HUFF huddles from wet weather February 29th Thursday at its new time 1:30 – 3:30 PM at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific smack dab next to the Bike Church

HUFF Proposed Agenda Prospects 2-29-24  

Tentatively…. but subject to change by those participating… 

                                      Top of the Agenda

  ++++  Agenda Adds; Questions; Procedures 

  ++++  Street & Court reports Beach, Parking Lots, Pogonip, Library, Levee Warnings, Sweeps, & Tickets

  ++++  Major choice of focus in the meeting.  Proposed prep or actions.

++++  Possibilities for Protest: Survival Camp Sweeps; 5150 Seizures—Helga’s Seizure (see last BB show at;  Tier 2 RV Investigation; Tent Seizure Accounts; Property Reclaiming Fantasy or Reality? ; Armory/Coral St. & “Warming Shelter” “improvements”; bathroom/portapotty expansion/potable water for survival campsites; street newsletter; poverty pimpery connections & auditing; Local Petitioning against new Criminalize Homeless initiatives

  ++++  Less Likely but More Immediate Protest Targets for Winter Shelter/Stop the Sweeps/Raids: City Mangler’s office…Police Station…Coastal Commission…Demands?  

  ++++  Recent Key Issues requiring research:  5150 Protections; Shelter Demands, Tier 2

                                      Procedures and Other

 ++++   Agenda Additions, Announcements. Passarounds, New Time End 

 ++++   Hand-outs if needed: Street Sheets,  Tier 2 Maps,  Tuesday Protest Flyer

 ++++   Information gathering and sharing: any focus for action.? 

 ++++   Followed by short briefings on other agenda items, time allowing

 ++++  Timekeeper (10 minutes per item)  Hand-raisin’ rules, Chair rotation

 ++++  PassArounds: Pro-police power propaganda: 

                                  Announcements & Follow-Ups

  ++++  Rain on the roofless:  Thursday through SundayShowers coming up Monday the 26th https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Santa+Cruz+CA?canonicalCityId=131bf60c3314f0c9a7f93012276b6e7ed19334d3a6509eb32227b9e9a13de6bc

  ++++   Last City Council Protest & Report organized in four days

  ++++   Camp Removal Resistance Prep:  Contact Group Expansion

  ++++   UCSC Update  HUFF recruitment flyer (Absentee Report)

  ++++   Monday Sacramento March 16 noon-2 p.m.

  ++++   Evolving Door protests: update if any

                                   If enough time and desire

 ++++  Possible phone contacts: Des of Fresno; Reggie on RVs, Maleah on UCSC; Keith on Sacramento Protest Caravans

 ++++  As ever, Unverified: new SC Free Guides for San Lorenzo Valley https://santacruzfreeguide.org/static/pdfs/SLV070123_eng.pdf

https://santacruzfreeguide.org/static/pdfs/foodMealProgramsEngEsp.pdf

  ++++  Pro-Palestinian-Homeless Alliance for next protest; contact?

  ++++  Legal: https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/ https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/media/f/statement-scotus-takes-up-johnson-v-grants-pass

  ++++  Placeholder runthrough—study groups:   Rents vs. Profits—S.C. Survey, Psych rights subcommittee; ticket documenting/public records act request filing  

                 Additional Stuff

   ++++ Relatively recent Street Spirit stories on line soon after they resumed publication in February:  https://thestreetspirit.org/ as Street Spirit resumes publication after halting in June

   ++++ Older stories:  https://thestreetspirit.org/2023/11/29/wood-street-and-homefulness-liberation-together-statement-at-oakland-city-hall/  https://thestreetspirit.org/2023/10/12/berkeley-homeless-services-panel-of-experts-postpones-referral-of-good-neighbor-guidelines/

  ++++  https://www.streetsheet.org/supreme-court-will-examine-grants-pass-homelessness-case-what-will-it-mean-for-san-franciscos

  ++++  https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/homeless-sweeps-lawsuit-to-be-paused-until-after-supreme-court-ruling/

  ++++  https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle-late-edition/20240226/281603835406458: Antioch library reopens—with guards

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96 minutes into the 2-25-24 Latest Show file is Fox’s account of psych containment in Santa Cruz