Without Emergency Action at Council Today, Tenants Face Evictions and Homelessness This Winter

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Last Council Meeting of 2018 What’s Missing? Freeze/Just Eviction Protection Extension !
In the last regular scheduled Council meeting of the year outgoing Mayor Terrazas won’t put on the agenda an item to extend the Rent Freeze/Just Eviction Protection that the Council passed overwhelmingly in February. That measure expires on today December 11th once the election results are accepted by the Council. It leaves tenants vulnerable to exorbitant rental increases. I have written several letters demanding the “progressive” Council members (who constitute a majority in the middle of the evening session) act to raise awareness and muster public pressure to stop this.

Sunday 12-9-18 9:30 AM-3 PM at www.freakradio.org Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides: City Council RunAround–the Upcoming 12-11 Meeting & 12-12 Eviction Day Deadline; Ross Camp Roaming; Flashbacks to 1997

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 Sizzling on the Stove:
  • Painfully Long Critique of City Council Avoidance of the Emergency Freeze/Just Eviction Measure*
  • Tenant Rage at the Public Microphone
  • Chewing Over the Usual at the Red Church Chowline
  • Commentary and Chats from the Ross Campground

Flashback to ancient Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Shows of March 8, 1997 and November 6, 1997

  • Calling Out the Matthews-Rotkin City Council in the Court Crackdown on the 1996 City Hall Sleeping Protest
  • Deputy Fitzgerald Assaults Ageing Activist Jane Kysor for Medical Marijuana, Beggarbacker Becky Johnson Comments
  • Roughrider Richard Quigley Describes His Court Struggle to Maintain Motorcyclist Rights
  • Vinnie the V-Man on Skidmark Bob in his Hearing for “Damaging’ a Police Vehicle
  • Nutcracker Nick Whitehead Reports on the Aftermath of the previous year’s City Council Lockdown
  • Pointed Musical Burlesque from the 1981 S.F. Mime Troupe’s Americans in Last Tango In Huahuatenango**
  • Bathrobespierre Gets Busted in S.F. for Being in a Park in Food Not Bombs follies
  • L.A. Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness Activist Bob Ehrlenbush on Dumping the Begging Ban
  • Officer Bully-the-Bums Brandt Reportedly Threatens to Unleash his Police Dog
  • Longer version of the 11-6-97 Show Archives later at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html
  • A few 1997 shows are currently archived, go to http://huffsantacruz.org/archive97
*   Bathrobespierre’s Critical Assessment of the Brown-Krohn response to the Terrazas Council Sell-Out Evolves Through the Show.
** S.F. Mime Troupe Growing Archives at http://www.sfmt.org/company/archives/lastango/last.php
Ripples from the Roadway


  • Donate to Existing Homeless Encampments, not Poverty-Pimp Posturers Winter Survival Demands Blankets, Water, Tarps, Portapotties & Trash Pick-Up’s
  • 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!

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides show streams tonight (12-06) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Rent FreezeRoundAbout coming up on 12-11; Brand, Cranky Caller, Rightheart Ricardo, and Cynthia of the Santa Cruz Tenants Association

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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:
  • Looking forward to a tumultuous December 11th Council Meeting
  • Righteous Ranting from the Cranky Caller
  • “Blast Ahead” C.M. Berger of the SC Tenants Association Plots a Housed-Homeless Alliance

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!

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!