Monthly Archives: March 2020

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 3-12-20 at 6 PM at freakradio.org: Still No Facilities as the Corona Virus Arrives; Interviews with Katzenjammer Keith, Backlot Brent, and Bathrobespierre Robert

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TAKE OUR MONEY, PLEASE !   
STUDIO SITE REWARD STILL AVAILABLE !


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
SHOW DESCRIPTIONS will be archived at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress.


ON TODAY’S SHOW:
  

      *** Facing the Current Emergency:  Interview with Food Not Bomb-ster Keith McHenry

         *** Calls from the Curbside:  Reports from Lucero Luna and Cooper d’Angelo downtown
         *** Struggling to Speak Truth to the Coastal Commission Yesterday

         *** Advice in the Crisis: Brief Remarks by Footbridge Services Steward Brent Adams

         *** A Memory of Michael Zint, “Where Do We Go?” Survival Campers At last getting action from Berkeley’s Bureaucrats?NEW AUDIO POSTINGS ON THE HUFF WEBSITE (Coming soon)         *** The March 1st Mark Levy Concert         *** Awards, Announcements, and Celebration at the UN Association’s Yearly Awards

HUFF Meeting for Wednesday 3-11 Cancelled; Activists are Invited to the Coastal Commission Hearing on the Main Beach/Cowell Beach Ban Instead

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A number of concerns has prompted me to cancel tomorrow’s HUFF meeting at the Sub Rosa Cafe.  These include: 
        (1)  a conflict with the Coastal Commission hearing where I’m presenting an argument against the City Council’s five-year ban on the Main and Cowell Beaches;   
        (2) the Sub Rosa impressario Jacine advising me he’s sick and likely won’t be able to open the area tomorrow; 
        (3) the cancellation of all of Chief Andy Mills anti-homeless 7-Point plan meetings this week;
        (4) the Corona virus scare making public meetings a tad less desirable than usual has prompted         (5) low attendance at the last few meetings which prompted a suggestion we meet every other week–as HUFF was doing before we coalesced with the now moribund Conscience and Action group, and         (6) the fact that the Coastal Commission agenda item is at an uncertain time–anytime between 9 AM and late afternoon, requiring continued presence there though I’m not too clear I’ll have the stamina.

The Coastal Commission begins its hearings in Scotts Valley at the Hilton Hotel at  9 AM at 6001 La Madrona Drive.   Wed Afternoon Coastal Commission— Defeat the 5-Year Beach Curfew 6001 La Madrona Dr. Hilton Hotel .
 The item of interest to me and perhaps other HUFFsters is w22c at https://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/agenda/#/2020/3 .  It comes up at an uncertain time–though likely after lunch sometime.  I and a number of others are claiming the 5-year ban on being present on the beach at night is another anti-homeless move, unjustified by “crime”, “nuisance”, or “littering” claims.

My latest flyer recently distributed at City Council is at  https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/10/18831434.php (“A Double-Sided Flyer to City Council on the Homeless Health Crisis“),
–Robert Norse

Speak Out Against Chief Mills Latest Anti-Homeless Plan

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SCPD Chief Andy Mills and reactionaries on the City Council want to “work around” the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Martin v. Boise decision.

Since they refuse to open up survival encampments or vacant public buildings, police need “tools” to drive unhoused people out of public spaces. Hence the Mills 7-Point Plan…

(1) Banning Tents During the Day,
(2) Making Possession of Syringes a Crime in Public Places,
(3) Declaring Pacific Avenue a “Park” to Allow Police-Initiated Stay-Away Orders,
(4) Criminalizing Bike Repair in Public Places,
(5) Driving Away Vehicular Homes from West Cliff,
(6) Increasing Legal Pressure on Homeless “Crime”,
(7) Shopping Cart Criminalization.
Make comments, get more info, and download flyers at: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831395.php (Reactionary Riptide Against Homeless Must be Stopped !)
HUFF meets Wednesday noon at the Sub Rosa Cafe.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (3-8-20) at freakradio.org Carol Denney’s Choppy Weather Berkeley Report, Steve Pleich on the Recall and Chief Mills Homeless Crackdown, Alicia Kuhl’s UN Assn Award; Flashback: Jan 14, 2001

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BRING BACK FREE RADIO TO THE AIR !    STUDIO SITE REWARD STILL AVAILABLE !

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 TODAY’S SHOW:
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*** More Catherwauling from last Tuesday’s Koffee Klatch: “44” and Michael 

*** “More Potshots and the Poor” Police Chief Andy Mills Pushes his 7 Point Plan

*** Autobio Interview with HyperActivist Lucero Luna of the California Homeless Union

*** Cornerstone Carol Denney Forecasts a Fight against the UCB’s People’s Park Removal Machine

*** “Whittle ’em Down” Wes White Surveys the Salinas Scene

***  Brief Remarks on the Upcoming City Council Meeting 3-10

***  RV resident and Civil Rights Fighter Alicia Kuhl Received the “Woman of Courage” Award from the UN Association

***  Raging Grannies Belt Out a Few Songs

***  Briefest Update Ever from “Backstory” Brent Adams

FLASHBACK TO a part of the FRSC January 14, 2001 show:   

*** Legendary V-Man Vinnie Lomardo in a long Guest Interview on Pirate Radio

*** “Nutcracker” Nick Whitehead, Green Party Activist, Jousts with Bathrobespierre on the local Greens

***  Callers responding to the Debate on the Fitzmaurice Injunction Against the Koffee Klatchers & : Adrienne, “Bashful” Bernard Klitzner, & A registered Republican,


HEAR MAYOR JUSTIN CUMMINGS NAYSAY PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMS at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/26m%20Cummings%20Interview%202-3.MP3

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

REVIEW THE LATEST DOCUMENTS IN THE SLEEPING BAN STRUGGLE  at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830292.php

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 3-5-20 at 6 PM at freakradio.org: Inside Insights into Restrictive Homeless Services, Sidewalk Spraydowns, & More….!

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TAKE OUR MONEY, PLEASE !   
STUDIO SITE REWARD STILL AVAILABLE !


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
SHOW DESCRIPTIONS will be archived at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress.


ON TODAY’S SHOW:
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      *** Honking from the Stickermobile:  Driving by the Cola4All Protest

         *** Voices from the UCSC Struggle:  Pauline Seals at the “No on the Recall” Booth, Michael J. Becker–Grad student, Gabriel on the SNAIL movement
         *** Interview with folk singer Mark Levy

         *** Red Church Roustabouts:  A Bunch of Interviews including Dreamcatcher, Cooper, and more

         *** Koffee Klatch 2 : Robert Green on City Sanitation Services, Bee See the Black Clown on his new book

READ OVER THE DOCUMENTS

DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE MILLS’ ANTI-HOMELESS PROPOSALS: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/13/18830650.php (“Community Members Access Chief’s Quality of Life Proposals”) & https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/15/18830713.php (“(“More Punch and Less Puff Needed in Countering Police Chief’s Proposals”)

+++++ MILLS BARNSTORMING-AGAINST-THE-BEDRAGGLED CAMPAIGN COMING TO TOWN AGAIN
                    MONDAY MARCH 9TH  !  6-7:30 pm AT DELAVEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL                  

WEDNESDAY MARCH 11TH   6-7:30 pm LOUDEN NELSON (FORMERLY) COMMUNITY CENTER 
                    THURSDAY MARCH 12TH 6-7:30 pm PEACE UNITED CHURCH


 


THE MILLS MOVE-OUT-THE-HOMELESS CAMPAIGN  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

REVIEW THE LATEST DOCUMENTS IN THE SLEEPING BAN STRUGGLE  at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830292.php

Hang out with the HUFFsters tomorrow 3-4 Wednesday at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific (next to the Bike Church)

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HUFF Proposals for 3-4-20

Announcements    Norse Updates (Clippings)  Street & Camp Reports  

FOLLOW-UP ON PAST ACTIONS

*** Report on Tuesday’s Koffee Klatch and Homeless Poll

*** Posner/Pleich Letter & Response to Mills’ 7 Point March Tour?

*** Any Follow up on SCPD Earlier Demands; Latest Incidents

*** Strike Follow-Up, Flyering, Contacts

*** Contact List Work; Fox Report—Camps, Occupations, Protests, New Additions

*** Mark Levy Concert Follow-Up: Fund Distribution

POSSIBLE FUTURE EVENTS: 

*** Survival Camp Coffee:  Taking the Java to where folks live.  With music?

***Anti-Recall—March 1st Benefit by Folksinger Mark Levy

*** Upcoming SCPD anti-homeless organizing: Mon March 9th Da La Viega Elementary 6-7:30 PM     Wed March 11th  Louden Nelson 6-7:30 p.m.  Thurs March 12th Peace United Church 6-7:30 p.m.

 FUTURE POSSIBLE MINI-GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Koffee Klatch or other Polling Actvity on What Unhoused Folks Want

*** Alternatives:  P & R Office Wait-In (BYO Chairs) to get Eliot to stop ‘Stay-Away” Harassment

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Emergency Action on Emergency Winter Shelter

***Check out IWW Connections: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/29/18830161.php

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Updating on-Line: organizing the google site.

***Crunching Recent Requests for (a) all citations city-wide for alt-camping cites for blocking the sidewalk, being in a closed area, park after dark, public nuisance, illegal lodging, etc. for the last year;

(b) all Pacific Avenue citations for the last six months   *** Appealing the 5-Year Main Beach Curfew

Coastal Commission Prep for Next Wednesday

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Call  Robert at 423-4833 for Public Records Analysis or Fox  221-6310 for Documentation & Contact

Public Meetings of Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S NEWSOM’S CAMPS & BLDGS IN SC?

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

 Netradio 2-9 Show:  http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html Description at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/

  • All Week Long: Students Fight UCSC Firing for COLA4all: Fair Wages demo at Bay & High St.
  • Noon-4 PM 3-7 Saturday  Intl Women’s Day  RCNV 612 Ocean St.
  • 3-6 PM 3-7 Saturday Don’t Bury the Library!  Rosie McCann’s 1220 Pacific Ave.
  • 5 PM Sun Post Office Sidewalk—SC Homeless Union Huddle Maybe  Call Alicia at 431-7766 for info
  • 7:30 PM  Wed 3-4 NAACP S.C. County monthly meeting at Baptist Church 517 Center St.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (3-1-20) at freakradio.org Getting Comfortable in Cooperville along the Post Office sidewalk, 2nd Koffee Klatch, Rough Waves in the Recall, Flashbacks to 6-6-95 & 11-3-05

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PULL YOUR WEIGHT  TO HELP RETURN FREE RADIO TO THE AIR !    STUDIO SITE REWARD STILL AVAILABLE !

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 TODAY’S SHOW:
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*** Catcalls from the Koffee Klatch: I & N, Michael C., various anonymous worthies
*** More Torture for Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Garcia-Zarate-acquitted-of-murdering-Kate-15069191.php

*** Governor Gruesome Newsom to Push Conservatorships for them Crazy Homeless Street Survivors

*** Does a Landlord/Tenant Dispute Make Drew Glover Recallable?  Nope.

*** Various Mark Levy Topical Tunes from the Dawn of the 80’s

*** Keeping Tabs on Cooperville–the Peaceful Post Office Encampment

FLASHBACK TO FRSC June 6, 1995:  Candelight Kim Argula’s First Show in the first days of Free Radio in Santa Cruz  when activism was in bloom.

FLASHBACK #2 TO November 3, 2005:

*** Songs by Danielle Savage

*** Halloween on Pacific Ave.

*** Phone Interview with Attorney Paul Sanford on his White House Press Conference, asking if Bush’s front man’s leak of Valerie Plume’s name was “treason”

*** Hotrod and Vishnu describe street squalor at the HUFF huddle

*** Local artist, homeowner, and crank Mattison urges “methwatch”HEAR MAYOR JUSTIN CUMMINGS NAYSAY PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMS at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/26m%20Cummings%20Interview%202-3.MP3

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

REVIEW THE LATEST DOCUMENTS IN THE SLEEPING BAN STRUGGLE  at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830292.php


Act Locally or Regret Later

SC Homeless Union Meets 5 PM on the Sidewalk Near the Post Office Today (3-1)  6 PM Today (3-1) Walk on over to 2110 N. Pacific Ave. to Hear 7 PM Mark Levy Concert Benefiting “No to the Recall” and SC Homeless Union’s Lawsuit Organizing
Join Re-Scheduled Early Rising Outdoor Survivors at City Hall 7:30 AM Tuesday (3-3) Election Day to Petition and Confront City Manager Bernal & Staff on Homeless Survival Needs, Resist the Recall, & Quaff Coffee at the 2nd Klitzner Memorial Koffee Klatch.
Mix it Up with the dwindling band of HUFFsters at the Wednesday 3-4 HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) meeting noon at the Sub Rose Cafe next to the Bike Church.


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!