Concerns to Consider for this week’s (7-21-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting
Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)
+++ Pass-Arounds, Announcements, Old Business, Street Reports
+++ Handouts and History Asides
+++ Growing Pressure on the Benchlands Encampment
+++ Stepping Up Sweeps in San Rafael, CA: https://www.marinij.com/2022/07/17/san-rafael-defeats-lawsuit-over-homeless-camp/
+++ Collusion or Incompetence? the Behavior of the Local Coastal Commission Towards Vehicular Residents
+++ Reggie Meisler–Holding the Haebe Hasslemasters Accountable Through Public Records
+++ Returning to the Rhonda Weiss Case…hear its origins at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%202-10-22.mp3
+++ “Safe Parking” Updates from Kevin, Robert, Monica–Checking Out the On-the-Ground Situation with Megan Bunch
+++ Flyering the Benchlands in Preparation for the End-of-the-Summer Sweeps
+++ Food Not Bombs report and phone update
+++ Mad Power Committee Report (if any)[CARE courts, Conservatorship threats, out-of-county deportation, Reiss protections]
+++ City Mangler’s Promise to Clear the Benchlands: 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 Latest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov8zve28RT8
+++ Story and flyers posted in the Serf City Times on fighting survival camp eviction: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/04/18850863.php
July issues of Street Spirit and Street Sheet likely still available–both at the meeting and at 903 Pacific (UN Association HQ) when it’s open.