HUFF huddles in temperate weather outside at Sub Rosa Courtyard 11 AM Thursday 5-26 next to the Bike Church 703 Pacific

Concerns to Consider for this week’s (5-26-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting   

  Possible Agenda Items (bring your own) 

      +++  Pass-Arounds, Announcements, Old Business, Street Reports       

      +++  City Council & Supervisors Report from 5-24 if anyone watched 

      +++  Election Antics (check out upcoming BB shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html 

      +++  Robbie Powelson of Sausalito—Fighting Parking & Infraction Tickets; Showers for Encampments, AB 2392 “Reasonable” Tow Fees https://www.facebook.com/robert.powelson 

      +++  Weekend Tabling Downtown against the Council’s Token Shelter and Phony Path to Housing 

      +++  Where Do We Go Berkeley “Project Roomkey: An Independent Review of Abode Services and the Rodeway Inn”https://www.wheredowegoberk.org/blog/categories/old-news-but-still-good-stuff 

      +++  Encamping at Abandoned Spaces: Redefining Squatting 

      +++  Koffee Klatching at City Manager’s Door: Stop the Sweeps; Account for Homeless Moneys Spent & Allotted This Year & Last 

      +++  OVO, Anti-War & CSSO Updates  

      +++  Food Not Bombs report and phone update 

      +++  Mad Power Committee Report 

      +++  Mental Health Advisory Board: report: Calling Laura C. 

      +++  Benchlands and Other Encampment Updates (if any) 

      +++  July Benchlands Clearing Declaration by City Manager: https://ecm.cityofsantacruz.com/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/Summary%20Sheet%20for%20-%20Homelessness%20Response%20Programming%20Quarterly%20Update%20and%20Homel.pdf?meetingId=1907&documentType=Agenda&itemId=23425&publishId=32223&isSection=false  

      +++  Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement     

      +++  https://www.dailynews.com/2022/05/24/l-a-wants-to-tow-abandoned-rvs-but-city-has-nowhere-to-put-them/ 

         +++  Tuesday, May 31st, 5:30-6:30 PM Civic Auditorium==New SCPD Boss Rudy Escalante on “Community Safety and SCPD Priorities”

        +++  Political Blowhards Continue to Risk Nuke War.

BB 5-22-22 show streams at freakradio.org and archives soon after 9:30 AM. Snippets and Snapshots from Independent Vendors and Activists from Two Flashback Shows from 2001 focusing on 1st Amendment struggles at the Farmer’s Market

Recent shows are archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html 

Or for a fun spin through the HUFF website go to www.huffsantacruz.org; go to “Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides”, then click on the Latest Shows link, to find an extensive listing of all shows from mid-October  2017 on. 

The show has been netcasting twice-weekly since then, and broadcasting from 1995 until a few years ago.   We’re still looking to return to the air for which we need (a) a studio (find us a spot for a REWARD of $300); (b) an antenna set-up spot; and (c) more volunteers to reanimate the FRSC Collective.

For the “Latest Show – 5/22/2022 Sunday, May 22, 2022” .
Descriptions of these shows 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.

ON TODAY’S 5-22-2022 SHOW:  
     +++    More audio from the Carmel Crossroads video of the aftermath of the Mother’s Day “Move Out or Else” Police Eviction of the Encampment there.  Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHB1iV3chiY&t=4s
     +++    Julie’s Justice: California to Cut Back Fat “Failure to Pay” Assessments But Not Enough     

+++    Caitlin Johnstone on Ukraine: https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/western-media-run-blatant-atrocity?
     +++    Samantha the Jammaker at the Maker’s Faire on Pacific Avenue      +++    Tophat Harry Vending Still on Pacific Avenue as the Vendor’s Ordinance Looms     

+++    Dialoguing Debbie Petitioning for Loosening Home Cooking for the Public Restrictions


FLASHBACK to September 20, 2001:

The Petition for a Friendly Farmer’s Market  

The California Supreme Court’s Pruneyard Decision–protecting 1st Amendment in Shopping Centers  

Bush’s Declaration of War on Afghanistan  

The Sleeping Ban, SLURP, and the Miami Pottinger Decision  

Phone interview with Greg James of the Austin Homeless Advocate 

  Justman James Cosner Interview from San Jose Jail for the Columbus Statue Smashing  

Petitioning at the Farmer’s Market 9-19 (against 3 tickets to drummers on 9-12  

Remarks between Bathrobespierre Robert and Officer Skinelli  

Chamber of Commerce CEO Mike Schmidt on City Council’s refusal to help the LandTrust and UCSC harassment of political tablers on campus  

Cannabis Activist Alan Brady & Rainbow Family Julie on the Farmer’s Market conflict   

Farmers Market Director Janet Blaser’s Demand that Bathrobespierre Leave the Market   

Mitchell Azuz’s Conversation with Blaser   

2nd Encounter with Officer Skinelli   

Carl Wilson of Friends of Camp Paradise on the latest City Council negotiations   

A Final Word from Michael Tomasi


FLASHBACK to September 23, 2001:
    Marty Herman and Keenan–in-studio guests: Participants in and Survivors of the Police Blockade and Bust of the 9-21 Critical Mass [CM] Bike Ride   

Another Call from the Cage from Jim Cosner   

Phone calls from CM Participants   

Report on the 9-22 Peace Rally   

Grant Wilson of Art & Revolution on Better Bike Behavior   

Doug McGrath: Police Invade his Home Against Use of Medical Marijuana   

Gritto Serpentino’s “Downtown” song (soon to become a Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides theme song)   

A Discussion of Officer “Sticky Fingers” Butchie Baker’s Bogus Arrests    Glen Shay witnesses Baker arresting Bathrobespierre   

Farmers Market commentary from Reggie and Greg   

Broadhat on Pogonip Sweeps–first in 6 months   

“Dangerous” John Thielking on City Council, Camp Paradise, and the Farmer’s Market

FOOD NOT BOMBS still meets at the Town Clock for its daily noon-3PM meal.  Ask how you can help. 

STILL NO SANTA CRUZ HOMELESS UNION  FRIDAY 5 PM MEETINGS…unless they get new leadership volunteers.   Call 575-770-3377  or 431-7766 to learn the latest.  Volunteer–they desperately need new blood with the passion to organize!  And new leadership with the time and resources to lead.  Especially with the City Manager’s avowed threat to disperse the Benchlands camp this summer and City Council’s failure to use the $14.5 million to set up survival campgrounds and support those that exist!

HUFF STILL MEETS EVERY THURSDAY (NEXT MEETING 5-26) TO SCHEME & STARGAZE.  COFFEE & CONTROVERSY AT THE SUB ROSA COURTYARD 11 AM-1 PM THURSDAYS NEXT TO THE BIKE CHURCH AT 703 PACIFIC AVE. 

STILL POSSIBLE IF WE GET VOLUNTEERS: PROPOSED CITY MANAGER QUESTIONING WITH A DAILY KOFFEE KLATCH IN FRONT OF HIS OFFICE–CALL 423-4833
VIEW VIDEOS FROM WES WHITE on his You-Tube channel (John Doe13K):  THEN POST SOME OF YOUR OWN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.  Latest from Wes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHB1iV3chiY&t=4s  “Crossroads in Carmel, CA Big Sur Land Trust Encampment Eviction and Sweep” OTHER OPTIONS: FACEBOOK, CALL HUFF FOR FRSC INTERVIEW, WRITE ESTABLISHMENT OR ALTERNATE MEDIA.

KEEP YOUR PHONE CHARGED AND HANDY TO RECORD UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS OR INCIDENTS YOU WITNESS ON YOUR PHONE PARTICULARLY IF AND WHEN POLICE WARN YOU YOU’LL BE SWEPT.

TELL THE WORLD!  CALL HUFF TO BE INTERVIEWED AND “IMMORTALIZED” IN THE HUFF AUDIO ARCHIVES: Contact Bathrobespierre Robert at the HUFF line or rnorse3@hotmail.com

DON’T WAIT FOR THE ACLU TO TURTLEWALK INTO ACTION.   LEARN YOUR RIGHTS, USE THEM, TALK WITH OTHERS, & PUBLICIZE.

COMMENT on the Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom facebook page or at www.indybay.org/santacruz where Bathrobespierre posts occasional announcements and stories.

COMING SOON (hopefully):  Ursula’s Utterances–a regular extensive description and review of each Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides and a backlog of those descriptions for the last half year.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 5-19-22 : Carmel Encampment Dispersed; Jack Kolb’s Memorial; Backtalk to the Bullshitters from Backstory Brent Adams

The 5-19 show archives at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%205-19-22.mp3

You can scroll to find shows from the last 3 1/2 years at  http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html


Descriptions of these shows 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.  




The May 19 Show:

If $40 Billion Rearming of Ukraine Doesn’t Prompt a Nuclear Exchange, HUFF will be meeting at the Sub Rosa Courtyard at 703 Pacific 11 AM THURSDAY 5-19 -next to the Bike Church. Cross your fingers

Still lots of May Street Spirits plus healthy and unhealthy snacks.
Weather predicted to be a temperate 70 degrees. 

Concerns to Consider for this week’s (5-19-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting  

  Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)

      +++  Another Shitty Council Meeting Next Tuesday

      +++  Weekend Tabling Downtown against the Council’s Token Shelter and Phony Path to Housing

​      +++  Still worth a look:  Demolishing the Carmel Crossroads Camp–Interviews and Audible Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHB1iV3chiY (video)

      +++  Where Do We Go Berkeley “Project Roomkey: An Independent Review of Abode Services and the Rodeway Inn”https://www.wheredowegoberk.org/blog/categories/old-news-but-still-good-stuff

      +++  Koffee Klatching at City Manager’s Door: Demands–Stop the Sweeps; Account for Homeless Moneys Spent and Allotted This Year and Last

      +++  OVO, Anti-War & CSSO Updates

      +++  Food Not Bombs report and phone update

      +++  Mad Power Committee Report

      +++  Benchlands and Other Encampment Updates (if any)
        +++  CARE Court Fight Documents: https://disabilityrightscaliforniadrcadvocacy.sharefile.com/Authentication/Login

      +++  Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement    Tabling

      +++  Mental Health Advisory Board: 3-5 PM Thursday 5-19 (today) at 1400 Emeline St., Bldg K, Room 207.

      +++  Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Thursday 5-19 6-8 p.m.  Archived at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%205-19-22.mp3 late Thursday.

BB 5-15-22 show streams at freakradio.org and archives soon after 9:30 AM. Bits and Pieces from Beggerbacker Becky Johnson down Seaside way; Two Flashback Shows from 2007: April 26th and October 18th

Recent shows are archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

For the “Latest Show – 5/15/2022 Sunday, May 15, 2022” .
Descriptions of these shows 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.

ON TODAY’S 5-15-2022 SHOW:  
     +++    Activist and Agitator Becky Johnson describes the mixed blessing and humiliation of Monterey County’s fading COVID era homeless programs
     +++    Johnson on Canadian crackdown and the COVID “emergency”      +++    Flashback descriptions for 2007
     +++    Musical musings from Leon Rosselson’s I Didn’t Mean to Do It

FLASHBACK to April 26th 2007
     +++   Arcata Homeless Encampment Bust
     +++   Medical Marijuana Researcher and Activist Craig Canada critiques Santa Cruz then-monopoly marijuana providers Greenway and Ken Sampson’s Clubs     

+++   LAPD searches against Skid Row residents ruled unconstitutional     

+++   Part II of Cabrillo College Forum on Homelessness (for Parts 1 see April 22, 2007 show at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/brb-descriptions.html#APR07 )     

+++   Berkeley Daily Planet:  Homeless Commission denounces Mayor Bates’ “Public Commons for Everyone” as an anti-homeless eviction measure     

+++   Tidbits of past tunes from the intro to Uncle Dennis’s historic From the Cream to the Dregs show.


FLASHBACK to October 18, 2007
      +++  The Free Radio Santa Cruz interview with then-Mayor Emily “Smiley” Reilly on the Parking Lot Panic law (anti-loitering law int he public parking lots).      

+++   Bathrobespierre and Scope-it-Out Scott Graham Dissect Reilley changing political path      

+++   The SCPD attack on former Councilmember Madrigal’s Racial Discrimination account; Hiding out from the “Homies for the Homeless”: Reilly’s “duck and cover” responses.
      +++   Remembering Gregarious Greg–the grinning street singer and SAFE (Society for Artistic Freedom and Expression) activist

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 5-12-22 : Repeat Performance–Andrew Henson giving the Background of Where Do We Go Berkeley; Keith McHenry Covers COVID times, the Ukraine war, and the Intensifying S.C. Homeless Scene

The 5-12 show archives at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%204-28-22.mp3

You can scroll to find shows from the last 3 1/2 years at  http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html


Descriptions of these shows 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.  


The May 12 Show:

  •  REPEAT May 5th phone interview with Andrea Henson, Activist Attorney camping in solidarity with Where Do We Go Berkeley Page St. disabled residents facing harassment.
  • Keith McHenry on COVID, Ukraine War, the Santa Cruz Homeless Scene & More

Assuming no nuclear war, Sub Rosa Courtyard Meeting at 703 Pacific 11 AM THURSDAY 5-12- next to the Bike Church

Still have May Street Spirits though not Street Sheets well as munchables and drinkables
Weather overcast and high 50’s.  Bundle up.

Concerns to Consider for this week’s (5-12-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting  

  Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)

      +++  Shitty Council Reportback: Majority Facades Enforcement Funding with Token Shelter and Phony Path to Housing

​      +++  Demolishing the Carmel Crossroads Camp–Interviews and Audible Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHB1iV3chiY (video)

      +++  Higher Court overrules Compassionate Judge Chen’s support for Berkeley Where Do We Go? [WDWG] Encampment

      +++  Andrea Henson of WDWG afternoon interview from 5-5: https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20FRSC%205-12-22.mp3

      +++  Koffee Klatching at City Manager’s Door Still a Possibility; Older Poll Results

      +++  Tenant Fightback: Apartments Fight Landlord Squeeze after partially successful Round-Up protest

      +++  Demands for the City Manager Coffee Chat: Stop the Sweeps; Account for Homeless Moneys Spent and Allotted This Year and Last

      +++  OVO, Anti-War & CSSO Updates

      +++  Food Not Bombs report and phone update

      +++  Mad Power Committee Report

      +++  Benchlands and Other Encampment Updates (if any)

      +++  Disability Rights California/WRAP update on CARE Courts (if applicable)
        +++  CARE Court Fight Documents: https://disabilityrightscaliforniadrcadvocacy.sharefile.com/Authentication/Login

      +++  Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement    Tabling

BB 5-8-22 show streams at freakradio.org and archives soon after 9:30 AM. Scope-it-out Scott Graham lights into the 5-10 Shitty Council Agenda; Flashbacks to 1996 and 2016

Recent shows are archived at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

For the “Latest Show – 5/8/2022 Sunday, May 8, 2022” .
Descriptions of these shows 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.

ON TODAY’S 5-08-2022 SHOW:  
     +++    Bathrobespierre Robert and Scope-it-Out Scott painfully tread their way through the Santa Cruz City Council’s 5-10 Agenda.  Coming Up: City Mangler Huffaker’s “Progress Report” on (little to no) new shelter and storage.  He is “in the process of developing an operational plan…towards the closure of  the Benchlands in July 2022.” https://ecm.cityofsantacruz.com/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/Summary%20Sheet%20for%20-%20Homelessness%20Response%20Programming%20

Quarterly%20Update%20and%20Homel.pdf?meetingId=1907&documentType=Agenda&itemId=23425&publishId=31751&isSection=false [p. 12]
     +++    Bathrobespierre’s Anti-War Flyer and the HUFF resolution to support protests.
     +++    Paul Street’s Ukraine analysis: https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/06/no-proxy-war-stop-the-dying/
     +++    https://www.onthisday.com/articles/the-man-who-saved-the-world
     +++    “Criminalization of Opioid Use is a Dismal Failure” by Michael Fitzgerald
     +++    Flashback descriptions
     +++    More Musical meanderings from Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger’s New Brixton Gazette

FLASHBACKs
     +++  Spring 1996:  Bathrobespierre interviews Free Radio Broadcaster and Mad House Exit activist John Stewart.
     +++   September 8, 2016:  Red Church Reports: Dreamcatcher, Sassin’ Susan, Bathroom Seeker Bob, Ted on RV harassment, Judicious James
, Townwise Tony Mello from Fresno, hometown Jery on discriminatory favoritism for home owners.

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Show 5-5-22 : Berkeley Barrister and Badlands Braver Andrea Henson Backing “Where Do We Go?” Campers; Video Journalist Wes White’s Roaming Reports including a Carmel Camp Sweep Slated for May 9th; Flashback to Sept 10, 2015

The 5-5 show archives athttps://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/FRSC%204-28-22.mp3

You can scroll to find shows from the last 3 1/2 years at  http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

Descriptions of these shows 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.  


The May 5, 2022 show includes:

  •  Flashback to September 10, 2015–the Rebekkah Mills account of being declared incompetent to stand trial locally in a neighborhood dispute, held in hospital and jail.
  •  Alex and Joff–Painters displaying their art on the street–repeatedly arrested back in 2015 for violating the “display outside the boxes” marks on Pacific Avenue.
  •  May 5th phone interview with Andrea Henson, Activist Attorney camping in solidarity with Where Do We Go Berkeley Page St. disabled residents facing harassment.
  •  Roving Salinas Activist Wes White on Carmel Crossroads “Mother’s Day” May 8th  eviction of their encampment with info about surviving and swept camps statewide.

Sub Rosa Courtyard Meeting at 703 Pacific 11 AM THURSDAY 5-5-22 next to the Bike Church

The May Street Spirits, though not Street Sheets, available as well as munchables and drinkables
Weather overcast and high 50’s.  Bundle up.

Concerns to Consider for this week’s (5-5-22) Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom Meeting  

  Possible Agenda Items (bring your own)

      +++  Higher Court overrules Compassionate Chen’s support for Berkeley Where Do We Go? [WDWG] Encampment

      +++  Decision crushing encampment at https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/21-16790/21-16790-2022-04-27.html

      +++  Andrea Henson of WDWG afternoon interview tomorrow slated for evening play on Free Radio-on-the-net at 6 PM 5-5
      +++  K. McHenry recommends May 5 and 6th UCSC events  to resist with non-violence the silencing of Food Not Bombs at the Town Clock, evictions of people from the Benchlands in mid-July into doorways, riverbanks, and roadsides.   https://ucsc-expghost.imodules.com/controls/email_marketing/view_in_browser.aspx?sid=1069&gid=1001&sendId=3447450&ecatid=21&puid=2281350a-3245-4387-bde3-d93aafc97fd9        

+++  Report on Monday night’s Resource Center presentation/discussion on how to resist the possible sweeps.

      +++  Koffee Klatching at City Manager’s Door Still a Possibility; Older Poll Results

      +++  Demands for the City Manager Coffee Chat: Stop the Sweeps; Accountfor Homeless Moneys Spent and Allotted This Year and Last

      +++  OVO, Anti-War & CSSO Updates

      +++  Food Not Bombs report and phone update

      +++  Mad Power Committee Report

      +++  Benchlands and Other Encampment Updates (if any)

      +++  Disability Rights California/WRAP update on CARE Courts (if applicable)

      +++  SCPD Military Equipment & Other Police Restructuring: Suggestions for City Council Prep for 5-10 Tuesday Council Craporama
        +++  CARE Court Fight Documents: https://disabilityrightscaliforniadrcadvocacy.sharefile.com/Authentication/Login

      +++  Role Playing, Documenting, and Solidarity Phoning to Fight Camping Ban Enforcement    Tabling