Tonight 8-30-18 at 6 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides on Free Radio Santa Cruz at 101.3 FM, Storagemeister Brent Adams, Mustardtongue Mary, and a Report from “No Lavatory for the Lowly” Louden Nelson

The show also streams tonight at 6 p.m. at freakradio.org.  It will archive in the near future under Lost Shows on the HUFF website at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html.   Look for “Latest Show – 8/30/2018  Thursday, August 23, 2018 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides.” 

On the show:

 

  • Laments and Loud Lambasting of the City Council’s Elimination of Drop-In Winter Shelter
  • Bromidebuster Brent Adams (newly Christened) with Shelter and Storage Updates
  • Red Church Monday Meal Musings and Moanings
  • Other stuff as well

NO HUFF MEETING TODAY Wednesday August 29th–But Homeless Civil Rights Fans Can Check Out the Conscience & Action Meet 11 AM at the Sub Rosa Cafe Today

Some HUFFish suggestions for today’s Conscience & Action meeting:

  • Louden Nelson Bathrooms Still Locked to the Community–State of the Petitions, Meeting with the Masters, On-Line Petition, the Rental Option
  • Stepping up the Louden Nelson Bathroom Struggle: More Mid-Summer Sidewalk Tabling along Laurel or In Front, Senior Citizen Organizing, & Direct Bathroom Use
  • Winter Shelter “Increase” Hoax”–the Latest Fables from City Council
  • Food Not Bombs Under Attack–AB2178 to Restrict Charitable Food Giveaways
  • Candidate, Bureaucrat, and Officeholder Accountability: Demanding Public Access: Bringing It to the Candidate Forums & to the Streets
  • Racial Profiling: the Current Case of Errol Hepburn
  • Library Demolish:  Stopping the Premature Burial
  • Resuscitating the Santa Cruz Switchboard
  • Violence Against the Unhoused: Recent Deaths and Van Victims
  • Van Theft: the Crackdown on RV’s
  • Rent Ripoff’s:  Confronting the City’s Failure to Confront Landlords in Violation


Other News Compliments of Jubilant Julie Schaul:

  •   Write Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   Letters to media regarding the Louden Nelson bathroom closure; Call 423-4833 and Sign the Petition Demanding Reopening!
  •   Back up homeless efforts to organize either in protest or to demand adequate and accessible facilities.
  •   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.

Next HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] meeting:  Wednesday, 9-5-18  11 AM at the Sub Rosa next to the Bike Church. 

Sunday 8-26-18 9:30 AM-3 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides with Tenant Activist Cynthia Berger, Supplyside Storageman Brent Adams, and Salinas Union of Homeless Survival Strugglers Wes White and Anthony Prince; Flashback to November 28, 2013

Streams at freakradio.org and broadcasts at 101.3 FM  

Archives in the near future at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.htm

CURRENT EVENTS
  •  Notes on the 8-28 noon City Council meeting and the “Liberate the Louden nelson Latrines!” Protest 5 PM at City Hall, same day!
  • “Whittle Down the Wicked” Wes White Confronts Salinas RV Shutdown
  • Battlehardened Brent Adams on Storage and Safe Parking
  • Sagetongue Cynthia’s New Updates on Just Eviction and Rent Control


FLASHBACK FOLLIES FROM November 28, 2013
     +++Nearly two hours with Jasmine and Shade Byron, Daniel, & Colin Campbell Clyde–the Byrons charge Officer Hernandez with assault and battery at the Salvation Army 11-26 meal with gun drawn for attempting to take a plate of food out of the building
     +++ Councilmember Posner at the last hearing of the Sidewalk Shrinkage ordinance
     +++ 11-21-13  Street Interviews:
                  ** Mr. Jack and Archive Hunter puffing and playing
                  ** James Richard Armstrong from Berkeley on baffling police by standing up to them in Redding (facebook him for 260 articles)
                  ** Sleeping & Smoking Tickets for Ravenman
    +++  Review the original broadcast at http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb131124.mp3



UPDATES FROM “JEWEL IN THE ROUGH” JULIE & “BAD BOY” BATHROBESPIERRE


Leave your comments and questions at 831-423-4833831-423-4833 or rnorse3@hotmail.com

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DEMAND RESTORATION OF THE PUBLIC BATHROOMS AT LOUDEN NELSON COMMUNITY CENTER

PROTEST AT CITY HALL 5 PM  TUESDAY  AUGUST 28TH
SPEAK OUT TO CITY COUNCIL AT 5:30 PM

Tonight 8-23-18 at 6 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides on Free Radio Santa Cruz at 101.3 FM, Bits and Barbs from Bathrobespierre’s Back Lot

The show also streams tonight at 6 p.m. at freakradio.org.  It will archive in the near future under Lost Shows on the HUFF website at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html.   Look for “Latest Show – 8/23/2018  Thursday, August 23, 2018 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides.” 

On the show:

 

  • “Featherlady” Ronnie Marino Reports on Manager Mischief Against a Section 8 Disabled Elderly
  • Encouraging Words from City Council contender Drew Glover’s Sunday rally
  • A Song or Three by Phil Ochs from Olden Times
  • A Snatch of Poetry from Boulevard Bard Bert Glick
  • A Chirp or Two from the Red Church Monday Meal

HUFF boxes with Bathroom Baricaders and Rent Profiteer Peckerwoods 11 AM SubRosa Cafe Wednesday 8-22-18

HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] will meet Wednesday, 8-22 11 AM at the Sub Rosa next to the Bike Church.   Or we may have to move to The nearby Bagelry (320 Cedar St.) if no space is available.

Possible action items:

  • Louden Nelson Bathrooms Still Locked to the Community–Document Survey and Next Steps–Bringing the Straight Poop to Shitty Council Next Tuesday
  • Updates from Conscience and Action  and recent petitioning –Taking the Issue to Martin Bernal & Iseth Rae; More Mid-Summer Sidewalk Tabling, Senior Citizen Organizing, & Examining Buried Documents
  • Salinas Slamdown: the Coming Crackdown on RV’s at 7 AM at Griffin Park Friday August 24th
  • Charting Legislative Mischief:  AB2178 to Restrict Charitable Food Giveaways, AB 1040 to “conservatorship” troublesome homeless; Bail Elim With a Poison Pill
  • Library Burial in the New Parking Garage Plan: Implications for Folks Outside; 4:30 PM  Save the Farmer’s Market  Rally?
  • Resuscitating the Santa Cruz Switchboard: Creating a Hotline Against Vigilante Violence
  • Reviewing the Candidate Cavalcade for Shitty Council:  Forum for the Posturing Politicos?
 Gems from Journeywise Julie:
 

                     

  •   Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bathroom Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
  •  Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   Back up homeless efforts to organize either in protest or to demand adequate and accessible facilities.
  •   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.
  •   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at 101.3 FM and freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
  •   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .

Sunday 8-19-18 9:30 AM-3 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides with Bathroom Backtalk, Berkley Barks from Cornerstone Carol Denny and Amber, Rent Control Rumblings from C.M. Berger, and Flashback Frenzy from Feb 1, 2009

Streams at freakradio.org and broadcasts at 101.3 FM  

Archives in the near future at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

CURRENT EVENTS
  • City Council Speakback on the Louden Nelson Bathroom Lockdown
  • Cornerstone Carol Denney on Berkeley Mayor’s SellOut of Police Reform
  • News Notes on Police Power and Privilege
  • Sagetongue Cynthia On How She Got Into the Rent Control Struggle


FLASHBACK VOICES A-PLENTY FROM FEB 1, 2009
     +++ Deconstructing Sgt. Harms as he chats with a Copwatcher & Thomas G.
     +++ Steve critiques cops; Drummer Dave on Drum Circle Happenings
     +++ Loggan Grittam on police “tow your car” ruse a retaliatory false arrest
     +++  Abusive going-on at O, My Sole  say Mariola and Joelle
     +++  Sleeping Ban cites and property pilfering for disabled Matthew Hastings?
     +++  Sgt. Harms on the O, My Sole doings
     +++  Soup Kitchen stops BamBam “come to City Council” announcement
     +++  Santa Cruz Revival ticketed for sidewalk soupkitchening downtown
     +++  More than we’ve got room to write: go to http://www.huffsantacruz.org/brb-descriptions.html#JUL09 and look under Feb 1, 2009
    +++  Review the entire show at http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb090201.mp3

Tonight 8-16-18 at 6 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides on Free Radio Santa Cruz at 101.3 FM, Snips and Snaps From Here and There

The show also streams tonight at 6 p.m. at freakradio.org. It will archive in the near future under Lost Shows on the HUFF website at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html. Look for “Latest Show – 8/16/2018 Thursday, August 16, 2018 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides.”

On the show:

2nd Half of Law Prof James Duane says “Don’t Talk to the Police”. Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
Raging Rangers–and other reports from the Red Church 8-13
City Council blinks at the claim form of Elijah Hepburn, an African-American bicyclist assaulted by the SCPD
Street Sputterings in the Dusk

For those with extra time and interest:
+++ City Council candidate kickoff rally Sunday August 19th 1 PM-3 PM for Drew Glover at Louden Nelson Park (Conscience & Action activists will be gathering “Reopen the Bathrooms” petitions.
+++ Rent Control Kickoff Forum Monday August 20th, from 4-6 pm party at 215 Gharkey, the home of Jane Weed and Ron Pomerantz.

NO HUFF MEETING TODAY Wednesday August 15th–But Homeless Civil Rights Fans Can Check Out the Conscience & Action Meet 11 AM at the Sub Rosa Cafe Today

Some HUFFish suggestions for today’s Conscience & Action meeting:

Louden Nelson Bathrooms Still Locked to the Community–Document Survey and Next Steps–Taking the Issue to Iseth Rae
Stepping up the Louden Nelson Bathroom Struggle: More Mid-Summer Sidewalk Tabling along Laurel or In Front, Senior Citizen Organizing, & Direct Bathroom Use
San Lorenzo Park Bathroom Open or Shut? and the Broader Anti-Homeless Architecture & Policies There https://www.facebook.com/Downtown-Santa-Cruz-Bathroom-Task-Force-886531701404169/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eJG_ER74hE&feature=youtu.be

Food Not Bombs Under Attack–AB2178 to Restrict Charitable Food Giveaways
Candidate, Bureaucrat, and Officeholder Accountability: Demanding Public Access
Racial Profiling: the Current Case of Errol Hepburn
Library Demolish: Stopping the Premature Burial
Resuscitating the Santa Cruz Switchboard
Violence Against the Unhoused: Recent Deaths and Van Victims
Exposing City Council “Unaffordable” Housing Priorities and Vacant Buildings in Santa Cruz as Part of Rent Control Struggle

Other News Compliments of Jubilant Julie Schaul:

https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/aarp-2018/the-unexpected-face-of-poverty/1913/ (Organizing Seniors in Poverty in Santa Cruz)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2018/08/03/additional-building-wont-make-city-housing-more-affordable-says-fed-study/
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/20180813/santa-cruz-city-run-homeless-camp-may-extend-past-august

Write Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
Letters to media regarding the Louden Nelson bathroom closure
Back up homeless efforts to organize either in protest or to demand adequate and accessible facilities.
Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.

Next HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] meeting: Wednesday, 8-22-18 11 AM at the Sub Rosa next to the Bike Church.

Sunday 8-12-18 9:30 AM-3 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Interviews wih Mike Zint and Osha Newman, Checking out the Food not Bombs Showline in Santa Cruz, and a Flurry of Flashbacks

Streams at freakradio.org and broadcasts at 101.3 FM

Archives in the near future at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.htm

CURRENT EVENTS

Jumpstart Jim Vivian’s Chaotic In-and-Out of Court Tenant Struggle
Santa Cruz City Council Upcoming Notes; Rent Control Kickoff Party Today

Bill of Rights for Homeless Encampment Residents

First They Came for the Homeless Encampment Guru Mike Zint of Berkeley

Attorney Osha Neuman’s Update on the class action suit against Cal-Trans
Assorted Voices from the Food Not Bombs Sidewalk

FLASHBACKS

First Look at the Happy John Dine Slaying 11-24-97 (Club Cruz #64)
Linda and Laura Review the Old Sleeping Ban 1-5-98 (Club Cruz #67)
Tenant Struggle 20 Years Ago with Donna Deiss and Marco Merakee- 1-19-98 (Club Cruz #68)
Activists Take Over the vacant 75 River St. Wells Fargo Bank–the 12-1-11 Bathrobespierre’s Broadside coverage featuring “Cracker”, “Lighthouse” Linda, and “Mind over Madness” Matthew
Original Flashbackshow at http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb111201.mp3

PROVOCATIVE UPDATES FROM “JEWEL IN THE ROUGH” JULIE:

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/11/denver-triple-homicide-homeless-investigation/

Dark Death Clouds from Denver

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/08/11/18816851.php : Avenue 64 Rent Strikers Bust the Profiteers
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/npo/d/host-home-recruiter-case/6667527827.html Rounding Up Rednecks for the Revived Santa Cruz Homeless-Harassing “Hosts” Program for Next Year
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-cell-phone-lockers-homeless-0801-story.html Shards of Cheer from Chicago

Tonight 8-9-18 at 6 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides on Free Radio Santa Cruz at 101.3 FM, Snips and Snaps From Here and There

The show also streams tonight at 6 p.m. at freakradio.org. It will archive in the near future under Lost Shows on the HUFF website at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html. Look for “Latest Show – 8/09/2018 Thursday, August 9, 2018 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides.”

On the show:

Rent Control Advocates and Profiteer Opponents Square Off at City Council
Citizen’s Police Review Board at Sunset–Another Section of the Hearing on the Selective Enforcement Resolution October 14, 2002
Law Prof James Duane says “Don’t Talk to the Police”. Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

For those with extra time and interest:
+++ Rent Control Kickoff Party Sunday August 12th, from 4-6 pm party at 215 Gharkey, the home of Jane Weed and Ron Pomerantz.
+++ First Poor People’s Town Hall Tonight August 9th Resource Center for Non-Violence 6-8 PM at 612 Ocean St.