HUFF IN BRIEF 1-29-26 Clarification and Additions…Messages…Proposed Actions?… Natl Shutdown/ Coral St. tabling …Questions for People First?/Recruiting SCHU… Street Reports…. Reports from anti-ICE/anti-War protest/….Shitty Council and Stupe Reports 1-27-26… Homeless Freezeout …ICE & Other Protests…Shelter Reports… HUFF meeting schedule… Next HUFF meeting 2-5-26 (?)…Winter Crisis: No Winter Drop-In Shelter in Rain/Warming Center: Failure to Open During Past Cold Weather…Hometown Homeless; Rest = Resistance & Other Reading….Thomas’s Tips… Alicia on MHCAN…Updates on Watsonville & S.C. Stupes’ RV Tow Bill; Funding Matters March Closure…216 Posting at Armory bus pick-ups; collating citations …Jail, Courts reports? …. …Keith Update …Weather Sunny and Cool…Salv Army Hours?
(mostly)FREE EVENTS (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet)
Thursday Jan 29 5-6 PM Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room, end of N. Pacific Ave.Fri Jan 30 No Business As Usual National Shutdown No Work. No School. No Shopping. Fund Survival Services Not ICE https://nationalshutdown.org/
Fri 1-30 4:15 PM – 7;15 PM Free Food Church East Zayante Rd. and Sylvan Way in Zayante near the school bus stop—”rain or shine”
Sat 1-31 24 11 AM- 12:30 PM Protest Israel with American Bombs bombing in the Phony Ceasefire+ U.S. occupation troops for Trump’s Israeli Expansion Plan– Ocean& Water End the War Weekly Signs and Shouts Palestine Justice Coalition Impeach, Trump, Dump the Dems, anti-Venezuela, anti-ICE protest (DIY)
Sat 1-31 & Sun 2-1 noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal Town Clock; NEW Street Spirits & Street Sheets available; leave off or pick up forms to record shelter and police abuse from Drew’s substitute; Bulletin Board for posting notices.
Sun 2-1 10-12 PM People’s Aide : Solidarity & Services for those outside Green Gate Golf Club Drive.
Sun 2-1 2 PM “Rest is Resistance” street huddle & book reading at the dinosaur statue or at Jamba Juice across from the Post Office downtown
Mon 2-2 4:30 -5:30 PM possible Indivisible Demo Party Organizing and Anti-ICE protest Ocean and Water
Tues 2-3 thru Thurs 2-5 10 AM until the food’s gone Bread & Roses chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot
Wed 2-4 3:30 PM Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless reforms London Nelson Ctr. Laurel & Center St.
Sat 2-22 12:30-3 PM Showing of Hometown Homeless, Maleah’s short film at the Sub Rosa
HUFF WISH List TASKS to Volunteer for + Possible INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS : [Call or Text 831-423-4833 if interested)
++++ ORGANIZING to pressure poverty pimps to reopen and expand survival services and stop the sweeps.
++++ VOLUNTEER work to publicize the Feb 22 Film showing to organize demands to restore and expand survival services and Stop the Sweeps
++++ POLLING FOR ARMORY CONDITIONS: Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested
++++ TABLING AT CORAL ST. to gather reports of property taken or lost in police raids; conditions at Funding Matters (aka Housing Matters)
++++ ARMORY COMPLAINTS: Call (408) 761-9930 as well as evan@peoplefirstscc.org or peoplefirstscc.org as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter access line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699; LET US KNOW at 216-8239 or 423-4833 if you’ve sent one and if you’ve gotten satisfaction.
++++ NEW STREET INFO for Tips & Lifelessons to buff up Thomas’s Tipzine? Real resources for surviving on the street…Correcting false shelter/storage ‘services”
++++ COLLECTING/COLLATING TICKETS: Past homeless citation record of the last year to spot Selective Ticketing for Homeless “Crime”.
++++ FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE ANTICS: state, local, and federal: the closing federal/state/local fist.
++++ EXERTING PRESSURE to establish or organize Winter Shelter/Services
++++ SOLIDARITY IN STRUGGLE with anti-ICE, anti-genocide, anti-War, anti-gentrification, pro-tenant, anti-discrimination local protests
++++ FOLLOWING Court cases and supporting those held in 5150s
++++ MHCAN reopening support? Ditto with other do-it-yourself or street level services like the Downtown Street Team, a Switchboard, etc.
++++ PREPARATION/PARTICIPATION in large protests as on Martin Luther King Day (Jan 19)
[somewhat] Newer STORIES
++++ https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/01/19/18883100.php City of Marina Police Shoot and Kill Vehicle Driver, City Cancels MLK Celebration
++++ https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/01/21/18883217.php MCBC Calls for Transparency & Accountability Following Fatal Police Shooting of Ronald Tinsley, II
++++ https://lookout.co/watsonville-city-council-moves-forward-with-changes-to-its-oversized-vehicle-ordinance/story
++++ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LGkeZsBR_Q Live Stream of the Saturday Salinas 10th Anniversary of the Homeless Union
++++ https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20%20FRSC%201-18-26.mp3 10th Anniversary Audio + Commentary
OLD STANDBYES
New Street Spirits and Street Sheets to sell or read available at HUFF or at the FNB meal
++++ Street Spirit archives on line: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&sort=-date
++++ Street Sheet recent stories on line: https://www.streetsheet.org/
++++ 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”