Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 7-7-22 : Interviews from Berkeley and San Francisco; Strong Statements of Opposition to the Oversized Vehicle Ordinance by Lang, Falls, Posner, and Chavez

Archiving/website problems will likely delay the usual 6 PM posting of the show at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html.  We’re hoping it will be fixed soon, but whether it’ll take hours or days, we don’t know.  Usually, you can use this website for where to find shows from the last 4 3/4 years.

Brief descriptions of many of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/.   The current show will be posted on the HUFF blog once the web problem is resolved. 

You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
 



On Today’s 7-7 Show :

  •    Homeless housing site (finally) ready after 11-year wait.   https://www.pressreader.com › usa › the-mercury-news › 20220706 › 281827172469721
  •      July Street Spirit article on the Forced Dispersal of People’s Park residents
  •       6-10 Interview with S.F. Coalition on Homelessness‘s Olivia Glowacker on Defending Vehicular Residents
  •    Chatting with Julio “Here/There” Berkeley Encampment resident
  •    Appealing the OVO (Oversized Vehicle Ordinance)–the Plea of Chris Lang, Stacey Falls, Micah Posner, and Rachael Chavez
  •     Musical Madness: Psychiatric parody songs from the 60s betwixt & between.

LAST CHANCE  (Deadline:  5 pm July 8th) TO FILE A LETTER INSISTING THE OVO LAW & APPEAL RAISE “A SUBSTANTIAL ISSUE”:  GO TO https://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/agenda/#/2022/7

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides archives & streams at 9:30 AM 7-3-22 : Flashback to 1-3-21: More during and after the Successful Defense of the San Lorenzo Park Unhoused in the winter of 2020-2021

Http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html is where you can find shows from the last 3 1/2 years.  For earlier shows go to the Bathrobespierre’s Broadside section of http://huffsantacruz.org/

Brief written descriptions of many shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
 
On Today’s 7-3-22 Show :

  •    Katzenjammer Keith McHenry churns out more local info and opinions on the rental and shelter crisis.
  •    Sea Eagle, Dreadeye, and Cooper: sharing information at the Food Not Bombs meal.
  •    ACLU’s opposition to Newsom’s CARE courts–some considerations.
  •    Vision song Valerie back on Pacific Avenue
  •    Jerry on matters homeless
  •    Thomas and Alma tabling to restore Native American land
  •    Joseph in a darker mood on Pacific Avenue

FLASHBACK to the 1-3-21 Show  (more on successful support for the San Lorenzo Park unhoused community)

+++        12-29-20: Garrett Stevens on the ground at San Lorenzo Park
+++     Contrasting Views on Park Resistance from Armando & Pan 

+++   Former S.C.11 activists Brent Adams and Becky Johnson exchange notes on the community’s resistance to the evictions.
+++   Update in the Park: Chatting with Raymond, dumpster rifling   +++   Castiron Cooper & Toughtalkin’ Tony from their still-standing camp
  +++    Coffee klatching at the Comrade’s Cafe with Donnie and others cooking chow out of the rain for the camp. 

+++    Back to the Stand-Off: a Full Hour of Community members and Camp residents holding Police at bay on the sidewalk, demanding answers (but getting none)
  +++    12-28: Interviews with Denise Elerick & Sara Ringler of the Harm Reduction Coalition


FOOD NOT BOMBS still meets at the Town Clock for its daily noon-3PM meal.  Ask how you can help. 

STILL NO SANTA CRUZ HOMELESS UNION  FRIDAY MEETINGS…unless they get new leadership volunteers.   Call 575-770-3377  or 431-7766 to learn the latest. 

Volunteer–they desperately need new blood with the passion to organize!  And new leadership with the time and resources to lead.  Especially with the City Manager’s avowed threat to disperse the Benchlands camp this summer and City Council’s failure to use the $14.5 million to set up survival campgrounds and support those that exist!

HUFF STILL MEETS EVERY THURSDAY (NEXT MEETING 7-7) TO SCHEME & STARGAZE.  COFFEE & CONTROVERSY AT THE SUB ROSA COURTYARD 11 AM-1 PM THURSDAYS NEXT TO THE BIKE CHURCH AT 703 PACIFIC AVE. 

VIEW VIDEOS FROM WES WHITE on his You-Tube channel (John Doe13K):  THEN POST SOME OF YOUR OWN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.  Latest from Wes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYzQHrUOrJw  Koffee Klatch in front of City Hall
OTHER OPTIONS: FACEBOOK, CALL HUFF FOR FRSC INTERVIEW, WRITE ESTABLISHMENT OR ALTERNATE MEDIA.

KEEP YOUR PHONE CHARGED AND HANDY TO RECORD UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS OR INCIDENTS YOU WITNESS ON YOUR PHONE PARTICULARLY IF AND WHEN POLICE WARN YOU YOU’LL BE SWEPT.

TELL THE WORLD!  CALL HUFF TO BE INTERVIEWED AND “IMMORTALIZED” IN THE HUFF AUDIO ARCHIVES: Contact Bathrobespierre Robert at the HUFF line or rnorse3@hotmail.com

DON’T WAIT FOR THE ACLU TO TURTLEWALK INTO ACTION.   LEARN YOUR RIGHTS, USE THEM, TALK WITH OTHERS, & PUBLICIZE.

COMMENT on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom facebook page or at www.indybay.org/santacruz where Bathrobespierre posts occasional announcements and stories.

STILL IN DEVELOPMENT:  Ursula’s Utterances–a regular extensive description and review of each Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides and a backlog of those descriptions for the last half year.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 6-30-22 : A Homeless Man Under Attack: Benchlands Troy Speaks Out; Flashback to 12-31-22: the Successful Defense of the San Lorenzo Unhoused in December 2020

This  show archives by about 6 PM at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html, a website where you can also find shows from the last 3 1/2 years.

Brief descriptions of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.


On Today’s 6-23 Show :

  •    Troy, a Benchlands resident, speaks of what he sees as anti-homeless discrimination at different businesses.

FLASHBACK to the 12-31-20 Show

+++     Bathrobespierre visits the San Lorenzo Park barricades in anticipation of an SCPD raid evicting those living there to…nowhere.  +++     Interviews with activists at the barricades. 

+++     Interview with Community neighborhood activist Micah Posner
+++     Lee-Ann Sherwood, RV dweller and park resident reports. 

+++     Waiting for the Police with Light, Barbara Lawrence, and a LookOut reporter. 

+++      Posse-ing and holding off Andy Mills’ SCPD

6-26-22 show streams at freakradio.org with Steve Pleich Advising the HUFF meeting; Voices from the County Bldg Protest; Flashback to September 11, 1995

Recent shows are archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html 

To spin through recent back shows, go to the HUFF website go to www.huffsantacruz.org; scroll down to  “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides”, then click on the Latest Shows link, to find an extensive listing of all shows from mid-October  2017 on.


ON TODAY’S 6-26-2022 SHOW:  
     +++    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sweltering-streets-hundreds-homeless-die-extreme-heat-85507156
    +++    “Act Don’t Anguish” Alicia Kuhl, homeless activist, on the local shelter scandal.
     +++    https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2022/06/21/scotus-rejects-roundup-case
     +++    “Silver-Tongued” Steve Pleich on his Homeless Legal Advocacy services.
     +++    Bathrobespierre Robert critiques LookOut Santa Cruz’s uncritical stenographic support for the City and County’s phony shelter narrative.
     +++    David Rovics Song and Commentary: https://www.patreon.com/posts/merrick-garland-68257910  “Merrick Garland: Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange”
     +++    6-24: Quitting Shelter Worker Savages Existing City and County Shelter Practices
     +++    6-24: Dreamcatcher’s Jovial Update
     +++    6-24: Surveying the Current Campground Comrades Scene with Jed-Eye    

+++   Scattered Throughout: Various Musical Interludes from “Duck Not” Dave Lippman, David Rovics, and some oldies.


FLASHBACK to September 11, 1995:
     +++   fuzzy audio of Mayor Jordan’s Matrix II sweeps in San Francisco
     +++   In-studio guest and kind-of co-host “Have a Happy Fuckin’ Day” Phil Free detailing attacks by the “Hospitality” Hosts on Political Singers.
     +++   In-studio guest David Grace on broader picture re: Hosts & Homeless Removal Program in S.F.
     +++   Shane on being young and poor on the streets of Santa Cruz.
     +++   Interview with Santa Barbara “Hospitality” Worker.


APPEAL OF THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE ORDINANCE TO THE STATE COASTAL COMMISSION: 
Local Coastal Commission member Ryan Moroney (Ryan.Moroney@coastal.ca.gov) and supposedly responsible staff member Kiana Ford (Ford, Kiana@Coastal <kiana.ford@coastal.ca.gov>) are the contact persons to answer appropriate questions on when, where, and how the appeal should be supported. 

BACKGROUND : https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/05/05/santa-cruzs-rv-street-parking-ban-appealed-to-coastal-commission/
Earlier History:” http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/unexpected-victory-at-coastal-commission-overturning-nighttime-rv-ban/

SIGN THE PETITION SUPPORTING THE APPEAL:  https://www.change.org/p/repeal-the-oversized-vehicle-ordinance
FOOD NOT BOMBS still meets at the Town Clock for its daily noon-3PM meal.  Ask how you can help. 

STILL NO SANTA CRUZ HOMELESS UNION  FRIDAY MEETINGS…unless they get new leadership volunteers.   Call 575-770-3377  or 431-7766 to learn the latest.  Volunteer–they desperately need new blood with the passion to organize!  And new leadership with the time and resources to lead.  Especially with the City Manager’s avowed threat to disperse the Benchlands camp this summer and City Council’s failure to use the $14.5 million to set up survival campgrounds and support those that exist!

HUFF STILL MEETS EVERY THURSDAY (NEXT MEETING 6-30) TO SCHEME & STARGAZE.  COFFEE & CONTROVERSY AT THE SUB ROSA COURTYARD 11 AM-1 PM THURSDAYS NEXT TO THE BIKE CHURCH AT 703 PACIFIC AVE. 

VIEW VIDEOS FROM WES WHITE on his You-Tube channel (John Doe13K):  Most recently: “Koffee Klatch in Front of the Santa Cruz, CA City Manager’s Office”  at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYzQHrUOrJw THEN POST SOME OF YOUR OWN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. OTHER OPTIONS: FACEBOOK, CALL HUFF FOR FRSC INTERVIEW, WRITE ESTABLISHMENT OR ALTERNATE MEDIA.

KEEP YOUR PHONE CHARGED AND HANDY TO RECORD UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS OR INCIDENTS YOU WITNESS ON YOUR PHONE PARTICULARLY IF AND WHEN POLICE WARN YOU YOU’LL BE SWEPT.

TELL THE WORLD!  CALL HUFF TO BE INTERVIEWED AND “IMMORTALIZED” IN THE HUFF AUDIO ARCHIVES: Contact Bathrobespierre Robert at the HUFF line or rnorse3@hotmail.com

DON’T WAIT FOR THE ACLU TO TURTLEWALK INTO ACTION.   LEARN YOUR RIGHTS, USE THEM, TALK WITH OTHERS, & PUBLICIZE.

COMMENT on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom facebook page or at www.indybay.org/santacruz where Bathrobespierre posts occasional announcements and stories.

COMING SOON (hopefully):  Ursula’s Utterances–a regular extensive description and review of each Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides and a backlog of those descriptions for the last half year.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 6-23-22 : “Stop Funding the Ukraine War” by Doug MacGregor; “Stop the War on the Poor” by Keith McHenry and Alicia Kuhl

This  show archives after 6 PM at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html where you can also find shows from the last 3 1/2 years.

Brief descriptions of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/

You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.



On Today’s 6-23 Show :

  •    Chicago’s Police policy supposedly changes from the prior  “stop and shoot” (in the back) victims running away in minor traffic stops, but no defunding, firing, or prosecution of the killer cops.
  •    KSQD talk show host Chris Krohn interviews Food Not Bombs cook Keith McHenry &California Homeless Union activist Alicia Kuhl.
  •    McHenry’s far-ranging and detailed update.

The 6-19-22 show Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show streamed at freakradio.org yesterday and will archive at .http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html soon. Contents: Food Not Bombs foolishness and Juneteenth Jawboning as well as a Flashback to December 4, 1995

We are having trouble adding audio files to the HUFF website.

A full description of the show in the Blog section of the HUFF website is now available. 

An archival audio edition of the show in Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides section of that site will be available soon.


Recent shows including the present one are archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .  The present show will be archived there as soon as some technical difficulties are resolved. 


To spin through recent back shows, go to the HUFF website go to www.huffsantacruz.org; scroll down to  “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides”, then click on the Latest Shows link, to find an extensive listing of all shows from mid-October  2017 on. 

The show has been netcasting twice-weekly since then, and broadcasting from 1995 until a few years ago.   Continued call for (a) a studio (find us a spot for a REWARD of $300); (b) an antenna set-up spot; and (c) more volunteers to reanimate the FRSC Collective.   If you’re interested or want to be supportive call 831-423-4833.


ON TODAY’S 6-19-2022 SHOW:  
     +++    “Whips for the Wicked” Wes White on the Poor People’s Campaign
    +++    White reports on California Homeless Coalition activists around the state.
     +++    Heidi/Cricket remembers Jamie Butler–a dead homeless woman from months or years ago.
     +++    6-12: Pacific Avenue Passthrough:  Journeying Joseph fiddles downtown.
     +++    6-12: Razor Ray on parklets, the vending laws and policed sweeps
     +++    6-12: Joseph H.T. the 3rd denounces Park and Recreation Ranger theft.
     +++    6-18: “Stand Up” Sarah B. returns to Santa Cruz and tells us what she sees.     

+++    6-18  Juneteenth jubilation at Louden Park: Debbie of Friends of the Library supports the burial of the library in a parking garage.      +++    6-18  More Juneteenthing:  Jean of UN Association & Benchlands Neighbors Updates us.     

+++    6-18  Lyrical Eye–the only black voice captured–recites and ruminates.     

+++    6-18  Encounter on Front street with mobility-challenged Alex
     +++   Scattered Throughout: Snappy Songs of Sparks-and-Sarcasm Social Significance from Dave Lippman from his album Food, Clothing, and Glaciers


FLASHBACK to December 4 1995:

+++Support for the 200-300 person Coral St. Open Air Shelter where survival campers formed their own S.O.S. (Save Our Shelters) group
     +++   Co-Host John Stewart of Madhouse Exit joins Bathrobespierre Robert
     +++   Stewart and Norse field phone calls from Patrick Lancelin., Nutcracker Nick Whitehead (of Stop Police Abuse Now!) on Dealing with Disruptive Folks
     +++   The Disruptive Case of Crossroads/Crosswires Chris Brozda
     +++   Whitehead on the City’s toypoodle Citizens Police Review Board [CPRB]
     +++   Complaints against the Downtown “Hosts”     

+++   Norse on the History of the CPRB and SPAN     

+++   Attorney Ed Frey on his Recall Art Danner Campaign, the Congressional election, and Discrimination at Zanotto’s Grocery
     +++   Frey on Danner’s Cover-up of the Catherine Gardner case https://calisphere.org/item/39fd15a1c8ef9ccc2edc323736202081/



APPEAL OF THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE ORDINANCE TO THE STATE COASTAL COMMISSION: 
Local Coastal Commission member Ryan Moroney (Ryan.Moroney@coastal.ca.gov) and supposedly responsible staff member Kana Ford (Ford, Kiana@Coastal <kiana.ford@coastal.ca.gov>) are the contact persons to answer appropriate questions on when, where, and how the appeal should be supported.  As of 6-20, they’ve declined to answer specific questions, but should be contacted directly (with Public Records Act demands if necessary).

BACKGROUND : https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/05/05/santa-cruzs-rv-street-parking-ban-appealed-to-coastal-commission/
Earlier History:” http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/unexpected-victory-at-coastal-commission-overturning-nighttime-rv-ban/

SIGN THE PETITION SUPPORTING THE APPEAL:  https://www.change.org/p/repeal-the-oversized-vehicle-ordinance

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 6-16-22 : “Haul ’em Away” Huffaker’s Delayed Homeless Expulsion Program; Katzenjammer Keith’s Response and Update

This  show archives after 6 PM at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%206-9-22.mp3
You can scroll to find shows from the last 3 1/2 years at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html


Brief descriptions of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/

You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.



On Today’s 6-16 Show :

  •    Bathrobespierre interrupts and excoriates high-ridin’ Matt Huffaker for his June 14th “Homelessness Response” at SC Shitty Council.
  •    Katzenjammer Keith McHenry on “Homejailer” Joe Haebe’s latest seizure of California Homeless Union activist Alicia Kuhl’s RV.
  •    McHenry on the Council’s Benchlands Blundering.

The 6-12-22 show streams at freakradio.org at 9:30 AM and archives soon thereafter. SCPD & City Manager PR Extravaganza Flashback to June 13, 2004

The 6-12 Show streams at freakradio.org and will shortly be archived.  A full description of the show at the HUFF website at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/
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Recent shows are archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html 

To spin through recent back shows, go to the HUFF website go to www.huffsantacruz.org; scroll down to  “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides”, then click on the Latest Shows link, to find an extensive listing of all shows from mid-October  2017 on. 

ON TODAY’S 6-12-2022 SHOW:  
     +++    Blasting the Bureaucratic Bullshit with “Backstory” Brent Adams of Footbridge Services
     +++    Food Felon Artur Pawlowski on his trial for feeding Calgary’s homeless during Trudeau’s Lockdown at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvu09zpOmRE
     +++    Contempt for the Council Clowns: Koffee Klatchers Nutcracker Nick and Midnite Mel on State and Local Elections
     +++   “Scope it Out” Scott Graham and Bathrobespierre Robert wearily plod through upcoming no-public-please Santa Cruz City Council Agenda
     +++   Summary of the Following June 13, 2004 Flashback
     +++   Scattered Throughout: Snappy Songs of Sparks-and-Sarcasm Social Significance from Dave Lippman (http://www.davelippman.com/songs/page/2/)


FLASHBACK to June 13, 2004     

+++   News on Ralph Nader’s Nominating Convention
     +++   Gloomy Poll Results on U.S. Public’s Response to U.S. Occupation of Iraq
     +++   Rough Reality Reminders from co-host Riptide Ray, the radical Hairdresser
     +++   Washington Post:  U.S. Authorized Torture Dogs in Iraqi Prisons
     +++   6-8 Genetically Modified Frankenfood Convention & Protest at S.F.’s Moscone Center: Interview with Farmer Paul     

+++   “Like Offenses Merit Different Penalties” from San Jose Mercury News     

+++   Vaccine Company Rep Defends the Gen Conference
     +++   Becky Johnson:  A Conference of Profiteers rather than Humanitarians?; Attitude of the Conferees to nearby Homeless People      +++   Amnesty International Calls on Tony Blair to Protest Bush’s Torture Actions     

+++   Congo Ray on a downtown Marijuana bust
     +++   Susan P, musician with SAFE on an earlier terrifying police encounter     

+++   Liza, Chair of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee on local actions against the “Patriot” Act     

+++  Paul Marcelin Sampson on the bus line cutback     

+++  Drug War Critique: Smoke and Mirrors by Dan Bauman.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 6-9-22 : Catching Conversations at the Koffee Klatch June 6 and 7th

This  show archives athttp://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html
You can scroll to find shows from the last 3 1/2 years at the same site.

Descriptions of these shows are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com.  



Summary of the current 6-9-22 Show (Koffee Klatch Conversations 6-7 and 6-8) :

  •    Sunny on Shelter Life & limited help from Samaritans
  •    Lefty on ignoring racism in Santa Cruz
  •    Small sweep at Sycamore Grove, reports “Whip ’em Back” Wes White
  •    Salinas sweep update–more from Wes.
  •    Troy’s Sycamore Grove sweep aftermath account immediately after a looksee.
  •   “Lookout” Laura at the Gay Pride parade.
  •    Bathrobespierre on the why and what of the Koffee Klatch
  •    Federal Judge grants Injunction stopping Fresno from stopping observers of sweeps  https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article261767352.html#storylink=cpy
  • Jay on racist (anti-Asian) discrimination in Santa Cruz
  •    Daniel on outside hassles and terrorism against the unhoused
  •    Cautious Kevin adds his questions and answers to Daniel’s perspective
  •    Lengthy skeptical analysis by an anonymous City Worker.

Todays’s 6-5-22 show streams at freakradio.org at 9:30 AM and archives soon thereafter. SCPD & City Manager PR Extravaganza Flashback to May 19, 2002

Coming Tomorrow to a City Hall Near You! The 2022 Koffee Klatch aka The Tag-Team Truth Squad to Assist the Reality-Challenged City Manager Matt Huffaker’s Benchlands Boasts:  City Hall 10 AM – 11:30 AM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (6-6, 6-7, & 6-8) 

More details: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/03/18850184.php  


Recent shows are archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html 

To spin through recent back shows, go to the HUFF website go to www.huffsantacruz.org; scroll down to  “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides”, then click on the Latest Shows link, to find an extensive listing of all shows from mid-October  2017 on. 

The show has been netcasting twice-weekly since then, and broadcasting from 1995 until a few years ago.   Continued call for (a) a studio (find us a spot for a REWARD of $300); (b) an antenna set-up spot; and (c) more volunteers to reanimate the FRSC Collective.   If you’re interested or want to be supportive call 831-423-4833.


To hear today’s show go to http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html then go to Latest Show – 6/05/2022 Sunday, June 5, 2002.
Descriptions of these shows are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com.


ON TODAY’S 6-05-2022 SHOW:  
     +++    SCPD Volunteer John Krupp describes his history with the cops.
     +++    Newly appointed (without meaningful public input) Police Chief Rudy Escalante answers questions.
     +++    Big boss City Manager Matt Huffaker reassures that Beachlands encampment demolition in July will be accompanied with adequate alternatives (i.e. 200 spaces for 300-400 people).
     +++   Lt. Carter Jones (notorious for false promises to unhoused campers near the post office in 2020) presents a smiling summary.
     +++   Activist Alicia Kuhl presents her Post-it note suggestions for the SCPD
     +++   Weary Wes White’s Video of the “Official” SCPD Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyRwV5XaaUo&t=62s
     +++    Dreamcatcher Broken Laughter at the Santa Cruz State of Things
     +++    Benchlands Vignettes:  Goatguy Kevin Leland and Monica at the Phone Charging Station     

+++    Four toxic tropes surrounding homelessness: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/homelessness-California-17203211.php

FLASHBACK to May 19, 2002:

+++ In Studio guests  Bob Roberts & Abby Road of Dead Sea Dog–posting “Fuck War” posters and signage upgrade on UCSC   

+++ UCSC Student Electoral Suggestions from a caller.   

+++ 5-17 on the Street: Jokes for Donation; Weavers, UCSC Students for Alcohol Awareness; Mad John Telfair; Justin Boyer ticketed for sitting on a planter; smooth-sailing Craig; stranded Nebraskan;
+++ Beggarbacker Becky defends herself as homeless advocate and critic of some Palestinian
activity; Skidmark Bob calls for a good debate.   

+++ May 4: “Sledgehammer” Terry Messman, Street Spirit editor on Housing Takeovers by force
+++ Santa Barbara’s ‘Nuf Said” Nancy McCradie
on “Right to Sleep” Summit Walk beginning at San Diego City Hall demanding state civil rights.   

+++ “Heil Krohn!” lawsuit update
+++  Messman on the Camping Ban around the state.   

+++  MS survivor caller on Nursing Home peril   

+++  No problem with “Hippie Planter” sexism?   

+++  Messman concludes.


More Homeless Horrorshow Hits:  
    5-5-22 Huffaker’s Homelessness Response Quarterly Update–Benchlands Removal Bravado in Black and White: https://ecm.cityofsantacruz.com/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/Summary%20Sheet%20for%20-%20Homelessness%20Response%20Programming%20Quarterly%20Update%20and%20Homel.pdf?meetingId=1907&documentType=Agenda&itemId=23425&publishId=32223&isSection=false         

U.S. Funded War Against the Donbass?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjz-a4D20z4    Russell “Texasa’ Bentley &  U.S. communist Fergie Chambers on The Grayzone show detailing their on-the-scene experiences documenting the Ukraine war and the Russian invasion.

         Watch the Horrible Reality of L.A. Homeless Sweeps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ysLhmL_UYk          

“Backstory” Brent Adams Walks You Through City and County Government Propaganda around the Disappearing Homeless Funding:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvQUR_-EdeM

          Earlier Koffee Klatch’s in Santa Cruz Herstory:  2000-1: http://www.huffsantacruz.org/StreetSpiritSantaCruz/2001-4-homeless-activists-banned-from-sc-city-hall-001.jpg     http://www.huffsantacruz.org/StreetSpiritSantaCruz/2001-4-homeless-activists-banned-from-sc-city-hall-002.jpg 
http://www.huffsantacruz.org/StreetSpiritSantaCruz/153.City’s%20Suit%20Dismissed%20Against%20The%20Koffee%20Klatch%203=7-2000.pdf

http://www.huffsantacruz.org/StreetSpiritSantaCruz/154.Suit%20Dismissed(cont.)=7-2000.jpg 

 http://huffsantacruz.org/streetsheet/street-shit-sheet-121-166%20(January%201993-2002%20and%202003%20and%202004%20and%202006%20and%202007).pdf  (pp 175-181)



FOOD NOT BOMBS still meets at the Town Clock for its daily noon-3PM meal.  Ask how you can help. 

STILL NO SANTA CRUZ HOMELESS UNION  FRIDAY MEETINGS…unless they get new leadership volunteers.   Call 575-770-3377  or 431-7766 to learn the latest.  Volunteer–they desperately need new blood with the passion to organize!  And new leadership with the time and resources to lead.  Especially with the City Manager’s avowed threat to disperse the Benchlands camp this summer and City Council’s failure to use the $14.5 million to set up survival campgrounds and support those that exist!

HUFF STILL MEETS EVERY THURSDAY (NEXT MEETING 6-9) TO SCHEME & STARGAZE.  COFFEE & CONTROVERSY AT THE SUB ROSA COURTYARD 11 AM-1 PM THURSDAYS NEXT TO THE BIKE CHURCH AT 703 PACIFIC AVE. 

QUESTION THE CITY MANAGER AT A DAILY KOFFEE KLATCH IN FRONT OF HIS OFFICE–CALL 423-4833 BEGINNING MONDAY JUNE 6TH 10 AM

VIEW VIDEOS FROM WES WHITE on his You-Tube channel (John Doe13K):  THEN POST SOME OF YOUR OWN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.  Latest from Wes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHB1iV3chiY&t=4s  “Crossroads in Carmel, CA Big Sur Land Trust Encampment Eviction and Sweep” OTHER OPTIONS: FACEBOOK, CALL HUFF FOR FRSC INTERVIEW, WRITE ESTABLISHMENT OR ALTERNATE MEDIA.

KEEP YOUR PHONE CHARGED AND HANDY TO RECORD UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS OR INCIDENTS YOU WITNESS ON YOUR PHONE PARTICULARLY IF AND WHEN POLICE WARN YOU YOU’LL BE SWEPT.

TELL THE WORLD!  CALL HUFF TO BE INTERVIEWED AND “IMMORTALIZED” IN THE HUFF AUDIO ARCHIVES: Contact Bathrobespierre Robert at the HUFF line or rnorse3@hotmail.com

DON’T WAIT FOR THE ACLU TO TURTLEWALK INTO ACTION.   LEARN YOUR RIGHTS, USE THEM, TALK WITH OTHERS, & PUBLICIZE.

COMMENT on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom facebook page or at www.indybay.org/santacruz where Bathrobespierre posts occasional announcements and stories.

COMING SOON (hopefully):  Ursula’s Utterances–a regular extensive description and review of each Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides and a backlog of those descriptions for the last half year.