CONSCIENCE AND ACTION meets 10:45 AM Today Wednesday 12-5 at the Sub Rosa

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HUFF members are invited to the Conscience and Action meeting today  (12-5) which will merge into the HUFF meeting since last week C & A regulars were largely out of town or occupied with the holidays.
Conscience and Action usually meets every other Wednesday with the last regular meeting on November 21st.


Possible Agenda Items for Conscience and Action and/or HUFF:
  • Consideration of Actions Supporting the Rent Control/Just Eviction before or at the 12-11 City Council meeting
  • Reviewing and Establishing Links with Survival Campgrounds
  • Review of Park Reopenings and Police/Ranger Behavior Citywide
  • Prospects for a Follow-Up to the November 15 Protest
  • Bathroom Battle:  Follow-Up on Tony Elliot Interview and Letter
  • HomeFree Organization and Independent Survival Camper Report
  • Report from Berkeley’s “Neither Here Nor There” Campground and Organizing Up North
  • Lawsuit Progress Up There and State-Wide in Wake of Boise and Concurrent Actions
  • Union of the Homeless Update
  • Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bath​room Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
  •  Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   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.
  •   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
  •   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .
  •   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless!

Sunday 12-2-18 9:30 AM-3 PM at www.freakradio.org Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides: City Council Carousel–Ducking and Delaying the Rent Control Vote; Red Church Roundalay–Voices from the Chowline; Flashback to 1-17-99

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 Sizzling on the Stove:
  • Mumbling Along with City Manager Martin Bernal–Clouding the Campground Coverup
  • Public Records Pushback–the Process of Exposure to Punish Obstruction
  • Marysville Union of the Homeless Report from Attorney Anthony Prince
  • Salvation Army Shelter Review by Outspoken Aaron Horsman
  • Barks and Bellows from the November 27th Council Freeze-Out of the Rent Freeze Discussion
  • Ancient Phil Ochs Tunes Throughout the Show

Flashback to January 17, 1999:

  • Meanness Monitor Richard Quigley Challenging Deputy Nielson DooDoo
  • Attorney Catnip Kate Wells On Local Civil Rights lawsuits of the time
  • Beggarbacker Becky Johnson Bashes Deputy Fitzgerald’s Bad Behavior
  • Bashful Bernard Klitzner Revs up Against the Sleeping Ban
  • Vinnie the V-Man Updates the Free Radio Struggle Back Then
  • Show archives later today at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html if you missed it.
  • Other January 1999 shows currently archived, go to http://huffsantacruz.org/archive99
Flashes from Here and There and Even Further Away

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides show streams tonight (11-29) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Oakland Courts Crunch Housing and Dignity Village; Mike Zint’s Report from Berkeley; Rage from City Council’s Rent Freeze Run-Around

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 Free Radio Santa Cruz still still offers a reward of $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  Help us so we can help you!


Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

On tonight’s show:
  • Federal Court Rules Against Housing-and-Dignity-Village Encampment
  • Berkeley First They Came for the Homeless Activist Mike Zint Weighs In
  • Oral Communication Chatter at the 11-27 City Council
  • 3 Tenant Organizations and 1 Landlord Lobby Give Opening Speeches in the City Council’s 11-27 “Duck the Rent Freeze Extension” Session
Between shows, what you can do:
    • Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bath​room Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
    • Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
    • Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
    • 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.

    • Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
    • Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .
    • If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless!
    • Camp lightly and safely!

HUFF meets 11 AM Today Wednesday 11-28 at the Sub Rosa 703 Pacific (next to the Bike Church)

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Come on down and sip coffee with HUFFheads at the Sub Rosa.
Duck in out of the rain.
Possible Agenda Items
  • Contacts with Current Survival Camps Including Ross
  • Prospects of a Student/Renter/Unhoused Coalition
  • Solidarity with Anti-Eviction Demos, Rent Strikes, and the 12-11-18 City Council Sellout
  • Review of Park Closure and Police Actions or Cessation in the Last Week
  • Keith’s Suggestions and Updates for Action When the Rain Begins
  • Possible Follow-Up Speak-& Camp-Out When River St. Campground Totally Closes Completely Tomorrow
  • Bathroom Battle:  Follow-Up on Parks and Rec Big Man Tony Elliot Interview and Letter
  • HomeFree Organization Report
  • Report from Berkeley’s “Neither Here Nor There” Campground and Organizing Up North
  • Marysville Union of the Homeless Action Tomorrow–Soldarity Action Here
  • Working on a “What To Do When the Cops Scatter A Campsite” Flyer
  • Connections with Other Survival Sleepers in the Bay Area
  • Support the Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, the new state-wide Union of the Homeless, Santa Cruz’s HomeFree and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the crisis.
  •  Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   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.
  •   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
  •   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .
  •   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless!
  •   Designate a Contact Person in your own Survival Sleeping group for communication with other groups.

Sunday 11-25-18 9:30 AM-3 PM at www.freakradio.org Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides: Talking Turkey at the Thanksgiving Chow Line

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 Current Clips:
  • Another Round with “Bad News and Bear It” Brent Adams
  • Listening in on Loud Laments at the last Homeless-Heavy Conscience in Action meeting
  • Talking Turkey with the Hungry Homeless & Associates in the Thanksgiving Chow Line

Flashback:

  • Looking Back with Doug Loisel:  An hour and a quarter with former Homeless (Lack of) Services Center Director–the Last Accessible Captain of the Coral Street Concentration Zone.  The December 19, 2013 Show
  • To hear the full show, go to http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb131219.mp3
Bits of Booty from Here Abouts

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides show streams tonight (11-22) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Cop Crackdown, Red Church Round-Up, and Beachside Greg’s Report Chief Mills False Reassurances to Rousted Campers

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Free Radio Santa Cruz still still offers a reward of $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  Help us so we can help you!

Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

On tonight’s show:

    • Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bath​room Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
    • Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
    • Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
    • 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.

    • Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
    • Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .
    • If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless!
    • Camp lightly and safely!

CONSCIENCE AND ACTION meets 11 AM Tomorrow Wednesday 11-21 at the Sub Rosa

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 HUFF members are invited to the Conscience and Action meeting tomorrow since it appears lots of the C & A regulars will be out of town or occupied with the Thanksgiving meal.
Conscience and Action usually meets every other Wednesday with the last regular meeting on the 7th.  We had a special meeting last week to prepare for the Community Survival Camp-Out  on Thursday the 15th.   As far as I know the regular meeting is tomorrow (Wednesday the 21st) at 11 AM.


Possible Agenda Items
  • Assessment of last Thursday’s Speak-Out and Sleep-Out
  • Spreading info at the Vets Hall Thanksgiving Meal
  • Review of Park Closure and Police Crackdown on Beach Tent Campers
  • Keith’s Suggestions and Updates for Action When the Rain Begins
  • The “Ross” Campground–Report that Fire Fighters are Sending Pogonip Campers There
  • Possible Follow-Up Speak-Out and Camp-Out When River St. Campground Totally Closes 11-29
  • Bathroom Battle:  Follow-Up on Tony Elliot Interview and Letter
  • Establish Connections with Campgrounds and HomeFree Organization
  • Report from Berkeley’s “Neither Here Nor There” Campground and Organizing Up North
  • Lawsuit Progress Up There and State-Wide in Wake of Boise and Concurrent Actions

  • Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bath​room Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
  •  Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
  •   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.
  •   Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
  •   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .
  •   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless!

Sunday 11-18-18 9:30 AM-3 PM at www.freakradio.org Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides: AGAIN–NO FLASHBACKS ! Interview-packed Campquest Show covering cries of rage and hope before and after the Thurday night Sleep-Out

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  • “Scuttlebutt” Scott B. beats one bogus charge in court, faces another in December; Clinton and Andy still fighting CPS to get baby back.
  • “Katzenjammer” Keith McHenry and “Silver-Tongued” Steve Pleich lead off the Campquest Speakout.  For the rest, go to https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tbuS31kSioo&feature=youtu.be\  and/or check out Alex Darocy’s indybay.org/santacruz story at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/16/18819196.php .   No Sentinel coverage, of course.
  • Phone Check-In with “Big Drum” Brent from his Day/Night Storage station
  • Voices from Maile Jeremiah McGrew-Fredeon’s library corner coffeesip:  Jeremiah on the 6 Squadcars versus Dominic and his Dog, Vicki on Housing Shuffle, Maile Defends the Misleading “Free Shelter” List
  • McHenry pries apart the Planning Commission gentrification grab; more on the Dominic/dog dustup;
  • Midnight murmurings with photojournalist Artful Alex Darocy.
  • Vanessa and Mario on Wet Camp Survival
  • Starbucks chatter and Ross Tent City reports.
  • Show will be archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

Bits of Booty from Jemstone Julie of RV Fulltimers

Tonight’s Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides show streams tonight (11-15) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Featuring Eugene, Criticism and Updates from Boisterous Brent, Red Church Round-Up, and Beachfront Campsite Report OR Update…and more!

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Free Radio Santa Cruz still offer a reward of $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ studio space with bathroom, internet, and electrical access–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure).  Help us so we can help you!

Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html   The show will likely be available early this afternoon on the archive, for those who want to hear it early.  I’ll be at the CampQuest rally at the Post Office, and then at City Hall.

On tonight’s show:

  • Dangers John T. Calls in from Eugene with a report on Campground Capers up there.
  • “Big Drum” Brent Updates the Storage Services, Critiques the Campquest Protest, and more…
  • Red Church Rough Campers Share Realities Wise and Wretched
  • Beachside Greg reports on encouraging behavior from cops and rangers on the Beach
 
 

COMING UP TODAY AT 4 PM–and into the night!
JOIN HOMEFREE, HUFF, CONSCIENCE & ACTION, SANTA CRUZ CODE PINK, HOME DEPOT, HOMELESS PERSON’S LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT, FOOD NOT BOMBS, WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, NATIONAL LAW CENTER FOR HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY  & WESTERN REGIONAL ALLIANCE PROJECT at the main Post Office steps for a meal, speak-out, and kickoff to CampQuest 2018–the Search of Sane, Secure Sanctuary, which will then set off in search of a camping site.

Likely first stop:  City Hall at City Council Chambers to speak to the Planning Commission which meets at 7 PM. 
    • Support the Downtown Santa Cruz Bath​room Task Force, Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s 24 Hour Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, and other activists in documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.
    • Check out Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz  on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomelessOutsideSantaCruz/ for updates.
    • Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/
    • 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.

    • Listen in to Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides at freakradio.org every Thursday 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM
    • Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .
    • If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless!
    • Camp lightly and safely!

CONSCIENCE AND ACTION meets 10 AM at the Sub Rosa; HUFF meets at 11 AM–Same Place

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Conscience and Action usually meets every other Wednesday at 10 AM.  It met last week.  However today it has a last minute meet to hammer down final preparations for the November 15 Community Survival Campground Demonstration planned for tomorrow 4 PM steps of the downtown Post Office. 
HUFF’s regular meeting is today scheduled at 11 AM, but it may be pushed back some because of C & A priorities.

10 am Conscience and Action Agenda Prospects  FINAL PREP FOR THE NOVEMBER 15 ACTION
  • Location Committee Report
  • Review of Tasks yet to be done
  • Speakers List for tomorrow’s protest
  • First and Second Stops:  City Hall, Post Office
  • Poll Results
  • Responding to the Police: Pre-Protest Advice for Protesters
  • The Next Location: A List of Prospects, Call for the Broader Homeless Community To Report Where Maximum Harassment is Happening, Volunteers for a Campwatch, Hotline.

HUFF Agenda Prospects

  • to discuss HUFF strategies for the next week supporting the CampQuest
  • to assist in monitoring
  • to consider legal strategies for urban refugee self-defense
  • to provide assistance to protesters facing citations (based on past experience)
  • to review City Council/City Manager’s report at Tuesday Council Meeting, Cowell Beach craptalk, & Sentinel smear of Ross campers
  • to share coffee and complaints
  • to review items not covered at the last meeting–if anyone’s interested.
  • to gather reports from the last week, use the new Sub Rosa bulletin board, and consider tabling at the new “Fence Out the Poor” Post Office scene or at the San Lorenzo “maintenance” fences.