NORSE’S NOTES: Dark humor is not dead. The following letter, sent to the Sentinel for publication, was also released to me to distribute as I see fit. I haven’t heard anything back from the Public Hysteria Citizen’s Task Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Mayor’s Stacked and Packed “Public Safety Task Force” meets
| START DATE: | Wednesday May 29 |
| TIME: | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM |
| Location Details: | |
| Tony Hill Room of the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium at Church and Center Streets. | |
| Event Type: | Meeting |
| Contact Name | Scott Collins (posted by Norse) |
| Email Address | scollins [at] cityofsantacruz.org |
| Phone Number | 831-420-5030 |
| Address | 809 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA |
| The Public Hysteria Citizen Task Farce (more officially known as the Public Safety Citizen Task Force) meets every other Wednesday, starting May 29.2013 through November, from 6:00 pm – 9:00 .The draft minutes of the last Continue reading | |
For the poor, affordable housing may be a vehicle.
NOTE BY NORSE: I don’t think it requires a great deal of “research” to establish the obvious value–both to individuals trying to survive and to the broader community of vehicular residency (in the absence of truly affordable housing for poor people). When I hear the word “research” on homeless Continue reading
Palo Alto Battle on Living in Vehicles Draws Nearerrer
NOTES BY NORSE: Palo Alto City Council is moving in an eerily simultaneous way with Santa Cruz and Monterey City Councils to bring up its own anti-homeless vehicle residency ban, proposing to reverse the unusual Continue reading
Monterey Crowd Defends Homeless Rights; Council Backtracks Slightly (CORRECTED)
NOTES BY NORSE
CORRECTIONS TO AN EARLIER STORY
I reported on a Monterey City Council meeting that turned back 1 of 3 anti-homeless measures being proposed for study several days ago. There were several significant typos in the story (“11 AM” should have read Continue reading
Monterey Crowd Defends Homeless Rights; Council Backtracks Slightly
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Homeless Protest in Concord; Disturbing Silence in Santa Cruz
NOTES BY NORSE: The obvious basic question “where are we to live?” is pointedly being ignored by the “Public Safety Citizen Task Force”, the City Council’s “Public Safety” Committee, the City Council, City Manager Continue reading
Bigots in Palo Alto Moving to Ban Vehicular Sleeping
NOTES BY NORSE: Palo Alto activists and supporters have successfully fought to retain the rights of Palo Alto vehicular dwellers to sleep in their vehicles on city streets–up to now. Stubborn activists like Tony Ciampi Continue reading
California Homeless Bill of Rights Update; local ACLU meets Monday
NOTE BY NORSE: The Santa Cruz ACLU has yet to endorse AB 5 (the California Homeless Bill of Rights) specifically, though the Northern California ACLU has).
Nor has our local ACLU called for the abolition Continue reading
Video Exposing Abuse of the Homeless Suppressed
A video of a Clean Team activist, supported by other Clean Team members, harassing, assaulting, and battering a homeless camper was posted for several days on a SC Patch article (“Fever Pitch – Interview with SC Clean Team Continue reading