Police have begun incremental removal of tent-homes in and around the Benchlands.
This seems in line with City Manager Matt Huffaker’s threat/promise to “demobilize” (i.e. remove) the Benchlands by summer’s end.
HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) will be at the National Night Out at the SCPD Headquarters starting at 3:30 PM Tuesday August 2nd, speaking sense to the community and the cops.
Join us.
More details at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/08/01/18851370.php
Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 7-31-22 streams and will archive at 9:30 AM-3 PM Current News: Brandi and more Benchlands talk; Peggy Lee Kennedy on new LA homeless bans; Wes White Update; Joy Schendledecker on Sentinel Op-Ed Smear; Flashback to 7-21-95 on Host Harassment, Mediation Malingering, and a bit of a Homeless Play
Http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html, also visible as the “Latest” link under the Bathrobespierre’s Broadside section of www.huffsantacruz.org is now operational for hearing current shows. You will find earlier shows from the last 3 1/2 years there.
Brief written descriptions of many shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/. You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
HUFF activists will be tabling at the Santa Cruz Police Department National Night Out Open House at 3:30 PM Tuesday August 2nd. The event will be held in the Community Room and is open to the public. Go and check out the current state of SCPD “Reform”
Police and their City Council backers have made few if any significant reforms since the Black Lives Matter marches of 2020. Transparency, accountability, demilitarization, ending racial and class discrimination, are all on the HUFF agenda.
FOOD NOT BOMBS [FNB] still meets at the Town Clock for its daily noon-3PM meal. Ask how you can help.
On the 7-31-22 show: 7-28 Interviews with Jesus, Brandi, “X”, and “Ordinary” in the Benchlands
7-30 Fighting the “Ban the Homeless” Zones in L.A. –a phone interview with Peggy Lee Kennedy with a new law coming up in early August.
7-30 “Whip ’em into Shape” Wes White rides again with an update.
7-28 HUFF meeting selections with activist (and City Council candidate) Joy Schendeldecker dissecting the last Santa Cruz Sentinel editorial.
FLASHBACK to July 21, 1995
Live Phone Interview with Skidmark Bob, performing on the sidewalk with the Jus’ Kiddin’ singers and harassed by police and “Hosts”; Food Not Bombs report
Live Phone Interview with Betty Ippich, Executive Director of the County Crime Justice Council recommending a County Youth Curfew
Live Phone Interview with Daniel Robin, City-paid Mediator, in response to the no-sitting, no-sparechanging restrictions of the 1994 Downtown Ordinances
A preview of Nutcracker Nick’s “Home Sweet Homeless”, a play satirizing the Santa Cruz City Council’s anti-homeless laws
Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 7-28-22 will stream and archive at 6 PM Bullyboy Blueshirts Hit the Benchlands: Interviews from 7-25 and 7-28; Flashback to December 12, 1995
On the 7-28-22 show:
- 7-25 Campwatch Keri–2-year resident of the Benchlands–on life as a woman in the park.
- 7-25 Toughtime Thomas Parish–struggling from shelter to CSL place to in-home careprovider to success lawsuit against Sheriffs to retaliatory breakin to a vehicle to Benchlands
- 7-25 Loren B. Stevens IV–outside visitor from the Mountains
- 7-28 Camp destroyed and possessions stolen or trashed–report from “X” on what may be the start of the City Mangler’s Benchlands demolition
FLASHBACK to June 12, 1995
- In-Studio guests: Felipe Chavez & Donna Patrick on the Global Peace Walk–on the road since January 15 (UN Nation Day)
- Donna on police harassment and London Nelson park (then with “no parking after midnight” signs)
- Dean describes police treatment of the Global Peace Walk
- Caller Phil Free apologizes for Santa Cruz police state reception
- Donna describes conversation with Mayor ‘Birdseed’ Katherine Beiers
HUFFing in the shade July 28th Thursday 10:45 AM-1 PM (or so) at 703 Pacific next to the Bike Church
Concerns to Consider for this week’s (7-28-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting
Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)
+++ Pass-Arounds, Announcements, Old Business, Street Reports
+++ Handouts and History Asides
+++ Report from Benchlands Tabling; Prospects of More Flyering and Petitioning
+++ Collusion or Incompetence? the Behavior of the Local Coastal Commission Towards Vehicular Residents
+++ Reggie Meisler–Holding the Haebe Hasslemasters Accountable Through Public Records
+++ Returning to the Rhonda Weiss Case…hear its origins at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%202-10-22.mp3
+++ “Safe Parking” Updates from Kevin, & Monica–Perhaps Applying for and Using the Program
+++ Food Not Bombs report and phone update
+++ Mad Power Committee Report (if any)[CARE courts, Conservatorship threats, out-of-county deportation, Reiss protections]
+++ Santa Rosa’s Joe Rodota Trail Encampments protected by 7-27 Injunction
+++ Updates likely from Sacramento, Petaluma, Novato, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Fresno, et. al.
+++ Still an Option: Fighting Back: Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement
+++ Story and flyers posted in the Serf City Times on fighting survival camp eviction–useful to download and distribute: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/04/18850863.php
August issues of Street Spirit and Street Sheet likely still available–both at the meeting and at 903 Pacific (UN Association HQ) when it’s open at the first August meeting (Aug 4).
Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 7-24-22 streamed and will archived at 9:30 AM-3 PM. Current News: Wes White Interview; Tamara Lich’s victory in Alberta Flashback to 12-25-95
On today’s 7-24-22 Show:
- Glen the sticker vendor’s update on bummer times on Beach Street
- Breathing space for Cob-on-Wood encampment in Oakland–Justice extends the TRO protecting the camp.
- Whipster Wes White on Salinas Sweeps and Political Prospects
- More on Cob-on-Wood–past and future.
- Interview with Tamara Lich’s attorney Sarah Miller on his Canadian courthouse victory https://youtu.be/Rb7stIf_KnY
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/18/california-homelessness-crisis-mojave-desert?_
Flashback to 12-25-1995
- A younger “Katzenjammer” Keith McHenry on cases against Food Not Bombs in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Sacramento
- Bathrobespierre Robert on the background behind the creation of the River St. Refugees and the dispersal of the Coral St. Open Air Shelter
- Deconstructing and denouncing bigotry in the S.C. Sentinel
- More Updates from McHenry: Attacks on FNB in Arcata, CA
- Poet Julia Vinograd’s “For Gypsy who Died”
- Listening in on the River St. Refugees in camp
- Skidmark Bob on Jahva House eviction of John and Leslie Hernandez for buying coffee for an excluded activist outside and taking it to him on the sidewalk.
- Brimstone Barbara Riverwomon–in-studio guest.
- More River St. Refugee rumblings in their New Brighton Beach roost
- Armory and Interfaith Satellite problems from clients
Brief written descriptions of many shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/. You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
HUFF activists will be tabling in the Benchlands near the Water St. entrance 10 AM Monday 7-25 for the morning. We’ve heard rumors of impending evictions by the City with no place for the majority to go and want to get the latest news from those living there as well as sample opinion.
Join us if you’re interested in connecting with folks down there and preparing for what is likely to be a mass eviction at or near the end of the summer (or that was the promise of the City Mangler Matt Huffaker].
Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 7-21-22 will stream and archive at 6 PM today. Higher-up’s conceal Jayland Walker’s killer; Benchlands Greg on the survival scene in San Lorenzo Park
As usual, the show will archive at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html, and will play on the net at www.freakradio.org . Any problems call 831-423-4833
The archives from July 3 on back are available, as are others for shows from the last 4 3/4 years.
Brief written descriptions of many of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/.
You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
On Today’s 7-21 Show :
- Bathrobe’s Bellowings
- Lookout Santa Cruz on the Coastal Commission’s shootdown of the OVO (Oversized Vehicle Ordinance) https://lookout.co/santacruz/civic-life/story/2022-07-18/lookout-update-oversized-vehicle-ordinance-now-in-limbo-as-california-coastal-commission-forces-rethinking
- A Beach Street Vendor’s Protest: Glen speaks out against the Ban on sidewalk vending.
- Remembering again the murder scandal around the police killing of Jayland Walker–with police higherup’s still withholding the shooters’ names
- Benchlands Greg describes vague standards under which Benchlands residents are evicted, the overcrowding that the City is worsening, and more…
COMING MONDAY 7-25 10 AM: PRELIMINARY BENCHLANDS DIALOGUES AND DIVERSIONS near the Benchlands portapotties close to the Water St. entrance.
Another cool but temperate HUFFmeet July 21st Thursday 10:45 AM-1 PM (or so) at 703 Pacific next to the Bike Church
Concerns to Consider for this week’s (7-21-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting
Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)
+++ Pass-Arounds, Announcements, Old Business, Street Reports
+++ Handouts and History Asides
+++ Growing Pressure on the Benchlands Encampment
+++ Stepping Up Sweeps in San Rafael, CA: https://www.marinij.com/2022/07/17/san-rafael-defeats-lawsuit-over-homeless-camp/
+++ Collusion or Incompetence? the Behavior of the Local Coastal Commission Towards Vehicular Residents
+++ Reggie Meisler–Holding the Haebe Hasslemasters Accountable Through Public Records
+++ Returning to the Rhonda Weiss Case…hear its origins at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%202-10-22.mp3
+++ “Safe Parking” Updates from Kevin, Robert, Monica–Checking Out the On-the-Ground Situation with Megan Bunch
+++ Flyering the Benchlands in Preparation for the End-of-the-Summer Sweeps
+++ Food Not Bombs report and phone update
+++ Mad Power Committee Report (if any)[CARE courts, Conservatorship threats, out-of-county deportation, Reiss protections]
+++ City Mangler’s Promise to Clear the Benchlands: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%206-16-22.mp3 (10 minutes into the file)
+++ Fighting Back: Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement +++ Wes White’s Latest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov8zve28RT8
+++ Story and flyers posted in the Serf City Times on fighting survival camp eviction: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/04/18850863.php
July issues of Street Spirit and Street Sheet likely still available–both at the meeting and at 903 Pacific (UN Association HQ) when it’s open.
Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides 7-17-22 archives delayed, however it will netcast at 9:30 AM until 3:30 p.m. today Downtown current interviews… flashback to 11-20-08
Http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html also visible as the “Latest” link under the Bathrobespierre’s Broadside section of www.huffsantacruz.org is where you will find earlier shows from the last 3 1/2 years. It is now operational again, but we have been unable to post recent shows beyond 7-3-22. We are searching for technical help for our website. If you have suggestions, please advise us on the 831-423-4833 line.
Brief written descriptions of many shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/. You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com. and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
On Today’s 7-17-22 Show :
- “Bathrobespierre” Robert broods on the OVO (Oversized Vehicle Ordinance) outcome at the Coastal Commission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfgbPXQRhd0
- “Kindshoes” Kevin reports to the HUFF meeting on the “Safe Parking” Program
- Frustrated Felix reports on Library hassle for washing his face and arms in the restroom there after the removal of the portapotties and wash stations in the adjacent library parking lot.
- “Just Lookin’ On” Jim muses on the building changes downtown
- Factfinder Frog reports on SCPD evictions with no alternate shelter of outdoor survival sleepers from under the Water St. bridge.
- Marcus, Boston newcomer, has good things to say about Santa Cruz
- “Can’t get her down” Cooper has praise for Coyote Bob’s sidewalk cleaning work around the Town Clock
- “Rough Rhythms” Ryan on uneven downtown enforcement
- “Hot to Help” Helga gives a preliminary report from Felton
FLASHBACK to November 30, 2008
Flashback within a Flashback: January 16, 1990: Defending the Post Office Homeless Table with conflicting voices and symphonic screeching by “No Guns” Antoinette Radichi.
Metro Transit Center protest (11-26-08) (cont.from http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb081127.mp3 11-26 Jean Pirano on Spooky’s “leaking cup”problem and anti-homeless discrimination at Lulu Carpenter’s.
Chris critiques “the homeless ban”–sleeping, blanket, and camping ban.
11-26 Skippy: Bubblegum wrapper dropped, cites for spitting in the rain, riding a bicycle wrong way in the rain, bragging by police of the 9 citations written in one hour by cops
11-26 Tara and Aspen: on 5150 in Dominican, Rex & others on the latest Sentinel hate article; Melody seeking dating money; & more
Venice Beach’s Peggy Lee Kennedy 11-15 food giveaway report
Pebbles Trippet from Mendicino on Medical Marijuana Patients Board https://www.indybay.org/search/search_results.php?search=Trippet
Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 7-14-22 : Local Coastal Commission Staff Reverses Course Recommending Blocking OVO; Flashback: Norse v. Rotkin on the Downtown Ordinances 2-19-94
Website problems will likely delay today’s 6 PM posting of the show at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html, but it will still play on the net at www.freakradio.org (click “Listen”).
The archives from July 3 on back are available, as are others for shows from the last 4 3/4 years. For the last week, we’ve been unable to post new archives.
Brief written descriptions of many of these shows (so you know what you are getting into) are posted at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/. The current show will be posted on the HUFF blog once the web problem is resolved.
You can also sign up to receive advance notice of the content of the twice-weekly shows by e-mailing rnorse3@hotmail.com and asking to be put on the HUFF e-mail list.
On Today’s 7-14 Show :
- Local Coastal Commission staff reverses its recommendation on the City’s anti-homeless OVO (Oversized Vehicle Ordinance) advising the Commission to not okay the ordinance without a more serious hearing.
- February 19, 1994 FLASHBACK replaying KSCO’s Saturday Special show with a debate/discussion between former Santa Cruz mayor Mike Rotkin and activist Robert Norse.
Continuing cool weather at the HUFFmeet July 14th Thursday 11 AM-1 PM (or so) at 703 Pacific next to the Bike Church
Concerns to Consider for this week’s (7-14-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting
Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)
+++ Pass-Arounds, Announcements, Old Business, Street Reports
+++ Handouts and History Asides
+++ Possible Legislative Action:647e, Homeless Bill of Rights, anti-CARE & other “plead guilty” courts
+++ Selected Review of Last Shitty Council Meeting’s Cash Expenditures
+++ Coastal Staff reverses and opposes rubberstamping OVO: Reggie call
+++ Going on line with the Coastal Commission: Instructions for the patient.
+++ Dealing with Vehicular Harassment as a real issue: alternatives.
+++ “Safe Parking” Updates from Kevin, Robert
+++ Downtown “Stop the Sweeps” Tabling Report Supporting Benchlands & Other Independent Survival Camps
+++ OVO Pushback– Sign the Petition: https://www.change.org/p/repeal-the-oversized-vehicle-ordinance
+++ Food Not Bombs report and phone update
+++ Mad Power Committee Report (if any)[CARE courts, Conservatorship threats, out-of-county deportation, Reiss protections]
+++ Benchlands and Other Encampment Updates (if any)
+++ Benchlands Clearing Declaration by City Manager: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%206-16-22.mp3 (10 minutes into the file)
+++ Fighting Back: Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement
+++ Wes White’s video: Seven Years Leading Ourselves HOME with The Salinas/Monterey County & The California Homeless Union https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKzIjyS-tXg
+++ Story and flyers posted in the Serf City Times on fighting survival camp eviction: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/04/18850863.php
July issues of Street Spirit and Street Sheet will be available–both at the meeting and at 903 Pacific (UN Association HQ) when it’s open.