Subject: Homeless Under Attack
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 00:52:51 -0700
Please sign this petition to stop an oppressive ordinance that will enacted upon the homeless in Palo Alto, California. Continue reading
Category Archives: Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Radio Show
Chalking It Up to Big Brother, Guy Faces 13 Years For Sidewalk Slogans
NOTES FROM NORSE: While Santa Cruz has not cited or arrested anyone recently for chalking (that we know of–contact me at rnorse3@hotmail.com if you know of any cases), the City moved to criminalize protest Continue reading
Open Season on Whistleblowers–in NYC and Santa Cruz
NOTES BY NORSE: The right-wing City Council “Public Safety” Committee and the Parks & Recreation Commission forwarded to the Santa Cruz City Council a bill that created a new crime:
“Any person who by his or her conduct, or by threatening, or abusive, Continue reading
“Any person who by his or her conduct, or by threatening, or abusive, Continue reading
Arizona ACLU Fights Back; Santa Cruz ACLU Snores On…
NOTES BY NORSE: The Santa Cruz ACLU, presented a year ago, with concerns about the criminalization of the homeless has taken made no public statements nor forwarded any requests to the northern California ACLU in search of legal assistance. Continue reading
Attorneys in L.A. Win Victory; Santa Cruz ACLU Silent on Anti-Homeless Abuses
Alaska and Berkeley: Prejudice and Passion
NOTE BY NORSE: Tip of the had to John Colby for passing on these stories. The Alaska “compassionate cop” tale assumes and promulgates the mythology that homeless people are homeless because of alcohol, drug, and “mental illness” problems. It’s not a housing, job, or income problem (when it’s Continue reading
Creating Refugees in Fullerton, CA
NOTE BY NORSE: Fullerton cops, evicting homeless people from a camp they were herded to by police, are giving out the same phony reassurances, empty referrals, and move-along agenda that are often used by Continue reading
Ciampi Calls for Ammiano to Oppose the Palo Alto Vehicle-Home Ban [5 Attachments]
[Attachment(s)from Robert Norse included below]
NOTE FROM NORSE: Tony Ciampi is a long-time fighter for homeless rights in Palo Alto. Rarely I’ve persuaded him to come on the air to discuss this struggle. I’m not clear where the struggle is at right now, Continue reading
Judge to Rule on Motion for New Trial Friday in False Arrest by Two Mayors Case
NOTE BY NORSE: The Santa Cruz City Council’s slow but steady cutback of public comment time, public accessibility, and public accountability is something I’ve recently written about (and filed a formal Brown Act complaint against–see Mayor Cuts Off Comment in Consent Agenda Crackdown; Continue reading
Spreading Fear and Encouraging Hatred Among the Youth in Santa Cruz
NOTES BY NORSE:
The following Sentinel article is another example of the spreading misdirected “Public Safety” mythology being pushed by right-wing groups.The homeless and drug “crime” problem builds on the fantasy that there is some new major Public Safety threat. It’s actually that Continue reading