Agenda Suggestions for HUFF meeting 10-30-25
Most of these items involve brief reports and check in’s. If we flag an item for action or discussion, more talk—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?
++++ Past week’s protest reports: the 4 PM Thursday’s Town Clock “People of Americas Unite!”; Saturday’s RCNV “United Against Hate Rally”; Tuesday’s United Health Care’s CEO Funding Matters tour; S.C. Shitty Council report.
++++ Proposals: Showing of Hometown Homeless at Sub Rosa in anti-Shutdown Protest; Revival of Homeless Union Organizing Against Intensifying Sweeps: ; 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
++++ 216-8239 Property Seizure Reports Accumulation + FNB Poll Report: Still fishing for updates.
++++ Clanging pots and pans rally against U.S. Funding Gaza Starvation and Local Unhoused Refugee Harassment
Mostly Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet
Thursday Oct 30 5-6 PM Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room, end of N. Pacific Ave. the SNAP crisis
Friday Oct 31 6-7:30 PM Anarchism & the Internationals in the Wild West: Deconstructing Settler Socialism Sub Rosa Café. Book Talk + Q & A
Saturday Nov 1 11 AM- 12:30 PM Israel with American Bombs breaks the Ceasefire Ocean & Water End the War Weekly Palestine Justice Coalition
Saturday Nov 1 and Sunday Nov 2 noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal Town Clock; older Street Spirits available; leave off or pick up polling sheets with Drew; Bulletin Board for posting notices
Sunday Nov 2 noon-4 PM Street Party Open Streets 358 Main St. Watsonville
Monday Nov 3 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Indivisible Civil Right Protest Against the Trump Regime (but add Newsom, Keeley, and Kramer) Ocean and Water Sts.
Tuesday Nov 4 6 PM Liberation Thru Music Sub Rosa (perhaps free if you ask)
Monday Nov 10 6 PM 150 Felker St. possible Art and Rebellion meeting. Contact Brent at 588-9892
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
++++ Mixed sunny and cloudy into next week (rain next Wednesday November 5th)
++++ Any help for Tips & Lifelessons to buff up Thomas’s Tipzine?
++++ Past homeless citation record of the last year: Reggie & Gaia need help to show Selective Ticketing for Homeless “Crime”
++++ Laura C.: legislative updates—state, local, and federal: the closing federal/state/local fist.
++++ Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces? Small Claims Court?
New-ish Stories (TBA)
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”