Federal Court Lawsuit Protecting the Santa Cruz Benchlands Homeless: Documents and Audio Access

The most recent documents to follow the arguments of attorney Anthony Prince representing the Santa Cruz Homeless Union and the City Attorney Anthony Condotti can be found at https://cityofsantacruz.sharefile.com/d-s911ada8e59964e4c891a8e9690536bb9 .  The link will be active for 30 days, according to the Deputy City Clerk Administrator Julia Ward.  The documents were released in response to a Public Records demand.  Previous such requests to attorney Anthony Prince were met with refusal or silence. 

Tomorrow, Tuesday July 29 at 11:00 am   The Federal Judge will hear the case to decide if she will lift the injunction  

that makes it illegal for the City of Santa Cruz or it’s Police Force to sweep the homeless folks and all their tents and survival gear out of the San Lorenzo Park Benchlands where they have been living in tents for the last few months of the pandemic.   You may join this zoom meeting by using the link below: https://cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1613982797?pwd=QkRjaGdHbmNNbDJBcWNxRkNLbVB3QT09

There will be a demonstration at San Lorenzo Park at the Benchlands at 7 pm to discuss what the ruling means to the folks living in the tents at the Benchlands.  The Santa Cruz Homeless Union will meet under the Footbridge there.
Thanks to LawWatcher Laura Chatham for this additional information. 
An audio of the July 29th hearing–if someone makes it available–will be posted at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .

The Sunday 6-27-21 Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show archived and netcasting 9:30 AM -3 PM: Rage and Reason from Peggy Lee Kennedy of Venice, Thomas Leavitt on Permit Putrescence, Bellowing from the Benchlands and Haunted Cries from Hells Trail


ON THE 6-27-21 SHOW:  

+++  Terrortaunter Theresa Buccola Challenges Cop Exclusion     

+++  Raging Blues from Venice’s streetside activist Peggy Lee Kennedy

+++  ‘Troublesome’ Thomas Leavitt Squares Off Against the City Attorney’s Renewed Requirements for Free Assembly “Permits”

+++  Minor Adjustments in L.A.’s Bloated Police Budget Hailed as “Achievements” by Anti-Violence Advocates

+++  Danville Deadshot Andrew Hall Finally Faces Reduced Felony
Charges for 3-Year old Murder of Laudemer Arboleda 
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle-late-edition/20210617/28180140191575

+++  Food Not Bombs Chatter: Street Performer on Troubling Times, Tokin’ Timothy on the anti-Vax movement locally     

+++  “Chief” Gary Joseph Artarte on the death of his brother; Kevin Leland offers goats and good advice to the City Council

+++  Largely White Juneteenth at London Nelson Park ==Interviews with B.J., Susie Cardell, Laurel, Rashanda, and others.     

+++  In the Wake of the Cal-Trans 6-14 Home Demolition Along Hell’s Trail: Anthony Chavez, Britany, Jonathan, and “Backstory” Brent    

+++  Gregory on Tough Times at the Housing (Funding) Matters Shower Bay
+++  Santa Cruz Community Credit Union activist Ron Pomerantz on the September sell-out of the Downtown Union building.


Flashback:  Audio of the January 3, 2001 Club Cruz show with
Bathrobespierre Robert interviewing HUFF activist Becky Johnson on
Mayor Tim Fitzmaurice’s attack on the Koffee Klatch–a sustained winter lobbying effort to get an emergency City Council meeting opening shelter and/or suspending the Sleeping Ban.

    The show will be available on HUFF archives at the Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides under Lost/Latest Shows http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html)  as well as netcast at 9:30 AM or shortly thereafter. 

Detailed written descriptions of recent shows are at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/  (search for “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides” on the right side of the screen).  Many older audio archives are described and currently available at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/brb-descriptions.html .  
Commentary by Ursula and more detailed descriptions of recent shows may also be available on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Facebook page where you can also leave comments.  HUFF is also too slowly developing a page at http://huffsantacruz.org/ursula.html


BRING PHONE CHATTER BACK to FREE RADIO!
       We need studio space to restore the phone line.  Send us tips on where to rent studio space.  There’s still a $300 reward if you find us a year’s space.  FRSC also needs a location to set up our antenna again downtown– in a tree, a house, etc.  Call the HUFF line (831-423-4833) if you have any tips. 
    

Meanwhile for input into my show, contact Bathrobespierre Robert at HUFF or rnorse3@hotmail.com.  You can also comment on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom facebook page.


Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 6-24-21 show netcasts 6 PM at freakradio.org : Organizing Resistance in the Benchlands: A Noon HUFF Brainstorming session with housed and tent dwellers sharing ideas and outrage

The show is slated to go out tonight at 6 PM on the net at www.freakradio.org.Alternately, to hear this show (June 24, 2021) and other homeless civil rights shows at a time of your convenience, Click on http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .


ON THE 6-24 SHOW:

Listening on a HUFF meeting at the Benchlands in preparation for the June 29th Federal Court hearing


xxx RV Harassment Updates from Motormama Monica


xxx Voices aplenty including Benchlands residents Greg and Greg, Braids and Tai, Gabriel and Goatkeeper Kevin as well as housed HUFFsters Laura and Laura, Joy, Gloria, Robert, Cherie.

xxx  Gloomy news from the last City Council Chatter on Tuesday


xxx “Backstory” Brent Adams on the Latest Sweeps Along Hiway 1 and the Lack of Shelter Space

xxx  Monike Tone of the Pajaro River Chapter of the California Union of the Homeless seeks updates and advice on organization ideas on how to get the resources that Santa Cruz homeless were able to secure briefly during COVID time.

xxx Katzenjammer Keith Describes His Input into the Upcoming Benchlands Federal Court Hearing next Tuesday 6-29 10 AM at https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/svk   Look for 5:20-cv-09425-SVK – Homeless Union et al v. Bernal et al

BARNSTORMING THE BENCHLANDS: HUFF meets at the Courthouse tables between Benchlands and back of the Courthouse Thursday 6-24-21 at 11 AM Come at 10:30 AM if you want to help distribute Organizing Info to Benchlands Residents

HUFF meets at its new near where the people are spot 11 AM 6-24 at the benches between the Courthouse & the Benchlands.
We’ll actually be in the Benchlands from 10:30 to 11 AM giving out literature to folks living there.Come early if you want to help.

Agenda Prospects  for Thursday’s (6-24) Meeting
       +++ Sad Takeaway from the Council’s Tuesday Rubberstamping Operation Restricting Legal Protests, Funding RV Harassment, & More
      +++ Damage Report from the Latest Cal-Trans/City Attack on Encampments At and Beyond Hells Trail at the Old Camp Paradise
      +++ Continued discussion and hopefully Organizing for Response to the City’s post-COVID response: IF it Threaten Encampments?
      +++ Upcoming SC Homeless Union Protest Event 6 PM at the Footbridge Tuesday June 29th; Day of the Injunction Hearing
      +++ Additional Meetings: Jeremy Leonard holds his weekly Benchlands meeting Thursday 6-10 6 PM at the middle of the Benchlands camp
Union of the Homeless and the Benchlands Council meets Friday 6-11 5 PM under the Footbridge
      +++ Bring Reports of Any Threats or Citations Against Tentsters Using the New Camping Bans, Other Laws, or No Laws
      +++ Rental Moratorium Prospects and Landlord Harassment–Possible Updates  
      +++ RV Fightback and Crackdown Reports from Vancouver, B.C. and Elsewhere
      +++ Possible Sweep Defenses When the Cops Come Calling–Recalling and Reframing Past Strategies
      +++ Straightening the Crooked Narrative:  Mustering Past Evidence of Shelter Denial and the Susie O’Hara’s False Narrative
      +++ Pajaro Valley Shout-Out–the Word from Watsonville: Attempted Phone Updates from Wes White, Monike Tone, and Others       +++ New Contacts with the Coastal Commission on Monitoring Illegal “Parking Limitation” Sign Placements Against Vehicular Residents

      +++ Any News about Latest Local Laura’s Law (aka “Needles on Wheels”) Possible Activism/Education as the Opt-Out Deadline Nears ?

      +++  Legal Papers for the San Lorenzo Park Injunction: https://cityofsantacruz.sharefile.com/d-se5b96157b88a4d1aafcd23a97e17e0d5

      +++ Gloomy News from Other Cities: San Jose, Sausalito, Marysville, and Elsewhere 

      +++ Still Up…  Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Shows on the HUFF website–http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html /

      Cool Weather Predicted.  Consider Bringing a Coat.

COMING UP FAST: THE JUNE 29TH FEDERAL HEARING THAT MAY SPELL THE END OF THE INJUNCTION PROTECTING THE BENCHLANDS

LISTEN TO THE MAY 13TH  HEARING: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/Final%20Homeless%20Union%20in%20Court%205-13-21.mp3

Real Struggle to Support Survival Camps While Council Gentrification Juggernaut Grinds On

Community focus must shift from the prefabricated public-excluded City Council meetings to direct action and legal support to defend the many survival encampments (Meyersvilles) that have sprunt up around Santa Cruz as emergency housing.  The massive street protests of last summer tore down Chief Mills fences against Food Not Bombs and the Cooper encampment next to the Post Office. But recent attempts to rouse the righteous have failed to contest the mass camp evictions of June 4th and June 21st along Highway 1.

Still, I believe it is only through such massive direct actions that there can be real changes in abusive police policy–which must begin with massive budget cuts from a violent, secretive and inbred police department to broader community-based outreach system . Story continues at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/21/18843369.php .See also “Defend the Survival Camps: June 29th Rally”  at https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2021/06/21/combined_stop_the_sweeps_flyer_6-21-20.pdf  . 

Sacto Strikes Back; Petaluma’s Martelli; Seaside Storms from Becky Johnson, S.C. Union Tough Voice Tumult, Juneteenth at Louden Nelson, and the City Council Report

ON THE 6-20-21 SHOW:   FLASHBACK FREE  ALL NEW
      +++  Sacramento Activists Fight Sweeps


+++  Beggarbacker Becky Johnson on the Seaside Struggle


+++  Petuluma Pushback: Monica TMartelli’s Story in Words and Video: https://www.facebook.com/monica.tmartella.3/videos


+++  Down by the Riverside–Lee Ann Sherwood in the Benchlands    

+++  Santa Cruz Homeless Union’s 6-19 Meeting: Many Voices Struggle to Sustain Resistance and Renewal to the Benchlands Encampment     

+++  On the Grass Near Louden Nelson: Roaring Against Repression with Maria and “Can’t Stop Smilin'” Cooper     

+++  Largely White Juneteenth at London Nelson Park ==Interviews with B.J., Susie Cardell, Laurel, Rashanda, and others.     

+++   Food Not Bombs Food Terrorist Keith McHenry Chuckles in the Darkness     

+++   Danger Ahead: Tuesday’s City Council Meeting Extends the City Manager’s “Emergency” Powers, Rubberstamps a Repressive Anti-Protest Ordinance–and Dumps a “No Debate” Homeless Item at the End of the Agenda.

Detailed written descriptions of recent shows are at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/  (search for “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides” on the right side of the screen). 

Many older audio archives are described and currently available at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/brb-descriptions.html .  

BRING PHONE CHATTER BACK to FREE RADIO!
       We need studio space to restore the phone line.  Send us tips on where to rent studio space.  There’s still a $300 reward if you find us a year’s space.  FRSC also needs a location to set up our antenna again downtown– in a tree, a house, etc.  Call the HUFF line if you have any tips. 
    
Meanwhile for input into my show, contact Bathrobespierre Robert at 831-423-4833 or rnorse3@hotmail.com.  You can also comment on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom facebook page.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 6-17-21 show netcasts 6 PM at freakradio.org “Whips to the Wicked” Wes White, Blastfurnace Brent Adams,, Monica Tmartella, Furiously Free, and Katzenjammer Keith McHenry

The show is slated to go out tonight at 6 PM on the net at www.freakradio.org.

Alternately, to hear this show (June 17, 2021) and other homeless civil rights shows at a time of your convenience, Click on http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .


ON THE 6-17 SHOW :
xxx “Worn But Not Weeping” Wes White on the Recent Seaside Sweep of the Robert’s Lake Refugees and another on Salinas’s Chinatown Homeless

xxx “Backstory” Brent Adams on the Latest Sweeps Along Hiway 1 and the Lack of Shelter Space

xxx  “Far Back” Free, former Free Radio Broadcaster calls in remember recently captured Freedom Fighter Chris “Commander X” Doyan aka Curbhugger Chris.

xxx Katzenjammer Keith Tours the Benchlands Survival Camp and Weighs the Upcoming Injunction Status Hearing for the Camp.

BRAVING SUMMER HEAT ABOVE THE BENCHLANDS: HUFF meets Thursday 6-17-21 at 11 AM at the lawn tables between the Benchlands and the Courthouse at 701 Ocean St.

HUFF meets at its new near where the people are spot 11 AM 6-17 at the benches between the Courthouse & the Benchlands–though we may move the meeting if the heat burns us down.
Apologies for the Late Announcement:  Power Outage Last Night Delayed This Message

Agenda Prospects
  for Today’s Thursday (6-17) Meeting
       +++ Continued discussion and hopefully Organizing for Response to the City’s post-COVID response: IF it Threaten Encampments?
      +++ Benchlands Reports & A Proposed Dusk Survey
      +++ Additional Meetings: Jeremy Leonard holds his weekly Benchlands meeting Thursday 6-10 5 PM at the Courthouse/Benchlands tables
Union of the Homeless and the Benchlands Council meets Friday 6-11 5 PM under the Footbridge
      +++ Bring Reports of Any Threats or Citations Against Tentsters Using the New Camping Bans, Other Laws, or No Laws
      +++ Tasty Talk from the Berkeley People’s Kitchen: Thursday 6-10 after 6 PM: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%206-10-21.mp3
      +++ RV Fightback and Crackdown Reports from Vancouver, B.C. and Elsewhere
      +++ Reassuring Ripples from the Free Food Fellowship: Will the City  Lay Off if the Injunction is Lifted?
      +++ Demanding Real Progress: Updating & Restoring the Call for the Desire Quintero Homeless Union Demands of Fall 2019
      +++ Possible Sweep Defenses When the Cops Come Calling–Recalling and Reframing Past Strategies
      +++ Toughening the Talkback for Court:  Mustering Past Evidence of Shelter Denial and the Susie O’Hara’s False Narrative
      +++ Pajaro Valley Shout-Out–the Word from Watsonville: Attempted Phone Updates from Wes White, Monike Tone, and Others
      +++ Reviewing the Eric Price Claim Rejection and Lawsuit; Vigilante Homeless Union harassment
      +++ Placeholder Politics: HUFF and the SC Homeless Union share the responsibility.
      +++ New Contacts with the Coastal Commission on Monitoring Illegal “Parking Limitation” Sign Placements Against Vehicular Residents

      +++ Latest Local Laura’s Law (aka “Needles on Wheels”) Possible Activism/Education as the Opt-Out Deadline Nears

      +++ Accounting for Waste & Fraud Where to Find Gov Gruesome’s Greenbacks: Who Will Scour the Books?

      +++ Still Available for Inspection: Public Records Status: Legal Papers for the San Lorenzo Park Injunction: https://cityofsantacruz.sharefile.com/d-se5b96157b88a4d1aafcd23a97e17e0d5

      +++ News from Other Cities: San Jose, Sausalito, Marysville 

      +++ Still Up…  Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Shows on the HUFF website–http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html /

      Bring Your Own Cool Drinks!  Predicted weather outside–mid-80’s, but it may feel hotter.

COMING UP FAST: THE JUNE 29TH FEDERAL HEARING THAT MAY SPELL THE END OF THE INJUNCTION PROTECTING THE BENCHLANDS

LISTEN TO THE MAY 13TH  HEARING: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/Final%20Homeless%20Union%20in%20Court%205-13-21.mp3

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides archived and netcasting 9:30 AM -3:30 PM Sunday 6-13-21 Camping Ban’s Final Passage; Keith McHenry’s Kaustic Update; SC Homeless Union’s Under-the-Bridge Meeting; Flashback to September 16. 2004

ON TODAY’S 6-13-21 SHOW:   CURRENT DOINGS     

+++  Slogging our way through the Santa Cruz City Council’s Final Nail in the Camping Ban Coffin with its 2nd Reading and passage by a 5-2 vote.


 +++   West Side Cares & others Voice Objections Unheard to the Ban.


+++  “Katzenjammer” Keith McHenry’s Update on the In’s and Out’s of the In-sters and Out-sters in Santa Cruz     

+++  Cacophonic Symphony:  Voices of the SC Homeless Union at Their Weekly 5 PM Friday meeting under the Footbridge from River St. to San Lorenzo Park



FLASHBACK TO September 16, 2004
+++ Tucson arrested and divested of his property, caught crying while intoxicated.

+++Gregarious Greg, “Jacked Up but Jolly” James Nay, Copwatch Tom,  Merryweather Mike, and Anonymous Alex at the Free Radio-on-the-Street Broadcast Table

+++Skidmark Bob on Knoxville Pirate Radio Shutdown by the FCC


+++ Proposition 63–Helping the Homeless or Enabling “Lock up the Loonies” Strategy of Laura’s Law (that leads to Forced Medication and Easier Forced Incarceration).


+++Mama Shannon on her potential Write-In Candidacy for City Council


+++  Tokin’ Tim Rinker on the Drive to Legalize Marijuana Locally and State-Wide


+++Swingtime Susie & Q.Z. give musical and non-musical updates.


+++  Orlee and Jasmine Jones report the recovery of their children.


The show will be available on HUFF archives at the Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides under Lost/Latest Shows http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html)  as well as netcast at 9 AM or shortly thereafter. 

Detailed written descriptions of recent shows are at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/  (search for “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides” on the right side of the screen).  Many older audio archives are described and currently available at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/brb-descriptions.html .  
Commentary by Ursula and more detailed descriptions of recent shows can be found on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Facebook page where you can also leave comments.  HUFF  is also too slowly developing a page at http://huffsantacruz.org/ursula.html

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 6-10-21 show netcasts 6 PM at freakradio.org Monike Tone chimes in from the Pajaro River; Chef Al and Elizabeth Gill from the People’s Park Kitchen in Berkeley…and more.

The show is slated to go out tonight at 6 PM on the net at www.freakradio.org.
Alternately, to hear this show (June 10, 2021) and other homeless civil rights shows at a time of your convenience, Click on http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .


ON THE 6-10 SHOW :
xxx Straight from the Riverbank: Monike on the Bulldozing Bullies and the Shelter-Shafting Sheriffs

xxx Elizabeth of the People’s Park Gives Us a Tour Around the Recently Constructed Kitchen There

xxx Christina and the Roaring Rahula on Kitchen Needs and Capers 

xxx Chef Nick A–History of the Kitchen and His Own Activism