The Thursday April 25, 2024 show is a Flashback to August 26, 2007.
It includes:
- Flashback-within-a-flashback: April 28, 1989 Santa Barbara activists Ed and Danny bump fists with Santa Cruzans
- August 2007: Pregnant Canadian “bum” Margaret and Santa Cruz worker Lee muse on the Santa Cruz Sleeping Ban Situation
- Phone Interview with Lori Ann Tennison of Kalmazoo Homeless Action in Michigan—doing a Teach-In before their Human Rights Commission; picketing the manager’s house against restaurant discrimination; fighting 17 tickets for sleeping in Bronson Park; Bathrobespierre’s letter to the Mayor
- The aftermath of Homies for the Homeless [HftH] —a 4-5 day sleepover on the City Hall grass—waiting for citations
- [8-18-07] Three-tree parking lot harassment on Westcliff Drive; Busted with a Bunny on the sidewalk near Lulu Carpenter’s
- Mike: Snagged for sitting on the Pacific Avenue sidewalk
- Memorial thoughts for Peter Stafford, local psychedelic writer
- Beggerbacker Becky Johnson: correspondence with vice-Mayor Ryan Connerty, analysis of Police PR smearmeister Zack Friend, discussion of the local ACLU’s liberal hypocrisy on homeless issues
- John on HftH coverage in the SC Sentinel
- [Aug 12-13]: 1st Night of the HftH sleepout with Batia and others
- https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/inconvenient-truth/
More stories on the HftH protest:
- https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/21/18442047.php Long-Time Santa Cruz Tenant and Homeless Activist Explains the City Hall Sleep-Out
- https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/18/18441394.php?show_comments=1#18442274 Sleep Ban Fighters Regroup after Saturday Morning Police Raid
- https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/23/18442736.php?show_comments=1#18443139 Striking Back Against Sentinel/SCPD Smears and “Progressive” Silence on the Sleeping Ban