BRAVING SUMMER HEAT ABOVE THE BENCHLANDS: HUFF meets Thursday 6-17-21 at 11 AM at the lawn tables between the Benchlands and the Courthouse at 701 Ocean St.

HUFF meets at its new near where the people are spot 11 AM 6-17 at the benches between the Courthouse & the Benchlands–though we may move the meeting if the heat burns us down.
Apologies for the Late Announcement:  Power Outage Last Night Delayed This Message

Agenda Prospects
  for Today’s Thursday (6-17) Meeting
       +++ Continued discussion and hopefully Organizing for Response to the City’s post-COVID response: IF it Threaten Encampments?
      +++ Benchlands Reports & A Proposed Dusk Survey
      +++ Additional Meetings: Jeremy Leonard holds his weekly Benchlands meeting Thursday 6-10 5 PM at the Courthouse/Benchlands tables
Union of the Homeless and the Benchlands Council meets Friday 6-11 5 PM under the Footbridge
      +++ Bring Reports of Any Threats or Citations Against Tentsters Using the New Camping Bans, Other Laws, or No Laws
      +++ Tasty Talk from the Berkeley People’s Kitchen: Thursday 6-10 after 6 PM: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%206-10-21.mp3
      +++ RV Fightback and Crackdown Reports from Vancouver, B.C. and Elsewhere
      +++ Reassuring Ripples from the Free Food Fellowship: Will the City  Lay Off if the Injunction is Lifted?
      +++ Demanding Real Progress: Updating & Restoring the Call for the Desire Quintero Homeless Union Demands of Fall 2019
      +++ Possible Sweep Defenses When the Cops Come Calling–Recalling and Reframing Past Strategies
      +++ Toughening the Talkback for Court:  Mustering Past Evidence of Shelter Denial and the Susie O’Hara’s False Narrative
      +++ Pajaro Valley Shout-Out–the Word from Watsonville: Attempted Phone Updates from Wes White, Monike Tone, and Others
      +++ Reviewing the Eric Price Claim Rejection and Lawsuit; Vigilante Homeless Union harassment
      +++ Placeholder Politics: HUFF and the SC Homeless Union share the responsibility.
      +++ New Contacts with the Coastal Commission on Monitoring Illegal “Parking Limitation” Sign Placements Against Vehicular Residents

      +++ Latest Local Laura’s Law (aka “Needles on Wheels”) Possible Activism/Education as the Opt-Out Deadline Nears

      +++ Accounting for Waste & Fraud Where to Find Gov Gruesome’s Greenbacks: Who Will Scour the Books?

      +++ Still Available for Inspection: Public Records Status: Legal Papers for the San Lorenzo Park Injunction: https://cityofsantacruz.sharefile.com/d-se5b96157b88a4d1aafcd23a97e17e0d5

      +++ News from Other Cities: San Jose, Sausalito, Marysville 

      +++ Still Up…  Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Shows on the HUFF website–http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html /

      Bring Your Own Cool Drinks!  Predicted weather outside–mid-80’s, but it may feel hotter.

COMING UP FAST: THE JUNE 29TH FEDERAL HEARING THAT MAY SPELL THE END OF THE INJUNCTION PROTECTING THE BENCHLANDS

LISTEN TO THE MAY 13TH  HEARING: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/Final%20Homeless%20Union%20in%20Court%205-13-21.mp3