amills@cityofsantacruz.com  to demand fundamental changes such as that seized survival gear be available for reclaiming during regular business hours, not just 6 hours as week.  See https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2019/12/18/police_protest_flyer_12-18-19.pdf Hold accountable City Hall NIMBY enablers at all public meetings:  Former Mayor Martine Watkins, New Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager-for-Life Martin Bernal, His Wrecking Crew of Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara and Megan Bunch, Police Chief Andy Mills, & City Attorney Tony Condotti  for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction,  Subsequent Deaths, & the Friday Nov 15th Demolition of Camp Phoenix (the renewed Deseire Memorial Survival Encampment in back of Ross) with a campaign of lies to the community regarding “adequate shelter options”. Remember Deseire Quintero–Killed by City Indifference, Negligence, and Malice in Closing the First Ross Camp Without Any Adequate Shelter!  Support Survival Campgrounds, Empty Building Takeovers This Winter Wherever They Happen. Take peaceful action to open up buildings for Winter Shelter as well as an end to harassment citation of folks surviving outside under “trespass on public property”, “closed area”, “public nuisance” and “blocking the sidewalk” pretexts;
Witness, oppose, and document police and ranger harassment using “closed areas”, “blocking the sidewalk”, “public nuisance”, “public trespass”, and “illegal lodging” to get around the Boise v. Martin “No shelter? No tickets!” decision.
Demand City Manager “Mangler” Martin Bernal and SCPD Police Chief  “Ambushmaster” Andy Mills account for their destruction of Camp Phoenix ignoring City Council’s required Standard Operating Procedures for closing encampments and violating their own admission that “trespass” could not be properly applied to the survival sleepers
Sign up at the SCHU Table at the Food Not Bombs meals to find more direct and effective ways to support the next homeless-run encampment.  Contact the Union at 831-431-7766.  Union meets 5 PM Sundays at Front & Water St.  Phone: 431-7766  DONATE SURVIVAL GEAR SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT FOOD NOT BOMBS
Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action by contacting the SC Union, HUFF,  Conscience & Action, or the Give-A-Shit Campaign Provide Direct Support to Survival Camps & Squats as City Council Ignores the Winter Shelter Emergency; Skip the Poverty Pimp Entrepreneurs
Post Your Documentation of Police and Ranger “Move Along” Mischief or Pass it on to Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766  Donate to Existing Homeless Encampments, NOT Poverty-Pimp Posturers– Survival Demands Blankets, Water, Tarps, Portapotties & Trash Pick-Up’s–and Deter Police Harassment by being On Call to Document It.
Additional Needs for Community Samaritans!–More Needs: Potable Water for Drinking and Grey Water for Washing, Laundry Access so Clothes Don’t Mildew, a Drainage System Against the Rains, More Space in Additional Spots, Monitor and Expose Cop Crackdowns Support Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s Day/Night Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action,Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.  Check out The Santa Cruz Community, Santa Cruz Homeless Advocates & Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, SNAIL, HEART Disabled Homeless People,  Power Surge Tenants Rights, Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance, and more on Facebook..then go out and do something!
  Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org Thursdays 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .  Call in with street reports and commentary: 831-335-4844   If you must, expropriate items from corporate & chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

THE USUAL PITCH!

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   
Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

• Yulia of UCSC on the Graduate Student Strike (COLA 4 All)
  
• Winter Shelter at the Armory–Another City Manager/County Dodge to Avoid Broader Shelter
• “Big Drum” Brent and “Less Blab, More Bacon” Alicia Kuhl on the Winter Shelter Shenanagan
• Red Churchers Chime In:  Dreamcatcher, Marie, Noel, Marty, Jake, Steve, Richard, Martha, and Baba Ito
• Andrea on the Death of her Father Jerry, found out in the cold by the Post Office fence