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Fences not Services–the New Santa Cruz Solution?

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NOTE FROM NORSE:   The flyer is self-explanatory.

                                        Yesterday River St Campground Commandante Susie O’Hara broke the City Council’s commitment and announced its closing next month.  Some if not all of the homeless workers have reportedly have been laid off.  The Council’s commitment to a storage and shelter area for even the small number in the campground (60-70 at max) was unceremoniously abandoned.

                                        Meanwhile no Winter Shelter, other than a partial distant AFC-run, nighttime-only no-storage facility with half the capacity of last year’s limited program will be stacked with River St. Campground refugees for the first week according to the Sentinel story (https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2018/10/16/santa-cruz-to-shutter-city-run-homeless-encampment-by-nov-30/).

                                         Yesterday HUFF decided to mobilize public support for an alternative encampment, perhaps at City Hall, perhaps at the Post Office, perhaps–as last year–at San Lorenzo Park. Others have proposed a mobile “Camp Dignity” solution such as prompted Portland, OR authorities to finally authorize a small distant campground space for some of the homeless in that city.  (https://dignityvillage.org/).  There has also been talk of establishing a campground in the Greenbelt areas, or setting up a protest camp in front of City Manager Martin Bernal‘s home or possibly that of City Council Mayor David Terrazas.

                                          Yesterday city agencies fenced off the grassy areas and the bathrooms at San Lorenzo park.  Armed uniformed thugs were stalking the park, driving away the poor and the public there.  15 hours ago Food Not Bombs activist Keith McHenry wrote “Fencing off the parks from the homeless before the city of Santa Cruz shuts down the Boneyard Camp where some of those without housing had been living under city supervision for the past several months. Shelter space also cut just before the cold rains come. Total war against the poor. Maybe we should retake City Hall.”

                                            Meanwhile harassment, citation, camp demolition, and vehicle towing continues against the vast majority of the homeless who are not and have never been offered shelter–or even the right to create their own protection against the cold.

                              

                                            Come to the 5 PM Saturday October 20th meeting at the Food Not Bombs meal near the main Post Office…or start your own encampment.  

                                             The Martin v. Boise federal appeals court ruling applies to California and other western states. (https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/09/04/15-35845.pdf).

                                             However, that won’t stop police from harassing you–they’re doing so now under “trespass” and “public area closed” laws.   At Monday’s Public Safety Committee meeting, Mills documented a surge in such citations this even as he claimed his uniformed gunmen had stopped Sleeping Ban harassment.   (https://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub_PSCom/cache/2/amhktxussfn4fg1u35mud5t4/476782010182018095532533.PDF)

                                              Last year, Andy Mills’ police and rangers shut down public protest against the City’s unconstitutional “no sleep at night for the poor” policies.  They falsely rousted the Freedom Sleepers there by falsely using “blocking the sidewalk” laws.

                                              Be prepared to deal with intensified police harassment.

                                              Note:  I also include a note from City Manager Martin Bernal for his “side of the story” following the flyer below.

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FENCING OUT THOSE WITH OUT HOMES IS CRUEL.pdf

Tonight’s Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides show airs tonight (10-18) at 6 PM at 101.3 FM: Developing Shelter Winter Shelter Crisis with Reports from Bikeabout Brent Adams, Micah Posner, Katzenjammer Keith McHenry, and a Few Street Interviews

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Latest Show – 10/19/2018  Thursday, October 18, 2018 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides.” 

On the show:

  • Questions That Won’t Be Asked Chief “Season of Citations” Andy Mills at the ACLU Forum Tonight
  • Brent Adams on the Challenge What’s Needed as Well as Protest in the Shelter Crisis
  • Mad-for-Once Micah Posner and Katzenjammer Keith McHenry on Possible Protests
  • Some Other Stuff Too

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HUFF Focus on City Shelter Deceit and Cutback 11 AM SubRosa Cafe Wednesday 10-17-18; Conscience and Action also joining in to prep for 10-18 ACLU Forum on Police Use of Force

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HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] will meet Wednesday, 10-17 11 AM at the Sub Rosa next to the Bike Church.


Possible action items:

  • “If Only They Had Organized…”–Response to the Latest Sudden Closure Announcement of the Barbedwire Boneyard River St. Campground
  • Latest Police PR at Shitty Council’s “Public Safety” Hearing Monday Night
  • Forming a Chapter of the Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless to join Salinas, Marysville and other state Chapters allied with the Poor People’s Campaign
  • Civil Rights Watch for the Unhoused Majority Facing the Usual Dispersal and Harassment as Winter Approaches
  • Follow-up and lead-up actions in the Bathroom Battle: Knockin on Tony Elliot’s door (the new P & R czar).
  • Seeking Answers from Police Chief Andy Mills for his Latest “Trespass/Closed Area/Camping Ban” Citation Strategy
  • 9th Circuit Federal Court Decision may institute Right to Rest and Sleep in Santa Cruz: Updates from Candidates Forums, Mills, and elsewhere
  • Independent HUFF strategy for shifting the dialogue from Token Winter Shelter to Broad Support for Homeless Encampments
  • Fall Sidewalk Streetsquawking
  • Rise of the new Salinas RV Camp.
  • Sad News from Sacramento:  AB2178 to Restrict Charitable Food Giveaways, AB 1040 to “conservatorship” troublesome homeless; Bail Abolition but Amped up Judicial Power; limited Police Record access
  • Reviewing the Candidate Cavalcade for Shitty Council: Two Proposed Homeless Forums by Councilmember Krohn versus Warming Center’s Brent Adams
 Gems from Journeywise Julie:
  •   Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bathroom Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
  •  Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   Back up homeless efforts to organize either in protest or to demand adequate and accessible facilities.
  •   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.
  •   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at 101.3 FM and freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
  •   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .

Sunday 10-14-18 9:30 AM-3 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides: Native American Slaughter Day Background, Street-Speak from the Red Church, Amped-Up Andy Carcello on Marijuana Profiteering; + 7-7-07 Flashback !

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Streams at freakradio.org and broadcasts at 101.3 FM  

Archives today at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

CURRENT STUFF
  • A Few Takes on Native American Slaughter (Columbus) Day
  • More Backtalk and Battlecries from the Red Church Meal Munchers
  • Fury for the Medical Marijuana Profiteers from Andy Carcello
  • Another Round of Tunes by Ray Zimmerman

FLASHBACK TO July 7, 2007 (Full 7-7-07 show is at http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb070722.mp3 )
  • Further Flashback within a Flashback to Bathrobespierre Robert on KSCO in 1993 and Berkeley Fightback against the Anti-Homeless Laws
  • City Staff Dismantles the Voter’s Measure K Commission Seeking to Monitor Police and Make Marijuana Busts the Lowest Enforcement Priority
  • Anita Henry and Craig Canada Debate and Discuss Medical Marijuana Use in Public
  • Still More Street Interviews


FURTHER FLASHES FROM JUNGLE-SAVY JULIE:

Tonight’s Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides show airs tonight at 6 PM at 101.3 FM: Streetside Derek, Irene & Amber from Berkeley, Wonderguy Wes White from Salinas, Badboy Brent Adams & Brennon Robbins on Measure M

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Latest Show – 10/11/2018  Thursday, October 11, 2018 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides.” 

On the show:

NO HUFF MEETING TODAY Conscience and Action today (10-10) generates organizational support against Bathroom Baloney at Louden Nelson & Cophappy Campercrushing 11 AM Sub Rosa Cafe- All welcome

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HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] will meet Wednesday, 10-17 11 AM at the Sub Rosa next to the Bike Church.   Conscience and Action  will be meeting today (10-10) at the Sub Rosa at 11 AM.

Possible action items:

  • Fanning the Flames for Frey’s Round-the-Clock Candidate & Official Accessibility
  • Demanding D.A. Rosell Follow the S.F. “No More Homeless Camping Prosecutions”
  • An Action Around City Council’s Concealed Winter Shelter Shutdown, Back Off from the CarPark and the Implications of the Boise Court of Appeals Decision here.
  • Reviewing the Candidate Cavalcade for Shitty Council: Two Proposed Homeless Forums by Councilmember Krohn versus Warming Center’s Brent Adams
  • Bathroom Battleplans–Next Steps in the Struggle for Safe Shitting:  

                     +++ Hard Cop, Soft Cop Approach to new P & R Boss Tony Elliot

                     +++ “Get Into the Bathroom Free” Codes Distributed to the Rabble
                   +++ Reviewing Ursula’s “Vanishing Vandalism” Analysis 
                     +++ Cornering the Council Candidate’s on Lavatory Liberation
                   +++ Mocking the Meanness with Street Theater and/or Radio Play
  • Making the ACLU’s cop-talkie Forum Relevant to Santa Cruz
Hot Blasts from HUFFland:
  • October 18 7-9 PM 612 Ocean St.  The local ACLU gives us cop and attorney chatter: A Forum of Police Use of Force –but let’s not name any local names!
                     

  •   Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bathroom Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
  •  Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   Back up homeless efforts to organize either in protest or to demand adequate and accessible facilities.
  •   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.
  •   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at 101.3 FM and freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
  •   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .

Sunday 10-7-18 9:30 AM-3 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides: More Musical Inspiration from David Rovics, Shake-Up Shouts from Brent Adams, and Street Snarls from Many More; Plus Happy John Dine Inquest Flashback 12-11-97

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Streams at freakradio.org and broadcasts at 101.3 FM  

Archives today at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.htm

CURRENT EVENTS
  • Rough and Righteous Music from David Rovics cont. at the “No Homeless Bathrooms” London (Louden) Nelson Center
  • Rage and Rumbles from the Red Church Meal Munchers
  • Barnstorming Backtalk from Brent Adams 
  • Caustic Commentary from Bathrobespierre Robert

FLASHBACK TO December 11, 1997
  • Failure of the Citizens Police Review Board in the 1997 SCPD Slaying of Happy John Dine
  • Rightwing Renegade Wiley Drake Stands up for the Homeless in southern California
  • Bathrobespierre Relives his Fifteen Minutes of Fame on New York TV


FLASHES FROM JUNGLE-SAVY JULIE:

Tonight’s Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides show airs tonight at 6 PM at 101.3 FM featuring more Louden Nelson Bathroom Blues with Brent Adams, David Rovics, and Bathrobespierre Robert

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The show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html Latest Show – 10/4/2018  Thursday, October 4, 2018 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides.” 

On the show:

  • Homelessness and the Constitution: https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/10/02/the-constitution-and-homelessness/
  • Brent Adams Ticketed for Leafleting in a Forbidden Zone: His Update
  • Interview and Music with David Rovics after he was ousted from Louden Nelson Center
  • Bathroom Blues from Seniors at Louden Nelson and along Pacific Avenue
  • Still More Scattered Songs from Roy Zimmerman

Rumblings from “Jewel in the Rough” Julie’s Justice-Seeking Journey:

HUFF Chitchat and Catch-Up 11 AM SubRosa Cafe Wednesday 10-3-18

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HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] will meet Wednesday, 10-3 11 AM at the Sub Rosa next to the Bike Church.


Possible action items:

  • Where’s Winter Shelter for the Most Vulnerable? Breaking Community Silence in the Face of No Drop-In Program for the few.
  • Discussion of the SC Union of the Homeless organizing across program barriers
  • Civil Rights Watch for the Unhoused Majority Outside Programs
  • Follow-up and lead-up actions in the Bathroom Battle: Knockin on Tony Elliot’s door (the new P & R czar).
  • 9th Circuit Federal Court Decision may institute Right to Rest and Sleep in Santa Cruz: Updates from Candidates Forums, Mills, and elsewhere
  • Independent HUFF strategy for shifting the dialogue from Token Winter Shelter to Broad Support for Homeless Encampments
  • Fall Sidewalk Streetsquawking
  • Rise of the new Salinas RV Camp.
  • Charting Legislative Mischief:  AB2178 to Restrict Charitable Food Giveaways, AB 1040 to “conservatorship” troublesome homeless
  • New legislation around Bail Abolition, and Police Records
  • Reviewing the Candidate Cavalcade for Shitty Council: Two Proposed Homeless Forums by Councilmember Krohn versus Warming Center’s Brent Adams
 Gems from Journeywise Julie:

 

                     

  •   Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bathroom Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
  •  Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   Back up homeless efforts to organize either in protest or to demand adequate and accessible facilities.
  •   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.
  •   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at 101.3 FM and freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
  •   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .