Monthly Archives: November 2025

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides October 26, 2025 show features Campfire Cooper, Mama Shannon, and other outsiders + a Sept. 9, 2012 Flashback with coverage of a Brent’s Homeless Candlelight Vigil with EyesOn Vigil Interviews

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The October 26, 2025 show includes:

  • Mercury News 10-17-25 “A No Win Situation—Homeless Dreading Gilroy Camp Closures; Officials Say Sites are Dangerous But Residents Worry About Future”
  • 10-25-25 Castaway Cooper on the police sweeping her in and out of jail
  • 10-25-25 Mama Shannon on her recent film showing; Funding Matters cruelty at Coral St. & refusal to disappear.
  • 10-25-25 Multi-task Max on the open house at the Sports Stadium
  • 10-20-25 HUFF meeting: Lawwatcher Laura Stuperviser’s report
  • More from Mama Shannon about her upcoming benefit/organizing event and problems of a straight white homeless woman
  • 10-10-25  Tim Stare on his work at Funding Matters
  • 10-14-25  Robert Jackson on his life in Watsonville until threatened and forced to leave

The Flashback to September 9, 2012 includes:

  • [9-7]   Art Friday on Pacific Ave.:  Cage’s “No Hobos” tunes; Jack Hold got “no sitting” warning from Officer Winston; 
  • [9-7]  City Hall Vigil:  John Valley in wheelchair: police theft on bathroom break; Lito picked up for 4 FTA & 9 unpaid tickets; 48 days suspended, stay-away from levee, Pac Av
  • Police Privilege and Warrior Stadium Space: Jean P, Dennis E., Bathrobespierre
  • https://beckyjohnsononewomantalking.blogspot.com/2012/09/with-name-like-north-dakota-wizards.html
  • Local protest and on-line debate about Wells Fargo banker fraud
  • City Stadium Giveaway to the “Santa Cruz Warriors” critique; More from the City Hall Vigil:  Janet O’Brien and housemates, Danny,
  • Steve Schnaar and Bathrobespierre on the SCPD’s redirecting bikes from the Bike Church to private profiteer.
  • Andrea Morgan’s street and shelter update

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides October 23, 2025 show is a Flashback to July 29, 2012 with the Berkeley Sitting Ban Debate, Ashleigh Brilliant’s 1967 songs, and plenty of by-play

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The October 23, 2025 show is a Flashback to July 29, 2012. 

It includes:

  • [throughout] Sounds from Santa Cruz singer Mike True
  • Updates state-wide on restrictions and protests in San Jose, Mountain View, and more
  • Berkeley’s Sitting Ban initiative rammed through by Mayor Bates: the Public Testimony
  • Chalkcrime in Santa Cruz and Stockton
  • Areguin’s Compassionate Sidewalks Proposal in Berkeley
  • Discussion of Ground-Zero Gary Johnson’s 2 year sentence for Sleeping on a Bench
  • Crow and Red’s Report from the Street
  • Andrew Morgan’s court and preacher discrimination at HLOSC report
  • Ashleigh Brilliant’s 1967 Haight-Ashbury songs
  • Sentinel on Take Back Santa Cruz co-founder Pamela Comstock
  • Citations and Sighs from Folks Outside

HUFF meets to crow over recent RV survival victory: come to Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Thursday October 23

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Agenda Suggestions for HUFF meeting 10-23-25

Many of these items involve brief reports and check in’s.  If we flag an item for action or discussion, we may take longer—particularly if it’s time sensitive  We hope to maintain the real narrative not the rosy one falsely presented by the City/County staff and politicians.   Additional items may be added at the meeting. 


Top of the Agenda

++++   Reports on Current Projects; Time Available for next week;  Needs and Wants

++++   Follow-Up on Last Week’s Projects

++++   Hot Issues: Funding Matters March Shutdown; MHCAN Closure

++++   Flag New Possible Action Items Requiring Immediate Planning and/or Action

++++   RV victory and follow-up?

++++   Proposals:  Showing of Hometown Homeless at Sub Rosa in anti-Shutdown Protest; Revival of Homeless Union Organizing Against Intensifying Sweeps: Shorty and Echo’s Accounts; Intensifyied Flyering at Armory pick-up, Coral St., Tracks, “No Kings” & other Rally Organizing

++++   Handouts: Agenda, TBA;   Passarounds HUFF Notes    Available on Request:  Questionnaire

Regular Reports

++++   Street Sweeps in Last Week and Coming Up
++++   Shelter reports from 1220, Overlook, Housing Mutters

++++   Court cases past and future; 5150’s

++++   Follow up’s on Trump, Newsom, Keeley-Huffaker Edicts, and actual SCPD practices

++++   Meetings of Interest Upcoming

++++   Possible Brent Adams visit and report on Funding Matters shut down.

++++   216-8239 Property Seizure Reports Accumulation + FNB Poll Report: Updates?

++++   Clanging pots and pans rally against U.S. Funding Gaza Starvation and Local Unhoused Refugee Harassment

Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet]

Thursday Oct 23  5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room, end of N. Pacific Ave.               

4 PM Town Clock Heart Tribe Presents People of the Americas Unite!  Followed by $35 Vets Hall Event 6-10 PM               

11 AM- 12:30  PM Ocean & Water End the War  Weekly   Palestine Justice Coalition                    

1 PM –  4 PM Workshop RCNV 612 Ocean St. United Against Hate Week  unJudge Someone Last Reading 3:30 PM

Saturday Oct 25 and Sunday Oct 26 noon-3 PM FNB gathering and meal Town Clock; older Street Spirits available; leave off or pick up polling sheets with Drew; Bulletin Board for posting notices.

More check-in’s + Info+Possible Individual action

++++    Info Tabling:  Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested…Poll for Armory

++++    Armory complaints to (408) 761-9930 as well as evan@peoplefirstscc.org  or  peoplefirstscc.org as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699

++++   Generally sunny into next week (no predicted rain)

++++   Tips & Lifelessons for and from Thomas’s Tipzine and other Urban Nomad Sagacity

++++   Reggie & Gaia’s report on Selective Ticketing for Homeless “Crime”

++++   Laura C.: legislative updates—state, local, and federal

++++   Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces?  Small Claims Court? 

++++   (if by popular demand) Wes White’s phone report on Pajaro Camp Demolition

New-ish Stories (more TBA)

Video of Gaza history and anger against genocide   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4QuCN-Xq7A&t=2945s No Kings video in Watsonville: signs, speeches, and dancing   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihoFx8O2by4


Old Standbyes 

++++   Street Spirit archives on line: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&sort=-date

++++    Recent stories on a variety of unhoused issues:   https://invisiblepeople.tv/   

++++    Overview: https://endhomelessness.org/resource/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights

++++    Wes White’s Video Work: Go to You-Tube then Check out “John Doe13K” 

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides October 19, 2025 show features Katzenjammer Keith, Backstory Brent, Echo, and Shorty + Flashbacks to May 18 and 21, 1999

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Bathrobespierre’s Broadside’ s October 19, 2025  show features Katzenjammer Keith, Backstory Brent, Echo, and Shorty + Flashbacks to May 18 and 21, 1999

The October 19, 2025 show includes:

  • https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/11/lurie-has-a-new-plan-to-get-rvs-off-the-streets-rv-dwellers-say-its-cruel-and-ineffective/
  • [throughout] Musical advice and poetry by Jesse Wells
  • Food Not Bombs activist “Katzenjammer” Keith McHenry denounces and dismisses Supervisors’ vehicle abandonment bill.
  • [10-18] “Backstory” Brent Adams “Art and Rebellion” group in dark times
  • Adams praises the shelter/housing accomplishments of Funding Matters and disses its rerouting of money from services to building and staff.
  • Refugees from the latest Coral St. Sweep: Echo Langren & Shorty-their herstorys and recent police thefts

The Flashback to May18, 1999 includes: 

  • Bathrobespierre’s Updates: the Results of the City Council’s Committee to Examine the Sleeping Ban
  • “Happy John” memorial song
  • Marco Yovina Morone of TRUSC (Tenants Rights Union of Santa Cruz) memorial
  • [5-16-99] Downtown police harassment: Ryan Dohorty’s account of Rancho Del Mar sheriff harassment; Jerry Henry’s reaction; & “Dragonsheart” Dan Hopkins
  •  Nena Ruez—Residentes Unidos meeting (low sound)
  • Robert Steffans (Slow go, pink umbrella, garbage bag prez candidate) update
  • Bathrobespirre reports on Houston TX’s overturning of its Camping Ban;

 The Flashback to May 21, 1999 includes: [last half of the show]

  • “Breezy” Bob Lamonica praises Santa Cruz and rent control
  • SCAN Housing Committee considers but ignores Dolphin Lee demolition proposal; CAB Director Paul Brindel vs. Becky Johnson with Brendel stalling a “no” recommendation to SCAN.
  • Silva’s call for last-minute petition to Vote to end the Sleeping Ban.