Agenda Suggestions for HUFF meeting 10-16-25
For those wearied or impatient with the repeated Agenda, most of them except those flagged as action or discussion items might be limited to brief presentations from the agendista unless the group wants more info. The point is to maintain the real narrative not the one the City/County staff claims. Revised suggestions will be available at the Thursday [10-16] meeting.
Top of the Agenda
++++ Reports on Current Projects; Time Available for next week; Needs and Wants
++++ Follow-Up on Last Week’s Projects
++++ Hot Issues: MHCAN Closure; County RV law; Rumored February Shutdown
++++ Proposals: Showing of Hometown Homeless at Sub Rosa in anti-Shutdown Protest; Revival of Homeless Union Organizing Against Intensifying Sweeps: Shorty and Echo’s Accounts; Intensifyied Flyering at Armory pick-up, Coral St., Tracks
++++ Flag New Possible Action Items Requiring Immediate Planning and/or Action
++++ Handouts: Agenda, TBA; Passarounds TBA Available on Request: Questionnaire
Regular Reports
++++ Street Sweeps in Last Week and Coming Up—Coral St.Clampdown
++++ Shelter reports from 1220, Overlook, Housing Mutters
++++ Court cases past and future; 5150’s
++++ Upcoming meetings, events, announcements
++++ 216-8239 Property Seizure Reports Accumulation + FNB Poll Report: Updates?
++++ Rising rage against renewed Gaza War & Local Unhoused Refugee Harassment
Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more details on HUFF Notes]
Thursday Oct 16 5-6 PM Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room
Saturday Oct 18 9:30 AM San Lorenzo Park “No Kings” Rally
Saturday Oct 18 11 AM- 12:30 PM Ocean & Water Stop U.S. Funded War
Saturday Oct. 18 and Sunday Oct. 19 noon-3 PM FNB gathering and meal Town Clock; New Street Sheets/Spirits available; leave off or pick up flyers with Drew; Bulletin Board for posting notices.
More check-in’s + Info
++++ Info Tabling: Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested…Poll for Armory
++++ Armory complaints to (408) 761-9930 as well as evan@peoplefirstscc.org or peoplefirstscc.org as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699.
++++ Sunnyish (Hi-60s to low 70s) for the next week (with unpredictable police sweepstorms)
++++ Tips & Lifelessons for and from Thomas’s Tipzine and other Urban Nomad Sagacity
++++ Reggie & Gaia’s report on Selective Ticketing for Homeless “Crime”.
++++ Laura C.: legislative updates
++++ Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces? Small Claims Court?
++++ (if by popular demand) Alicia and Keith RV and/or Protest Updates
New-ish Stories Video of Gaza history and anger against genocide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4QuCN-Xq7A&t=2945shttps://thestreetspirit.org/2025/09/04/berkeley-homeless-union-wins-new-restraining-order-delaying-encampment-closure-at-eighth-and-harrison/ https://thestreetspirit.org/2025/09/04/the-commons-belongs-to-us-all/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBtSOtdREU4 The Pie’s the Limit: the Continuing Adventures of the Biotic Baking Brigade
Old Standbyes
++++ Recent stories on a variety of unhoused issues: https://invisiblepeople.tv/
++++ Overview: https://endhomelessness.org/resource/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights
++++ Wes White’s Video Work: Go to You-Tube then Check out “John Doe13K”