Rough Suggestions & Reminders for next HUFF sit-down 1-30-25

Underlined  links are for background reading.   Many others items are really signposts & reminders of where we’d be going if and when we find the person power, time, interest, and resources.  We are gathering information and evidence to challenge the Dominant (False) Narrative.  Organize! If anyone has questions, please raise them. AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE.                                     

Top of the Agenda (Quick Announcements)

++++   Passarounds:  Agenda, perhaps.

++++   Street and sweep reports from the last week; particularly Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at Coral St.

++++   Jan 20th Martin Luther King Day parade lookback (also Trump Inauguration Day) & possible Gaza ceasefire 

++++   Today’s Point-In-Time (PIT) Count.

+++   Rebele Family Shelter’s Eviction of family with motel accommodation that ran out last Friday.

++++   Response to Police Abuse: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/01/01/18871850.php

++++   Following up on Google number  216-8238 with regular report provide  Gaia/Reggie Update
++++   Additions and Suggestions for Thomas’s TipZine…  Gaia’s report on library resources for musical instruments, telescope, passes.

++++   Possible Small Claims Court Follow-Up

++++   Possible Armory Revisit; Dreamcatcher visit  Info from People First Staff?  Cat?  Avi

++++   Berkeley Where Did They Go?—gone from Old City Hall up there++++    Jan 28 Shitty Council and Stupervisers reports? 

++++   Helga: Sweeps at Coral St…, at Library, and elsewhere…Freezing Weather Implicatons

++++   New Street Spirits  and Street Sheets available next week.  Hard Copies of earlier issues may be available at 903 Pacific and at the Food Not Bombs Saturday/Sunday meals at Town Clock—ask Drew  Contact Street Spirit and Street Sheet to submit local stories & news accounts.  Likely Friday, you can find their stories on line at .  https://www.streetsheet.org/read-our-full-issues/   &  https://thestreetspirit.org/

++++   Are Gaza protests continuing as ceasefire may stall…

++++   Wet and Chilling Reports  include rain in the 50-60 degree range Friday 1-21-25 through 2-7-25

++++  People First Free Guides: https://peoplefirstscc.org/freeguides  for S.C., Watsonville, SLV, Free Phones, Youth, Housing Waitlist, Pet Food, Addiction, Immigrant Storm Relief, SLE, Diaper Bank, and more (unchecked for usefulness)
++++  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ypAexFGyrU_kCoM3dByRDDrobyR9H8wA/viewLatest SC Free Guide  (Correction and checking badly needed)

++++  No rules or procedures posted, no waiting list length for 1220 River St., 115 Coral St., or People’s First RV and Armory Programs on the SC Free Guide.  Request written guidelines.

RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS including Regular Check-In’s, Older Stores. Possible Future Action Items, Signposts Against the Nasty New Narrative, Archived Net-Show Access, Still Older Resources & News  https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/  (the full HUFF blog) .  FOR MORE DETAILS CHECK THE RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS SECTION AT https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/huff-boots-out-the-old-year-130-pm-330-pm-thursday-december-26-at-the-sub-rosa-cafe-703-pacific-ave-next-to-the-bike-church/ 

Random   New (to us, but dated) Articles, Videos &  Resources  [may require going on line to look up stories]                            

S.F Chronicle Stories

+++ Barnes v. Felix court case may bring U.S. “moment of threat” lethal force use into line with international “totality of circumstances, necessary and proportionate” standard (1-22)

+++  Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Berkeley police (1-16)

+++ What’s behind drop in S.F. traffic tickets? (1-16)

+++ New buying rules should end $1.l7 M toilets (1-12)

+++ Supervisor: Increase arrests, detox for users (1-6)

+++ 5 UC campuses reach deal over Gaza protests (12-22-24)

+++ Transphobic apparel the new hotness (1-3)                           

S.C.Scent Anal (Sentinel) Stories

+++ Law may help tenants stay in homes (12-25-24)

+++ Guest Commentary by Stephen Zunes: Panetta’s rejection of rule of law (1-25)

+++ 22 States sue to Stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship (1-22)

+++  L.A. Fires could Exacerbate Homelessness Crisis (1-19)

+++ San Jose: City Cracks down on RV Parking: Stretch of Chynoweth Ave. that had vehicles parked last week is cleared. (1-19)                                   

S.J. Mercury Stories

+++ Stanford drops case vs. student journalist in Gaze Protest case (1-25)

+++  Kentucky Judge scraps Title X rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students (1-10)