HUFF [Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom] will meet Wednesday, 5-2-18 11 AM at the Sub Rosa, our normal meeting place, next to the Bike Church.
Agenda Prospects:
- Anti-Homeless Sentinel Fearmongering in the recent Town Clock assault.
- Rent Control/Just Eviction: Final Week of Signature Gathering
- Follow-up on Local Response to Aggressive Wars
- Boneyard Campground Documents and Last Council Chitterchat
Stories & Websites of interest:
- https://www.mercurynews.com/
2018/05/01/tolerant-san- francisco-fed-up-with-dirty- smelly-streets/ (Stinky Journalism about “Smelly Streets”) - http://amp.kcra.com/article/
union-cleaning-up-homeless- camps-puts-caltrans-workers- at-risk/20108645 (More Stinky Newsprint–Casting Cal Trans Victimizers as the New Victims) - http://www.capradio.org/
articles/2018/04/30/homeless- man-sues-sacramento-in- federal-court-over-aggressive- panhandling-ordinance/ (Sacramento folks strike back at an ordinance less abusive than Santa Cruz’s 25-year old peaceful sparechanging ban) - http://www.santacruzsentinel.
com/health/20180430/public- outcry-follows-sexual-assault- at-santa-cruz-town-clock (Rising anti-homeless hysteria in the media and on-line)
- Support the Warming Center, Food Not Bombs, HUFF and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
- Back up homeless efforts to organize either in protest or to demand adequate and accessible facilities.
- Exchange information with other supporters there to generate more communication and better solutions in the future.