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.

HUFF PROSPECTS for 1-8-20

PREP FOR SC Homeless Union 1-14 City Council Rally & Sleep-Out

Report on City Council’s Figleaf CACH (Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness) from 1-7

 FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Coffee Canopy at Manager’s Office w/ Petitioning: We Want Open Shelter Next Week

*** Wait-In at City Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Cummings to stop Garage Crackdowns

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Mayoral Inclusion of Agenda Items by 1-2 Deadline

*** Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

*** Series of Forums with Speakers on Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing for Proper SC Response to Police Harassment

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line

*** Santa Cruz Local KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Flyer for Those Outside

*** Citations, Stay-Aways, and Arrests in the Last Three Months

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:

SC Homeless Union presents Paul Boden of WRAP Presentation 11 AM 1-12  RCNV 612 Ocean

ACLU Bummer of Justice Awards 2-4 PM 1-12 Peace United S.C.

SC Homeless Union Weekly Meeting Sun 5 PM 1-12-19 Food Not Bombs Meal, Main Post Office

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

MLK Parade 10 AM Cathcart & Pacific to Louden Nelson Locked-Bathroom Ctr

                                                                                                      Small Claims Court Workshop: 3:15 PM- 4:30 PM County Bldg Room 10 1-22

AUDIO: Street 2019 Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Street%20Memorial%20with%20Reading%20of%20Homeless%20Dead%202019.mp3
2009 Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/3%20FRSC%2012-22-19.mp3 (40 minutes in)
2019 Poverty-Pimp Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/’Service%20Providers’%20Homeless%20Memorial%2012-19.MP3

C & A & HUFF PROSPECTS for 1-1-20 Since Sub Rosa will be closed, we’ll be meeting at the Yan Flower at 617 Pacific (Spruce and Pacific).

PRIOR ACTION ITEMS FOR 1-1-20 & BEYOND

*** Demands at SCPD on Wednesday 7-18 & Follow-Up E-Mail: Specific Complaints

*** Contact Lists for Future Actions—Camps, Occupations, Protests

*** Informally Gathering Direct Contacts and Reports from Individual Survival Camps & Refugees

FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Canopy & Coffee Outside City Manager’s Office w/ Letter Writing: We Want Open Shelter to begin Next Week

*** Wait-In at City Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Cummings to stop Garage Crackdowns

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Mayoral Inclusion of Agenda Items by 1-2 Deadline

*** Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

*** Series of Forums with Speakers on Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line

*** Santa Cruz Local KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Flyer for Those Outside

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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?

SANTA CRUZ: FACEBOOK PAGES

Alex Darocy, Santa Cruz County Homeless Advocates/Santa Cruz California Homeless Union, Brent Adams, Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Alicia Kuhl, Autumn Sun, Conscience & Action,

The Santa Cruz Community, Steve Pleich, SCCCP, Keith McHenry, Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs, Tenant Sanctuary, Andrea Henson, Where Can We Go Berkeley

Wes White, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, Kristina Roach, Lucero Luna, Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom (HUFF)

EVENTS S.C. Homeless Union Meet-Up Sunday 5 PM 1-5-19 Food Not Bombs Meal, Main Post Office
Norse Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

AUDIO

• Street 2019 Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Street%20Memorial%20with%20Reading%20of%20Homeless%20Dead%202019.mp3  2009 Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/3%20FRSC%2012-22-19.mp3 (40 minutes into the audio file)
• 2019 Poverty-Pimp Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/’Service%20Providers’%20Homeless%20Memorial%2012-19.MP3

 NEW & TASTEWORTHY:   Non-vegan Sumptuous Soup will be available as an alternative to ducking out to St. Francis or the Senior Meal as well as the ever-healthy vegie’s and dangerous sugary treats

CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  12-11-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities.  Add your item; choose your priority.

• Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
• Emergency Winter Shelter Discussion: Immediate Options
• Emergency Winer Shelter: Daytime Protest Actions re: Cummings, Bernal, Mills, Elliot
• Contact Chain for Action Supporting Next Survival Camp & other Winter Encampment
• Organizing State-wide Contacts With Anti-Ban Forces in Other Cities

• Updates:  Shelter Funding, Shelter Conditions, Tenant Coalition, Students, Elder, Vehicular
• Meeting Updates:  Glover’s 11-13 Housing, Women’s Dem Club, SC Union
• Courts and Jail: Defense Against Anti-Survival Chameleon Camping Citations
• Older Project Update: Bathroom Closure,
  
  
  For HUFFsters  New Street Spirits and Street Sheets !

• Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
• Finishing the C & A Agenda
• Polling those outside on Resistance Strategies
• Campground & Shelter Reports
• Anti-Recall Counter Narrative—Homeless Shelter and Rights the Dog Whistle Issue
  
   
  
  FACEBOOK PAGES AND WEBSITES OF NOTE
  
  BERKELEY:  Friends of the Humboldt Homeless:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385357775096834/?fref=nf
  First They Came for the Homeless [FTCFTH]  https://www.facebook.com/firsttheycameforthehomeless/
  Mike Zint of FTCFTH: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385357775096834/?fref=nf
  
   
  
  SANTA CRUZ: Facebook pages:  Alex Darocy, Santa Cruz County Homeless Advocates/Santa Cruz California Homeless Union, Brent Adams, Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Alicia Kuhl, Autumn Sun, Conscience & Action, The Santa Cruz Community, Steve Pleich, SCCCP, Keith McHenry, Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs, Tenant Sanctuary,
  Wes White, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, Kristina Roach, Lucero Luna,
  
   
  
  EVENTS

• Tenant Sanctuary Wed 12-11  5-8 PM  Renters Legal Clinic 703 Pacific Ave.
• Supervisor John Leopold regular monthly constituent meeting in the Live Oak neighborhood Wed, 5:30-6:30pm at People’s Coffee, 1200 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.
• New Time: Alica & Keith Cement Beds KSCO-AM 1080 AM Friday 2-4PM KSCO.com  479-1080; Featured Guest:  Tomas from the Snail Movement
• Norse Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows..html
• Attacking Camping Ban Alternative Laws—Upcoming Co-Opted CACH Clowns-in-Council Lockstep  Tuesday 12-17 7 PM  Dec. 17, 2019, 6:00 – 7:15: “Special” Public Engagement Session on Camping and Safe Sleeping  7:30 – 9:00 pm, Veterans Memorial Building

Instead of the usual agenda suggestions, I thought to put out the following thoughts.

In the last week, I’ve sent out two follow-up reminders of tasks agreed to at our last meeting.  I encourage folks to consult those reminders for discussions today (consult prior e-mails from Friday and Tuesday for reference).   I would think we might want to follow-up on the actions we spent several hours discussing last time (and in prior meetings).   The fact that I’ve heard nothing from anyone after those two reminders suggests that putting energy into creating and distributing a series of specific suggestions for today’s meeting feels kind of foolish.   Those attending the meeting can and will create their own agenda.

C & A, as usual, will create its own agenda. 

As for HUFF, I encourage folks to make street reports, continue supporting existing encampments, and systematically organize potential survival campgrounds since it seems likely City Council at its latest meeting of the year (December 10th) will do nothing substantive to address the crisis and continue funding police/rangers driving unsheltered folks out into the rain.  Councilmember Glover will likely be holding his usual 5:30 PM Friday Agenda Discussion meeting at City Hall in Room 10.

The Santa Cruz Homeless Union is presumably continuing to meet every Sunday at 5 PM at the Food Not Bombs meal, weather permitting.  For more information, contact Alicia Kuhl (431-7766) or Keith McHenry (575-770-3377).    Alicia and Keith have a Thursday radio show on KSCO (on the sufferance of owner Michael Zwerling) 2-4 PM at 1080 AM (ksco.com).  I do my show twice-weekly Thursday 6-8 PM and Sundays 9:30 AM to 3 PM at freakradio.org, archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .   The Housing Mutters (former the Homeless Lack of Services Center) group will, I assume, be holding its Memorial for this year’s dead on December 20 or 21st.   CACH, which met last night, will be presenting its “recommendations” at the Council meeting whose agenda will be unveiled likely Friday or Saturday on line and in the library.

Hoping to continue making Public Records requests.  If anyone is actually finding them useful or acting on them, it would be helpful to know that. 
Hopefully some actions will come out of today’s meeting.  We have a lot of good energy and information.  But I’m personally finding it uncomfortable with commitments unacknowledged and not followed through on.  Doesn’t seem much point in listing more new suggestions, when the old ones serve mostly for talk without action.  Hence, this letter.

See you at the meeting today if you brave the rain.

Robert