The agenda will look something like this—with a few modifications.
HUFF Agenda Prospects 3-28-24
Top of the Agenda: Procedures
++++ Timekeeper (10 minutes per item) Hand-raisin’ rules, Chair rotation
++++ Agenda Additions, Announcements. Pass-arounds; SF under SB 1011; Rejected Permit Modifications for OV; Hand-Outs: Machelle Memorial flyer
++++ Short description of Agenda Items
++++ Outstanding projects
++++ Week on, week off, schedule.
Reports and Info Items
++++ Follow-Up on Robert Ratner/Matt Huffaker Demand Discussion
++++ Street & Court reports Beach, Parking Lots, Pogonip, Library, Levee Warnings, Sweeps, & Tickets
++++ Fri 29th Sat 30th Rain, Thunderstorms
++++ Newcomer & Agenda Additions
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++++ Reports from government bodies (City Council, Board of Supes, Mental Health Advisory Board), Joy, Laura calls
++++ Incidents from PovertyPimp Palaces (Housing Matters, Armory) & Service Agencies (MH CAN, Grey Bears, FNB, etc.)
Action Proposals:
++++ Major choice of focus in the meeting. Proposed prep or actions. Target; demands?
++++ Possibilities: Survival Camp Sweeps; 5150 Seizures; Tier 2 RV Investigation; Tent Seizure Accounts; Property Reclaiming Fantasy or Reality? ; Armory/Coral St. & “Warming Shelter” accessibility bathroom/portapotty expansion/potable water for survival campsites; street newsletter; Poverty pimpery connections & auditing (Ratner, Huffaker); recent Coral St. clearing threats
++++ Targets for Rainy Weather Shelter/Stop the Sweeps/Raids: City Mangler’s office…Police Station…Coastal Commission… City Hall/Emeline/TelcCare/Supes
++++ Demands: Accountability, Accessibility, Redress
++++ Recent Key Issues for research: 5150 Protections; Shelter Demands, Tier 2
Announcements & Follow-Ups
++++ Follow: Prop 1, SB 1011, “Care” Courts, Conservatorship & Court-mandated “medication”, Laura’s Law
++++ UC RV Shutdown
++++ UCSC Update HUFF recruitment flyer (Absentee Report)
++++ Memorial for Machelle Bryant March 32 (4-7 PM) Friendship Garden Harvey West Park
If enough time and desire
++++ Pro-Palestinian-Homeless Alliance protest info: https://uscpr.org/oct-2023-protests/
++++ SB 1011: Bantustan plan for the homeless:
++++ Meisler: Attack on Oversized Vehicles—City Council’s March 3-12 vote
++++ Legal: https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/ https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/media/f/statement-scotus-takes-up-johnson-v-grants-pass
Street Sheet and Street Spirit
++++ New April 2024 & older March 2024 issues of Street Sheet likely available in hard copy next meeting but the stories can be accessed on line at thestreetsheet.org
++++ The new March 2024 issue of Street Spirit –the first since June 2023—is available at Sub Rosa, Food Not Bombs Town Clock meal distribution Sat and Sun 12-3 p.m. and in the newspaper shelves just outside the UN HQ. Call Norse at 831-423-4833 to confirm locations are supplied.
++++ Editors of these papers may be up for printing local poetry and street reports—call to get help.
Tales of Hope and Terror
++++ https://lookout.co/ucsc-closes-camper-park-leaving-student-residents-angry-and-confused/ https://www.streetsheet.org/sweeps-do-not-end-homelessness/
++++ Establishment Propaganda: https://lookout.co/santa-cruz-homelessness-larry-imwalle-emergency-shelters-are-key-to-long-term-solutions-for-santa-cruzs-unhoused/
++++ Driven into homelessness? https://www.petaluma360.com/article/news/notorious-sampson-property-near-petaluma-cleaned-up/
Net-Show Access
++++TO HEAR THE BATHROBESPIERRE’S BROADSIDES NET-RADIO SHOW: After 6 PM Thurs & 9:30 AM Sun go to http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html click on date
++++To read a description of the 3-14 show, go to: https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/bathrobespierres-broadsides-sunday-march-24-2024-show-has-town-clock-talk-and-flashbacks-to-july-14-1994-and-march-25-2004/ For a description of the 3-10 flashback show go to: https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/the-thursday-march-21-2024-show-is-a-flashback-to-march-17-2004-and-features-cornish-quentin-attacked-gathering-signatures-at-felton-new-leaf-andrea-prichard-of-berkeley-copwatch-valerie-c-on/