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NO FORMAL HUFF MEETING TODAY but all are welcome to join Conscience and Action today (10-24) as it confronts the latest Council’s Rubberstamping of Staff “Hide Out or Get Out” Policies

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HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] will meet Wednesday, 10-31-18 AM at the Sub Rosa next to the Bike Church.   Conscience and Action  will be meeting today (10-24) at the Sub Rosa at 11 AM.

Possible action items:

  • The Compassion-Free City Council:  Responding to Last Night’s Official Silence on the Campground Closing, Winter Shelter Deficit, Ongoing Citation Process, and Ignoring of the Boise Decision
  • Demanding D.A. Rosell Follow the S.F. “No More Homeless Camping Prosecutions”
  • Encampment Action Supporting Measure M and Out-of-Town Cash Corruption
  • 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
Hot Blasts from HUFFland:
                     

  •   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 .

More Fences, More Tickets, Less Winter Shelter, More Cruelty

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More Fences, More Tickets, Less Winter Shelter, More Cruelty

Make your voice heard at City Council – Tuesday, October 23, 2018
4:00PM - Santa Cruz City Hall – 809 Center St, Santa Cruz
Free meal provided

Santa Cruz awarded $3.3 million for homeless…Closes the River Street Camp and pubic parks?

On October 17th, Sentinel journalist, Jessica York, reported that the River Street Campground will be shut down in November, with some of its members relocated into a scaled down Winter Shelter program at the VFW Hall on 7th Avenue. The VFW site will sleep  60 people and open only during evening hours, with a first-come, first-served model that does not allow pets and has limited possession storage.

On the same day that the Sentinel announced the closing of the River Street Campground city officials fenced off San Lorenzo and Grant Street Parks, closed its bathrooms and posted signs saying “PARK CLOSED Until further notice for – Focused Maintenance – Public Safety”. Workers started to replace the fence at the Post Office with a permanent iron fence  on Monday, October 22, 2018.

Private security guards were busy rousting homeless people from the San Lorenzo telling them to cross the river into downtown. The city has already fenced off Garfield, Star of the Sea, and Laurel Parks, closed the Louden Nelson bathrooms  and is stepping up harassment of those without housing seeking a place to rest downtown.

Santa Cruz currently has no walk-in shelter with long waiting lists for programs at the Homeless Services Center.  Police and rangers are also violating the Martin v. City of Boise – Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against ticketing and arresting people who have no place to sleep subjecting local homeless community members to what the court says is cruel and unusual punishment. The waiting list at the River Street Shelter is closed.

The County of Santa Cruz was just awarded  $3.3 million in State and federal grants to help house homeless individuals and families yet few are being housed and instead they are being fenced out of public space.

Join us and speak out at City Council.  – Call 1-800-884-1136 to get involved

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Sunday 10-21-18 9:30 AM-3 PM Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides: Planning Peaceful Protest at City Hall Tuesday, Red Church Round-Up, Whirlwind Wes White of Salinas, Berkeley’s Mike Zint, & New (very old) 1996 Flashbacks

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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 Small Group of Activists React to “Less Winter Shelter, More Winter Fences” 
  • Interviews with Victims of the City’s Shifting Anti-Homeless Narrative
  • Shopping Cart Shutdown in Salinas–Coming this Tuesday
  • Anti-Homeless Hogwash Laws in Berkeley–the Mike Zint Report

FLASHBACK TO March 1996 (Partial show is at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/F%20BB%203-13-96%20cont.mp3)
  • Token Police Review by the Citizens Police Review Board–Folly or Fluff
  • “Friends of the Library” Tries to Stifle Flyer Distribution on the Porch of the Civic
  • Interviews and Call-in’s in the 2nd Week of the 8 Month Long City Hall Sleepers Vigil
  • Dragonsheart Dan Hopkins, Shitkicker Sean Alemi, Crossroads Chris Brozda, Skidmark Bob Duran, and other voices of those who have passed or passed on…
  • Many a Sleepingban Buster Song from Bathrobespierre & Others


FURTHER FLASHES FROM JUNGLE-SAVY JULIE:

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: