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HUFF meets today 2-12 at noon as usual… Excited about the UCSC strike, planning further Resistance forums with the Homeless Union, and support scheming for Shelter-in-Place

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Of  course, there’s the usual coffee and carrots plus new Street Spirits and Street Sheets and the jovial & jagged chaos that comes with every HUFF meeting.  Specifics on the agenda will be distributed as you arrive! 
Some of the likely topics:   Resistance Forum at 3 PM today (also at the Sub Rosa Cafe)–Final Planning;   Supportive Response to the UCSC Strike    Uncovering Landlord Rents and Profits  

If you prefer to get the full (tentative) agenda in advance, as I’ve been sending out for the last year or so, please let me know (at rnorse3@hotmail.com).
See you at the Sub Rosa.
Robert

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (2-9-20) at freakradio.org SC Union Wrangling, more Red Church Ranting, and a Flashback to April 19, 1998

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WE’RE STILL ON THE LOOKOUT WITH $$$ IN OUR FIRST IF YOU SPOT A STUDIO SITE !

Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  


ON THE SHOW

  • Braving Bad Times: Brent Adams of the Footbridge Services
  • Weathering the Winter: Wes White of the Salinas Homeless Union
  • Roughriding RVster Amber briefs us on the latest Berkeley City Council cave-in.
  • 2-3 Interview: “Can’t Cage Us” Cooper & “Rage Against the Ripoffs” Russell on the Aftermath of the 1-30 Police Theft of Their Survival Gear
  • 2-4 After 5 Nights Without That Gear, Cooper Describes the Police Assault and Arrest on Portuguese Tony Mendoza  with 7 cars and 8+ officers
  • 2-6 Cooper on Further Threats “Go to the Armory or Else” from Police at the Post Office Encampment
  • Alleycat’s Update and a Snatch of the 2-28 CACH Safe Sleeping Subcommittee
  • More from the Glover & Krohn Recall Resistance 1-29; Full Audio at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Recall%20Resistance–Glover%20and%20Krohn%20Fight%20Back%201-29-20.mp3



FLASHBACK to 2007: Audio Selections from Community TV Video Shows

  • Club Cruz’s Becky Johnson interview (9-20-07) Homies for the Homeless protesters who weathered a week-long encampment at City Hall in the summer
  • Voices show hosted by Mark Halfmoon (10-25-07) on the City Council/Police ambush of then-Councilmember Tony Madrigal for raising racialprofiling concerns.
  • Club Cruz’s Becky Johnson interview (2-6-02) with Robert Norse and Zoe Einbinder on the Hippie Planter Gentrification Controversy of that Winter.

REVIEW THE PAUL BODEN ADVICE TO THE SC HOMELESS UNION at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY

HEAR THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR JUSTIN CUMMINGS at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/26m%20Cummings%20Interview%202-3.MP3

CHECK OUT CHIEF MILLS PUSHING HIS “DISAPPEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS” PROGRAM BEFORE THE REACTIONARY SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORS VIGILANTE GROUP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

REVIEW THE LATEST DOCUMENTS IN THE SLEEPING BAN STRUGGLE  at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830292.php


DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)

Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly: 

Join Early Rising Outdoor Survivors at City Hall 7:30 AM Wednesday to Educate Councilmembers and Staff on Homeless Survival Needs, Resist the Recall, and Quaff Coffee at the Bernard Klitzner Memorial Koffee Klatch.
Plan for the next Community-Backed Homeless Encampment at the Wednesday 2-12 HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) meeting noon at the Sub Rose Cafe next to the Bike Church.
Train to Resist Police Intimidation of Survival Campers at the weekly Union’s Resistance Forum Wednesday 3-4:45 PM at the Sub Rosa Cafe.  Meal (of sorts) provided.
Demand “Bad News” Bernal Order His Cops to Stand off and Allow Homeless Activists to Reopen Camp Phoenix now that Governor Newsom has declared that area surplus space to be designated for homeless use. Denounce the latest cosmetic “Winter Shelter” lie with the opening of the Armory–which only serves 20 more people and ignores the 1000-2000 outside, spending ridiculous sums of money to shelter a few, while really providing protective cover to the City Council and Board of Supervisors for essentially doing nothing for the great majority.
Contact Chief Mills at amills@cityofsantacruz.com  to demand fundamental changes such as that seized survival gear be available for reclaiming during regular business hours, not just 6 hours as week.  See https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2019/12/18/police_protest_flyer_12-18-19.pdf Hold accountable City Hall NIMBY enablers at all public meetings:  Former Mayor Martine Watkins, New Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager-for-Life Martin Bernal, His Wrecking Crew of Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara and Megan Bunch, Police Chief Andy Mills, & City Attorney Tony Condotti  for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction,  Subsequent Deaths, & the Friday Nov 15th Demolition of Camp Phoenix (the renewed Deseire Memorial Survival Encampment in back of Ross) with a campaign of lies to the community regarding “adequate shelter options”. Remember Deseire Quintero–Killed by City Indifference, Negligence, and Malice in Closing the First Ross Camp Without Any Adequate Shelter!  Support Survival Campgrounds, Empty Building Takeovers This Winter Wherever They Happen. Take peaceful action to open up buildings for Winter Shelter as well as an end to harassment citation of folks surviving outside under “trespass on public property”, “closed area”, “public nuisance” and “blocking the sidewalk” pretexts;
Witness, oppose, and document police and ranger harassment using “closed areas”, “blocking the sidewalk”, “public nuisance”, “public trespass”, and “illegal lodging” to get around the Boise v. Martin “No shelter? No tickets!” decision.
Demand City Manager “Mangler” Martin Bernal and SCPD Police Chief  “Ambushmaster” Andy Mills account for their destruction of Camp Phoenix ignoring City Council’s required Standard Operating Procedures for closing encampments and violating their own admission that “trespass” could not be properly applied to the survival sleepers
Sign up at the SCHU Table at the Food Not Bombs meals to find more direct and effective ways to support the next homeless-run encampment.  Contact the Union at 831-431-7766.  Union meets 5 PM Sundays at Front & Water St.  Phone: 431-7766  DONATE SURVIVAL GEAR SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT FOOD NOT BOMBS
Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action by contacting the SC Union, HUFF,  Conscience & Action, or the Give-A-Shit Campaign Provide Direct Support to Survival Camps & Squats as City Council Ignores the Winter Shelter Emergency; Skip the Poverty Pimp Entrepreneurs
Post Your Documentation of Police and Ranger “Move Along” Mischief or Pass it on to Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766  Donate to Existing Homeless Encampments, NOT Poverty-Pimp Posturers– Survival Demands Blankets, Water, Tarps, Portapotties & Trash Pick-Up’s–and Deter Police Harassment by being On Call to Document It.
Additional Needs for Community Samaritans!–More Needs: Potable Water for Drinking, Laundry Access so Clothes Don’t Mildew, and More Space in Additional Spots, Monitor and Expose Cop Crackdowns Support Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s Day/Night Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action,Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless by documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
 Check out The Santa Cruz Community, Santa Cruz Homeless Advocates & Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, SNAIL, HEART Disabled Homeless People,  Power Surge Tenants Rights, Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance, and more on Facebook..then go out and do something!
  Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/   Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org Thursdays 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .  Call in with street reports and commentary: 831-335-4844   If you must, expropriate items from corporate & chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

[huffsantacruz] Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 2-6-20 at 6 PM at freakradio.org: Tearing Tents Away from the Most Vulnerable: Andy Mills’s Police Force on the March

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WE MAY HAVE STUDIO SPACE, IF NOT WE STILL GOT A REWARD FOR YOU.

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   
Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

  • Berkeley Bureaucrats Plead Poverty and Promise Repression for RVsters
  • Stand Up Steena and Katzenjammer Keith give different reports on the progress of CACH (Council’s Phony Homelessness Committee) from their own perspectives.
  • A Preview of the Norse Interview with Mayor Justin  Cummings (full interview at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html to be posted later tonight
  • Cooper D’Angelo Cries Out Against Another Police Property Seizure Against the Elderly and Disabled
  • Red Church Roughhearts Speak Out: Jake, Richard, and Bathrobespierre
  • A Few Words with Councilmember Glover on the Last Shitty Council Meeting

March to Restore Police-Stolen Property from Folks in Survival Encampments 1 PM Tuesday February 4

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END POLICE ATTACKS ON HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS

Louden Nelson Center (301 Center St. )1 PM Tues February 4th

March to Police Station (155 Center) to Reclaim Property Taken

Was Your Stuff Taken?   Let Us Know !

Last Thursday, a group of people, many of them elderly and disabled, were swept away from their sidewalk encampment next to Laurel Park (near London Nelson Center) on Washington.  Half a dozen cop cars and 10-15 cops and rangers took all their survival gear–clothing, blankets, tents.  Police arrested Cooper d’Angelo, jailing her for 10 hours.   Her “crime”, she said, was a small pile of marijuana ash left on the sidewalk by someone else. A arrested her for smoking (which she denies) “near a school.”  

 Early that week police repeatedly woke up Cooper her partner Russell.  They gave them 10 false citations for “impeding foot traffic”.  Cooper said they only took up half the sidewalk and a wheelchair could pass by. 

 Police seizures of homeless survival gear are ongoing in spite of the federal court’s Martin v. Boise decision and the City’s lack of Shelter.  If your property or person is threatened by police, rangers, security guards, or hostile NIMBY’s, Call 221-6310 to report police theft.  The Santa Cruz Homeless Union and other groups are planning a retaliatory lawsuit.  Police “property pick-up” hours are absurdly limited:  Tuesday (11 AM – 3 PM) (and Thursday 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM).

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides archives today (2-2-20) at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html ARCHIVES ONLY: SC Union Wrangling, more Red Church Ranting, and a Flashback to April 19, 1998 on Medical Marijuana, Aptos Youth Repression and more

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Transmission problems mean this show will only be available as an archive at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

WE’RE STILL ON THE LOOKOUT WITH $$$ IN OUR FIRST IF YOU SPOT A STUDIO SITE !

Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  


ON THE SHOW

  • “Cornerstone” Carol Denney on Berkeley’s Highs and Lows (phone interview)
  • 1-26 S.C. Union Jousting and Jabbing with Norse, McHenry, and other Notables (part 2)
  • 1-27 Red Church Roughnecks Sound Off: Mike Nichols–evicted and van-napped; Salvation Army Shelter Woes; Cooper’s Campsite Crackdown; Assorted Anguish and Anger from Sonny Lopez, Chavez, Richard Lewis, & Others
  • 1-28 Councilmember Krohn’s on-the-fly comments, Trish the Dish on Life Outside after 60, Battered-but-not-Broken Brent Adams on Recent Vandalism at his Footbridge Program



FLASHBACK to April 19, 1998

  • Medical Marijuana Medley:  High Times May 1998 on false claim that marijuana has no medical uses; Dennis Peron fights Cannabis Club closing order; Undercover SCPD officers attack entrap medical marijuana clubs
  • Cops stop tenant activist Donna Deiss from entering her own apartment
  • Marco Maroni and Donna Deiss update renter struggles from SC Tenants Union
  • Becky Johnson of the Committee to Repeal the Sleeping Ban—endorsement of Father Mike Marini on the Sleeping Ban Repeal Initiative
  • SCPD’s home invasion and shooting of Bryan Andress on Button St
  • Richard Quigley on Jerry Henry’s Struggle at Aptos Shopping Center
  • Chris Dayus pulled over for running lights, arrested for axe handle
  • Street Spirit Newspaper Harassment: Vendor Jim on Post Office panhandling; David Silva on Right to Sell Street newspapers like Street Spirit
  • Doug McGrath & Bob Lamonika Weigh In
  • San Diego’s Richard of Street Light on 24-hour month-long protest at City Hall demanding year-round shelter
  • Citizen Police Review Board (CPRB) Public Hearing— former CPRB Kay Bowden chair denounces then Police Chief Steve Belcher’s deep-sixing of complaints
  • Jerry Henry, Street Minister, in solidarity with youth at Rancho Del Mar
  • Marijuana Freedom Fighter Pebbles Trippet wins retroactivity for Proposition 215
  • Bill Beebee starting short-lived Lighthouse Alternative Press

REVIEW THE PAUL BODEN ADVICE TO THE SC HOMELESS UNION at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY

CHECK OUT CHIEF MILLS PUSHING HIS “DISAPPEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS” PROGRAM BEFORE THE REACTIONARY SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORS VIGILANTE GROUP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

REVIEW THE LATEST DOCUMENTS IN THE SLEEPING BAN STRUGGLE  at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830292.php


DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 1-30-20 at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html: Cooper’s Washington Street Swept Away Today; Previews from the FNB, Red Church, and Recall meetings

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STILL WANTED:  STUDIO SPACE AND TRANSMITTER SITE !

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   
Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

  • Plotting for Justice with the Santa Cruz Homeless Union 1-26
  • Red Church Rubbertramps Rumble and Roar 1-27
  • Cooper’s Camp Crushed and Stolen by Police and Rangers Today; Cooper Jailed: Interview with Keith McHenry
  • Councilmembers Krohn and Glover Fight Back Against Real Estate Recallers

HUFF meets today as ever with coffee and munchies at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific Across from the Bike Church 1-29

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HUFF Proposals for 1-29-20

Announcements    Norse Updates (Clippings, Iran)

Street and Camp Reports  Council Review

FOLLOW-UP ON PAST ACTIONS  

***Wed Afternoon Forums at the RCNV

*** Following up on SCPD Demands –Vehicle Ticketing, Storage Pick-Up’s, Kevin Visit

*** Contact List Follow-Up—Camps, Occupations, Protests

*** Direct Contacts & Reports from Individual Survival Camps & Refugees

*** Recall Resistance & Voter Registration

*** Flyer on “Fight Your Vehicular Ticket”

*** Vigil Against Two Wars Downtown

 FUTURE POSSIBLE MINI-GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Coffee Canopy at Manager’s Office w/ Petitioning: Follow the Gov’s “Designate Open Areas” & the Camp Phoenix 2 Proposal

*** Wait-In at  P & R Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Eliot to stop ‘Stay-Away” Harassment

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Emergency Action on Emergency Winter Shelter

*** Forums ON Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing ,Prep for Campground

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line: organizing the google site.

***Recent Requests for (a) all citations city-wide for alt-camp citations for blocking the sidewalk, being in a closed area, park after dark, public nuisance, illegal lodging, etc. for the last year; and

(b) all Pacific Avenue citations for the last six months

*** Appealing the 5-Year Main Beach Curfew

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Contact Robert at 423-4833 to help with Public Records Analysis or Expanding Contact Lists

Attend Public Meetings of Public Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S WINTER SHELTER?

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Wed Jan 29 4:30 PM-6 PM Forum on Resisting Chief Mills Anti-Homeless Laws 612 Ocean

Wed, Jan 29 6 PM  CACH’s Safe Sleeping Committee Vets Hall

Thur  Jan 31 Last Day to Submit Staff Reports to Mayor Cummings for Next Council

Sun Feb 2 5-6 PM  SC Homeless Union Weekly Meeting at the FNB Meal

Norse Netcasts Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides archives tonight (1-26-20) at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html featuring an in-depth interview with Rafa of the CACH, MLK Day Protest Lookback, S.C. Homeless Union Schemes On, End-of-the-Month Woes…& more!

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GOT TIPS FOR STUDIO & TRANSMITTER SITES?  WE’RE STILL LOOKING !
Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  


ON THE SHOW

  • Steve Silverman of FlexYourRights.com :  Rules for Recording Police
  • Murdered Civil Rights Leader from 1963 Medgar Evers
  • Santa Cruz Homeless Union Activist Angel Describes the MLK March 1-20
  • History and Significance of City Manager/Police Chief Supremacy in Santa Cruz
  • Kazenjammer Keith McHenry Gives a Second Account of the MLK March  
  • Street Stuff:  Larry, Seth, Viper, Mr. Lennoxhead, Sarah, Steve C, Jimmy, Max, Leon, Wes, Carlos, 
  • Rafa  Sonnenfeld on the CACH meeting; Wes White on Chief Mills’ anti-homeless ordinances  
  • SC Union Meeting Schemes and Sputters 1-18  
  • Lengthy Grilling of “Ready-for-the-Rough-Stuff” Rafa Sonnenfeld
  • City Council Preview of Upcoming 1-28 Meeting Including Snatches of Councilmember Glover’s Agenda Analysis 
  • Full Glover Analysis on 1-24 at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Glover%20Agenda%20Analysis%201-24.mp3  
  • Musing at the Food Not Bombs Meal:  Randy, Free, Cooper’s Sidewalk Campsite Report, Travis, Gentletongue Jim, Harm Reduction Squad, Jessie, James, Enrique
  • Councilmember Krohn answers a few questions, but ducks “Will you Demand Real Winter Shelter be put on the Agenda?”
  • Jeffrey’s Plight and Dreamcatcher’s Worddance  
  • The Intercept’s Podcast:Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and the Rewriting of Iraq War History at https://theintercept.com/2020/01/22/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-and-the-rewriting-of-iraq-war-history/


REVIEW THE PAUL BODEN ADVICE TO THE SC HOMELESS UNION at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY

CHECK OUT CHIEF MILLS PUSHING HIS “DISAPPEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS” PROGRAM BEFORE THE REACTIONARY SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORS VIGILANTE GROUP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)


Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 1-23-20 at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Report on the Martin Luther King Parade and Santa Cruz Union’s 1-12 Sidewalk Meeting

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YOU FIND US STUDIO SPACE, WE GOT A REWARD FOR YOU.

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   
Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

  • Inside the Penal System–A Phone Call From the Darkness from Harold Prescott Ashton III
  • “Tough It Out” Tyler Restores Video Shows on Pacific Avenue
  • Councilmember Glover’s Mid-Week Update
  • Santa Cruz Homeless Union Plots and Plans in its 1-12-20 Meeting
  • Marching and Mockery in the Martin Luther King Day Parade With a Police Chief Pushing New Anti-Homeless Laws

HUFF meets Wednesday 1-22-20 noon-2 PM Sub Rosa Cafe Under the Microscope: Chief Mills’ Anti-Homeless Proposals

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HUFF Proposals for 1-22-20

Announcements    Norse Updates (Clippings, Iran)

Street and Camp Reports

FOLLOW-UP ON PAST ACTIONS

*** Following up on SCPD Demands –Vehicle Ticketing, Storage Pick-Up’s

*** Contact List Follow-Up—Camps, Occupations, Protests

*** Direct Contacts & Reports from Individual Survival Camps & Refugees

*** Recall Resistance (and Gloomy Report on Glover’s Council Caving)

 FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Coffee Canopy at Manager’s Office w/ Petitioning: Follow the Gov’s “Designate Open Areas” & the Camp Phoenix 2 Proposal

*** Wait-In at  P & R Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Eliot to stop ‘Stay-Away” Harassment

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Emergency Action on Emergency Winter Shelter

*** Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

*** Series of Forums with Speakers on Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing for Proper S, Prep for Campground

*** Flyer on “Fight Your Vehicular Ticket”

*** Vigil Against Two Wars Downtown

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line: organizing the google site.

***Recent Requests for (a) all citations city-wide for alt-camp citations for blocking the sidewalk, being in a closed area, park after dark, public nuisance, illegal lodging, etc. for the last year; and

(b) all Pacific Avenue citations for the last six months

*** Santa Cruz Local KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Flyer for Those On the Ground & in vehicles

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Contact Robert at 423-4833 to help with Public Records Analysis or Expanding Contact Lists

Attend Public Meetings of Public Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S WINTER SHELTER?

UPCOMING EVENTS:

          Wednesday January 22nd 3:15 PM- 4:30 PM Small Claims Court Workshop: 701 Ocean St. County Bldg Room 10

Wednesday January 22 6-8 PM Pacific Cultural Center 1307 Seabright. Councilmembers Drew Glover and Chris Krohn Say “No” on the Recall

Friday January 24 5:30-7 PM Room 10 City Hall Offices Councilmember Glover Reviews the upcoming Tuesday 1-28 City Council Agenda

Sunday January 26 5-6 PM  SC Homeless Union Weekly Meeting on the sidewalk at the FNB Meal at the side of the Main Post Office

Norse Netcast  Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

Tuesday January 28 City Council Meeting   Time TBA  Predicted to be on the Agenda (1) the Parks and Recreation Department is requesting that the California Coastal Commission approve another anti-homeless measure,

                                    extending the Main Beach’s six month curfew that ends March 2020 (and was adopted on Cowell Beach since 2013) from  midnight to an hour before sunrise.  If passed, concerned folks can

appeal this to the California Coastal Commission which meets March 11-13, 2020 at the Hilton in Scotts Valley at 6001 La Madrone Dr. S.C. 

(agenda to be posted March 6 at https://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/agenda/  (2) surveillance technology, (3) mushrooms as medicine.