Monthly Archives: May 2026

HUFF wonders what’s next? meets 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM at Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific next to the Bike Church

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[** New Items on the Agenda]    HUFF IN BRIEF 5-21-26-26   …**HUFF Notes/Passarounds… Street Reports…. “Task progress”   **Wes White Phoned Report on Salinas/Gilroy[‘s Camp Hope …**FollowUp on Coral St. Support] …. …216-8239 working group…**Review of Homeless Candidate Forum…++RV Status… ** Mayoral Candidacy Questions–Invitation… **City Council  Meetings 5-26 …  Survival Shitter Spotlight…PovertyPimpery  Accountability? …Next Week’s Meeting …**Brnstrm Dec Trump Cuts…Toughtrail Thomas’ Sunday Reading &  Tips  ….Posting at Armory bus pick-ups… collating citations/Reggie M. Update …Jail, Court   **Sunny but cool next week …

HUFF WISHLIST, OLDER STORIES, & RESOURCES  will be available at the meeting on a separate sheet.

FREE EVENTS         (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)

Thur May 21   5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, Fri May 22    2PM-?  till food gone  BoulderCreek  13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the taqueria
       4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton        

5:30 – 7:00 PM Institute of Arts & Sciences [IAS] 100 Panetta Ave.  Speech: To Eat Alone is To Die Alone        

6:30 – 8:30 PM RCNV 612 Ocean St.  Film: Little Singer a Dine medicine man and a small school

Sat May 23  11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.

Sat 5-23  & Sun 5-24  noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office; Street Spirits & Street Sheets; leave off or pick up forms to record shelter and police abuse; Bulletin Board for posting notices

Sat 5-23   2 -3:30 PM IAS 100 Panetta Ave.  panel  “All This Safety is Killing Us”: prison abolition, health care

Sun 5-23    10:30-12:30  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services for those outside Green Gate Golf Club Drive.                       

2 PM  Thomas’s street huddle & other book reading at the dinosaur statue or at Jamba Juice across from the Post Office downtown Tues 5-25noon or soon thereafter   Santa Cruz Shitty Council (agenda posted late 5-20 or early 5-21)

Tues 5-25 thru Thurs 5-28 10 AM until the food’s gone Bread & Roses chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot

Wed  5-27  3:30 PM  Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Little Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Fireside Room

Thur 5-28 Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Sub Rosa Pacific & Spruce

The 5-17-26 Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show features a lengthy Coral St. sweep report and a full Flashback to 3-19-17 with Carol Denney, Abbi Samuels, Keith McHenry, Wes White, Mike Zint, Brent Adams, & the Freedom Sleepers

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The May 17, 2026 Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show includes:

The March 19, 2017 Flashback show includes:

  • [throughout]  Musical broadsides by Ryan Harvey
  • Activist Abbi Samuels with residents from the Survival Sleepers and Freedom Sleepout #88
  • “Cornerstone” Carol Denney on the Poverty Tour campsite that kept reappearing in Berkeley
  •  Police shooting in Antioch; the Romero shooting in Vallejo
  • Salinas crackdown on the Chinatown encampment
  • Freedom Sleepout#89 and the start of the nightly Survival Sleepers
  • Street Spirit  newspaper distributor J.C. Orton on the Berkeley Shelter situation
  • Berkeley imitates San Francisco’s phony sidewalk-to-sidewalk Navigation Center as a cover for removing encampments without housing
  • First They Came for the Homeless Michael Zint, Michael Lee, and others
  • Right to Dream Encampment activist history in Portland, OR
  • Brent Adams Santa Cruz report
  • Dreamcatcher on the trail of his Ranger-swiped bedding

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 5-14-26 Show is a Flashback to August 2, 2001 with Street Newspaper interviews and August 16, 2001 perspectives on Camp Paradise from Richard P., Shelly, Dirtclod, and others

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The Flashback to August 2, 2001 included:

  • Interviews with North American Street Newspaper Organizations (NASNA) in San Francisco
  • Correcting the San Francisco Chronicle’s  anti-homeless stereotypes: Interviews with the NASNA  protesters
  • “Dangerous” John Thielking’s report on the latest “Free Mumia Abu Jamal” protest
  • “Justman’ Jim Cosner in Elmwood Jail
  • Gordon from the Tucson Union of the Homeless
  • Ken Moshesh’s successful struggle in Berkeley according to Poor magazine
  • Jaywalker Jubee in Santa Cruz tale of police justice

The Flashback to August 16, 2001 (partial) included:

  • Street Roots writer and street activist Bryan discusses Dignity Village, a homeless-run encampment which became a permanent feature of Portland, OR
  • Shelly and Richard Posner, new arrivals to Santa Cruz’s Camp Paradise [CP], Larry Templeton’s camp under the Hiway 1 bridge on the San Lorenzo river
  • Single mom Michelle, SC City Council gadfly Michael Tomasi, and other Santa Cruz locals sound off.
  • Ben, John, Dirtclod, and other CP residents with brief stories
  • Glen Mowrer, former head of the Santa Barbara Public Defenders office, with a history of defending people sleeping in vehicles.
  • “Jesus Loves You” traveling kitchen Gina on their multi-vehicle DIY service providing actual rather than paper assistance and community to street residents

Meetings coming up: 

Sun May 17th  10-12 PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity & Services for those outside Green Gate Golf Club Drive.       

noon-3 PM  Soupstock:  San Lorenzo Park Food Not Bombs celebration

Wed May 20th  3:30 PM  Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless  returns at the Little Red Church (Cavalry Episcopal at Lincoln and Cedar) in the Fireside [side] room                             

6 PM     Restoring Homeless Civil Rights and Services in Santa Cruz—-Questioning the local Candidates also at the Little Red Church.

Thursday May 21st 1:30 -3:30 PM HUFF meets at 703 Pacific (Sub Rosa Cafe) as usual.

HUFF is chugging along as usual today Thursday May 14 at 1:30-3:30 PM at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific Ave. next to the beloved Bike Church

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[** New Items on the Agenda]    HUFF IN BRIEF 5-14-26-26   …**HUFF Notes/Passarounds… Street Reports…. “Task progress”   **Wes White Phoned Report on Salinas/Gilroy[‘s Camp Hope …**Tomorrow’s Coral St. PushBack on Funding Matters [FM] ….** Recent Deaths Outside: Justin Moore, Billy …216-8239 working group…**Upcoming Homeless Candidate Forum….**Soupstock Sunday  Tabling ….++RV Status ….**SCHU Lookback: Keith Call?… MHCAN  Update … ** Mayoral Candidacy Questions–Invitation… **City Council  Meetings 5-12 …  Survival Shitter Spotlight…PovertyPimpery  Accountability? …Next Week’s Meeting …**Brnstrm Dec Trump Cuts…Toughtrail Thomas’ Sunday Reading &  Tips …**Report from Friday 5-8’s Encampment Revival Meeting….Posting at Armory bus pick-ups… collating citations/Reggie M. Update …Jail, Court   **Milkd to Warmer next week …

The 5-10-26 Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show has two Flashback shows to December 31, 2000 and January 4, 2001 as well as clips from the police riot on Jan 1, 1994

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The Flashback to December 31, 2000 includes;

  •  History of Santa Cruz’s First Night on New Year’s Eve: Adrienne Boles eye-witness to 1994’s 1-1-94 police riot
  • [at various points]  On the Edge: Selections from Ewan McColl, Peggy Seeger, and Charles Roberts Radio Ballots
  • “Battling” Bob Lamonica on an impotent S.C. ACLU
  • Street Interviews with survivors of the January 1, 1994 New Year’s Eve: Lisa Gillespie, Darren W. Crow, Dave “Won Ton” Jacobs, “Red top” Robert Flory,  Victoria de la Torrey at the “SleepCrime in Progress” Vigil
  • Conflicting reports of the Pacific Ave. riot and its aftermath
  • “Shelter beds stay empty as  Homeless resist confinement” (L.A. Times  Dec. 27,1993)

The Flashback to January 4, 2001 includes:

  • Report from Steve of San Rafael near the Ritter House
  • Dallas homeless newspaper (“Endless Choices”) vendors work day
  • “Scope it Out” Scott Graham on Mercy Housing/City Council resident eviction and Fitzmaurice’s KoffeeKlatch Injunction
  • “Taken from the Streets: Freezing Weather Prompts City to Remove Homeless” in NYC
  • Harassment of Street Paper Vendors in Santa Cruz—a Lookback
  • Accomplishments in Santa Cruz based on Homeless Activism
  • Graham In-Studio; Silva on lines from Elected Forum

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 5-7-26 Show is a Flashback to April 8, 2001 with elder activist Ed Davidson, rent controlster Bob Lamonica, Attorney Ed Frey, exposing Mercy Housing and City Council capers

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The Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 5-7-26 show is a Flashback to April 8, 2001.  It includes:

  • “Battling” Bob Lamonica on Rent Control, his upcoming S.C. Hempo expo, and the fate of Hemp nationwide
  • Former Planning Director and Housing Advocate  Ed Davidson on City’s buying 211 Gault St. for Mercy Housing Corp [MHC]-run Senior Housing  and the MHC-run Rex/Dolphin/Lee
  • Attorney “eggbeater” Ed Frey defending Tenants demanding relocation funding in a Mercy Housing  Mackintosh Mobile Home Project
  • Tucson Street Newspaper Hawker banned from Medians
  • Subpoena for Mayor Tim Fitzmaurice in the Koffee Klatch TagTeam Teach In—Attorney Catnip Kate Wells’ brief

Join actions with discontented HUFF malcontents at 1:30 PM-3:30 PM at the Sub Rosa Cafe at 703 Pacific Ave concerned with ye olde Human Rights for all

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[** New Items on the Agenda]    HUFF IN BRIEF 5-7-26-26  

…**HUFF Notes/Passarounds… Street Reports…. “Task progress”**Wes White War’s Impact on Homeless View/Salinas Report …**This morning’s Coral St. PushBack on Funding Matters [FM] .. **Hobo Jim’s court ..** the Julian Moore Life & Death …FOLLOW-UP (on FM/Sweeps Contact.. List…John Doe13K Video ? KSBW Report… … 216-8239 working group…++RV Status ….SCHU Prospects… MHCAN  Update … ** Mayoral Candidacy Questions–Invitation… **City Council/Supes Meetings 5-12 (Shit-In?)…Bathroom Protest at  Shitty Council; Funding Accountability? …Next Week’s Meeting …**Brnstrm Dec Trump Cuts …FM & People First (PF) Flyer Prep w/Pub Records… …Toughtrail Thomas’ Sunday Reading &  Tips …216 Update/Posting at Armory bus pick-ups; collating citations/Reggie M. Update …Jail, Court   **Warmer, Clear, & Humid next week …


FREE EVENTS         (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)

Thur May 7   5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room

Fri May 8    2PM-?  till food gone  BoulderCreek  13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the taqueria
       4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON Fridays 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton       

5:30 – 7 PM  Class/workshop   The Revival—Lessons from the encampment  Sub Rosa Cafe

Sat May 9  11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.                        

7 PM   Reel Film  at SEIU Union Hall, 517 Mission St., S.C.  ‘Power of Unions: Who Moves America”

Sat 5-9  & Sun 5-10  noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office; Street Spirits & Street Sheets; leave off or pick up forms to record shelter and police abuse; Bulletin Board for posting notices

Sun 5-10    10:30-12:30  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services for those outside Green Gate Golf Club Drive.                       

2 PM  “Rest is Resistance” street huddle & other book reading at the dinosaur statue or at Jamba Juice across from the Post Office downtown                         

7 PM  Organizing Shorts  SEIU Union Hall “How They Built a Movement”, “The Fleck Strike”” How Big Companies Explit Data Workers in Kenya”, “Supply Chain Solidarity: Lessons from the Lithium Frontlines”

Mon 5-11   6:30 PM  Barrio Book Club Pedagogy of the Oppressed 1807 Soquel Ave.

Tues 5-12 thru Thurs 5-14 10 AM until the food’s gone Bread & Roses chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot

Wed  5-13  3:30 PM  Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Little Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Fireside Room

Thur 5-14 Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Sub Rosa Pacific & Spruce

further HUFF WISH List TASKS to Volunteer for + Possible INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS : [Call or Text 831-423-4833 if interested), Older STORIES, & Standby RESOURCES available on a longer agenda at the meeting.

HUFF “Loosey Goosey” meeting will relocate to the Courthouse Building today April 30th 1:30 PM at 701 Ocean. Details below.

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The HUFFmeet under the stewardship of Toughtimes Thomas and Cut-the-Crap Coral will be meeting after a solidarity showing in support of an unfairly charged student.  Details to be discussed at court—where the hearing starts as 1 p.m.  Coral can’t give an exact time, but predicts the court will adjourn at 2:30 when surviving HUFFsters will meet in the atrium area between the courts and the County building.


Coral and Thomas will make their own agenda based on the reports and wishes of those present.  Robert presents below an abbreviated (slightly) series of suggestions—which will may or may not be used at the atrium meeting.  Some of the ideas will likely reappear at the next regular Sub Rosa meeting of HUFF on May 7 at 1:30 PM.


[** New Items on the Agenda]    HUFF IN BRIEF 4-30-26   …**HUFF Notes/Passarounds… ++Street Reports…. “Task progress …Follow-Up from Coral St. .. **Hobo Jim’s court report.. …ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Possible SCHU/HUFF Mayoral Campaign panels … John Doe13K newer You-Tube Videos … … 216-8239 working group ….Case Manager Scams…Reports from City Council/Supes Meetings  4-28…FM & People First (PF) Flyer Prep to Outreach & Organize w/Pub Records… …The Will to Change & Other Reading…. …216 Update/Posting at Armory bus pick-ups; …Jail, Court dates   **Cool & Chilly next week …Bathrooms and portapotties still not available near encampments. FOR OLDER STORIES  or to VOLUNTEER contact R. Norse at 423-4833

FREE EVENTS         (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)

Thur April 30   5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room.

Fri May 1  noon-3 PM UCSC 250 Natural Bridges Dr., SC. May Day—Students Rise Up anti-ICE, anti-Trump maybe anti-War?  Free food.        

2pm-?till food gone  Boulder Creek  13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the taqueria
       4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON Fridays 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton           

5 – 7 PM Outside Jamba Juice Workers’ March thru Downtown to San Lorenzo Park

Sat 5-2    11 AM – 12:30 PM Likely Anti-war picket and honk-in especially if Dems let trump intensify the bombing, blockade, and Lebanon invasionOcean and Water St.                      

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Lompico Pond Restoration Project (LPRP) Volunteer Jim.Vivian [at] yahoo.com   408-634-9749  Lompico Pond (aka “Guacamole Pond” officially “Lake Lompico”)   11603 Lakeshore Dr. Felton near Lake Blvd                       

2 – 4:00 PM Women Warriors Panel at 100 Panetta Ave.,Institute of Arts & Sciences  against Jails and Injustice

Sat 5-2 & Sun 5-3  noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office; Street Spirits & Street Sheets; leave off or pick up forms to record shelter and police abuse; Bulletin Board for posting notices;                             

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Eating Our Way to Extincton Santa Cruz Vegan Chef Challenge Volunteers Downtown  Library 224 Church St Sun  5-3   

10:30-12:30  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services for those outside Green Gate Golf Club Drive.             

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  Capitola Branch Library, 2005 Soquel Wharf Rd, Capitola Poetry:  SIX is for 6enocide             

2 PM  “Rest is Resistance” street huddle & book reading at the dinosaur statue or at Jamba Juice across from the Post Office downtown

Mon 5-4  4:30-5:30 PM Likely Anti-Trump perhaps Anti-War Protest—corner of Ocean and Water St. Make it an Anti-War Protest!

Tues 5-4  thru Thurs 5-6 10 AM until the food’s gone Bread & Roses chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot

Wed  5-4  3:30 PM  Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Little Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Fireside Room

Thur  5-5  1:30 PM  Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Sub Rosa Pacific & Spruce

HUFF WISH List TASKS to Volunteer for + Possible INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS : [Call or Text 831-423-4833 if interested)

++++    ORGANIZING to pressure poverty pimps to reopen and expand survival services and stop the sweeps.

++++    POLLING RESIDENTS FOR ARMORY CONDITIONS:  Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested 

++++    TABLING AT CORAL ST. to gather reports of property taken or lost in police raids; conditions at Funding Matters (aka Housing Matters)

++++    ARMORY COMPLAINTS:  as Emperor Evan@peoplefirstscc.org  or  (408) 761-9930 peoplefirstscc.org as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter access line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699; LET US KNOW at 423-4833  if you’ve sent one and if you’ve gotten satisfaction.

…and much more.  Contact 423-4833 for a full list.