Monthly Archives: July 2022

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 7-7-22 : Interviews from Berkeley and San Francisco; Strong Statements of Opposition to the Oversized Vehicle Ordinance by Lang, Falls, Posner, and Chavez

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Archiving/website problems will likely delay the usual 6 PM posting of the show at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html.  We’re hoping it will be fixed soon, but whether it’ll take hours or days, we don’t know.  Usually, you can use this website for where to find shows from the last 4 3/4 years.

Brief descriptions of many of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/.   The current show will be posted on the HUFF blog once the web problem is resolved. 

You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
 


On Today’s 7-7 Show :

  •    Homeless housing site (finally) ready after 11-year wait.   https://www.pressreader.com › usa › the-mercury-news › 20220706 › 281827172469721
  •      July Street Spirit article on the Forced Dispersal of People’s Park residents
  •       6-10 Interview with S.F. Coalition on Homelessness‘s Olivia Glowacker on Defending Vehicular Residents
  •    Chatting with Julio “Here/There” Berkeley Encampment resident
  •    Appealing the OVO (Oversized Vehicle Ordinance)–the Plea of Chris Lang, Stacey Falls, Micah Posner, and Rachael Chavez
  •     Musical Madness: Psychiatric parody songs from the 60s betwixt & between.

LAST CHANCE  (Deadline:  5 pm July 8th) TO FILE A LETTER INSISTING THE OVO LAW & APPEAL RAISE “A SUBSTANTIAL ISSUE”:  GO TO https://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/agenda/#/2022/7

Choose Sunshine or Shade at the HUFFmeet July 7th Thursday 11 AM-1 PM (or so) at 703 Pacific next to the Bike Church

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Concerns to Consider for this week’s (7-7-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting     

  Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)   

      +++  Pass-Arounds, Announcements, Old Business,  Street Reports      

      +++  Handouts and History Asides     

      +++  Selected Review of Last Shitty Council Meeting’s Cash Expenditures

      +++  Last Call on the OVO Appeal:  Possible Reggie Meisler Report…Friday Deadline….

      +++  “Safe Parking” Updates 

      +++  Latest Upsurge of Weapons-in-search-of-war in Ukraine

      +++  Downtown “Stop the Sweeps” Tabling Report Supporting Benchlands & Other Independent Survival Camps

      +++  OVO Pushback– Sign the Petition: https://www.change.org/p/repeal-the-oversized-vehicle-ordinance   

      +++  Food Not Bombs report and phone update   

      +++  Mad Power Committee Report (if any)[CARE courts, Conservatorship threats, out-of-county deportation, Reiss protections]

      +++  Benchlands and Other Encampment Updates (if any)   

      +++  Latest July Benchlands Clearing Declaration by City Manager: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%206-16-22.mp3  (10 minutes into the file) 

      +++  Fighting Back:  Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement      

      +++  Wes White’s Video of the Koffee Klatch June 11th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYzQHrUOrJw

      +++  Flyers distributed in the “Stop the Sweeps” Tabling July 3rd:  https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/04/18850863.php

July issues of Street Spirit and Street Sheet will be available–both at the meeting and at 903 Pacific (UN Association HQ) when it’s open.

Preparing for End-of-the-Summer Sweeps of the Benchlands

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HUFFsters:  We did a little tabling downtown yesterday, distributing flyers and circulating petitions encouraging activists to rise up again in support of basic justice for those outside.
We were testing the waters for Pacific Ave. passersby.
The literature challenged the false “all is well–we’ve got shelter & housing for those outside” narrative.

The flyers and petition set out a more truthful counter-narrative.

Our ultimate goal is to provide support for resistance to Benchlands removal at the end of the summer..

TO READ THE FLYERS AND PETITION, GO TO:  https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/04/18850863.php .  

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides archives & streams at 9:30 AM 7-3-22 : Flashback to 1-3-21: More during and after the Successful Defense of the San Lorenzo Park Unhoused in the winter of 2020-2021

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Http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html is where you can find shows from the last 3 1/2 years.  For earlier shows go to the Bathrobespierre’s Broadside section of http://huffsantacruz.org/

Brief written descriptions of many shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/.  You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
 
On Today’s 7-3-22 Show :

  •    Katzenjammer Keith McHenry churns out more local info and opinions on the rental and shelter crisis.
  •    Sea Eagle, Dreadeye, and Cooper: sharing information at the Food Not Bombs meal.
  •    ACLU’s opposition to Newsom’s CARE courts–some considerations.
  •    Vision song Valerie back on Pacific Avenue
  •    Jerry on matters homeless
  •    Thomas and Alma tabling to restore Native American land
  •    Joseph in a darker mood on Pacific Avenue

FLASHBACK to the 1-3-21 Show  (more on successful support for the San Lorenzo Park unhoused community)

+++        12-29-20: Garrett Stevens on the ground at San Lorenzo Park
+++     Contrasting Views on Park Resistance from Armando & Pan 

+++   Former S.C.11 activists Brent Adams and Becky Johnson exchange notes on the community’s resistance to the evictions.
+++   Update in the Park: Chatting with Raymond, dumpster rifling   +++   Castiron Cooper & Toughtalkin’ Tony from their still-standing camp
  +++    Coffee klatching at the Comrade’s Cafe with Donnie and others cooking chow out of the rain for the camp. 

+++    Back to the Stand-Off: a Full Hour of Community members and Camp residents holding Police at bay on the sidewalk, demanding answers (but getting none)
  +++    12-28: Interviews with Denise Elerick & Sara Ringler of the Harm Reduction Coalition


FOOD NOT BOMBS still meets at the Town Clock for its daily noon-3PM meal.  Ask how you can help. 
STILL NO SANTA CRUZ HOMELESS UNION  FRIDAY MEETINGS…unless they get new leadership volunteers.   Call 575-770-3377  or 431-7766 to learn the latest. 

Volunteer–they desperately need new blood with the passion to organize!  And new leadership with the time and resources to lead.  Especially with the City Manager’s avowed threat to disperse the Benchlands camp this summer and City Council’s failure to use the $14.5 million to set up survival campgrounds and support those that exist!

 HUFF STILL MEETS EVERY THURSDAY (NEXT MEETING 7-7) TO SCHEME & STARGAZE.  COFFEE & CONTROVERSY AT THE SUB ROSA COURTYARD 11 AM-1 PM THURSDAYS NEXT TO THE BIKE CHURCH AT 703 PACIFIC AVE. 

VIEW VIDEOS FROM WES WHITE on his You-Tube channel (John Doe13K):  THEN POST SOME OF YOUR OWN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.  Latest from Wes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYzQHrUOrJw  Koffee Klatch in front of City Hall
OTHER OPTIONS: FACEBOOK, CALL HUFF FOR FRSC INTERVIEW, WRITE ESTABLISHMENT OR ALTERNATE MEDIA.

KEEP YOUR PHONE CHARGED AND HANDY TO RECORD UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS OR INCIDENTS YOU WITNESS ON YOUR PHONE PARTICULARLY IF AND WHEN POLICE WARN YOU YOU’LL BE SWEPT.

TELL THE WORLD!  CALL HUFF TO BE INTERVIEWED AND “IMMORTALIZED” IN THE HUFF AUDIO ARCHIVES: Contact Bathrobespierre Robert at the HUFF line or rnorse3@hotmail.com. 

DON’T WAIT FOR THE ACLU TO TURTLEWALK INTO ACTION.   LEARN YOUR RIGHTS, USE THEM, TALK WITH OTHERS, & PUBLICIZE.

COMMENT on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom facebook page or at www.indybay.org/santacruz where Bathrobespierre posts occasional announcements and stories.

STILL IN DEVELOPMENT:  Ursula’s Utterances–a regular extensive description and review of each Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides and a backlog of those descriptions for the last half year.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 6-30-22 : A Homeless Man Under Attack: Benchlands Troy Speaks Out; Flashback to 12-31-22: the Successful Defense of the San Lorenzo Unhoused in December 2020

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This  show archives by about 6 PM at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html, a website where you can also find shows from the last 3 1/2 years.

Brief descriptions of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/.  You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.


On Today’s 6-23 Show :

  •    Troy, a Benchlands resident, speaks of what he sees as anti-homeless discrimination at different businesses.

FLASHBACK to the 12-31-20 Show

+++     Bathrobespierre visits the San Lorenzo Park barricades in anticipation of an SCPD raid evicting those living there to…nowhere.  +++     Interviews with activists at the barricades. 

+++     Interview with Community neighborhood activist Micah Posner
+++     Lee-Ann Sherwood, RV dweller and park resident reports. 

+++     Waiting for the Police with Light, Barbara Lawrence, and a LookOut reporter. 

+++      Posse-ing and holding off Andy Mills’ SCPD