NOTE BY NORSE: A protest several months ago highlighted concerns about incompetence and/or malice in the medical treatment of Santa Cruz prisoners under the new privatized medical Continue reading
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Portland Street Struggle–Police Crackdown
NOTE BY NORSE: Portland homeless activism has a long and vigorous history which can be seen on-line in Street Roots at http://streetroots.org/ . It has one of the longest standing (if very small) Sanctuary Continue reading
Palo Alto Homeless-in-Cars Ban–Coming Up?
NOTE BY NORSE: To my understanding, there is actually no difference between a law which the PD says it will enforce “on complaint” and one that is not. Laws are laws and can be enforced whenever the PD sees Continue reading
Appealing Judge’s Jury Verdict in mock-Nazi Salute Case
NOTES BY NORSE: The threat of repression at Santa Cruz City Council has been an ever present threat for the community coming there, and particularly for homeless people and homeless activists, trying to draw Continue reading
Santa Cruz ACLU Ducks Out of Public View
NOTE BY NORSE: If anyone interested in civil liberties in other cities than Santa Cruz has any information about their local ACLU, Continue reading
Public Hysteria Citizens Task Farce Meets Again 7-24 6 PM [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s)from Robert Norse included below]
This is the group that calls itself “the Public Safety Citizens Task Force”, personally selected by Mayor Bryant, and headed by Continue reading
Attacking the Whistleblowers in Monterey
NOTE BY NORSE: The author of this article and the homeless woman Sunny Fawcett have been outspoken criticis of police harassment of the homeless in Monterey. They were guests on my radio show last Continue reading
Sleeping in Vehicles–a Simple Human Reality: Stirring in Monterey
NOTES BY NORSE: Overnight parking in a church parking lot (for three vehicles only) as well as two-vehicles only overnight parking in business and/or non-profit lots. Unfortunately this isn’t something most Continue reading
Miami–A “Magnet” for Bigots to Dump Homeless People
NOTES BY NORSE: Palo Alto politicians, eager to institute a city-wide vehicular home ban, wail about the City being a “magnet” for homeless vehicular dwellers–though they have no evidence for that. Santa Continue reading
Destruction of Homeless Homes in Fresno
NOTE BY NORSE: An extensive list of articles by Mike Rhodes in his Community Alliance newspaper can be found at http://fresnoalliance.com/wordpress/?p=1313 . Please report the destruction of Continue reading