Agenda Suggestions for HUFF meeting 11-13-25
Most of these items involve brief reports and check in’s. If we flag an item for action or discussion, more talk—particularly if it’s time sensitive. We hope to maintain the real narrative not the rosy one falsely presented by the City/County staff and politicians. And occasionally act publicly to speak truth to those in power & the community. Additional items may be added at the meeting.
Top of the Agenda (Flag Items Requiring Immediate Planning and/or Action or add your own)
++++ Reports on Current Projects; Time Available for next week; Needs and Wants
++++ Follow-Up on Last Week’s Projects: Ben’s Food Solution; Thomas’s “Rest is Resistance” book discussion; Roach’s In Home Services Advisory Commission
++++ Continuing Issues: Funding Matters March, now April? Shutdown; MHCAN Closure
++++ RV current ordinance and follow-up? John Do’s ACLU letter; the current law + practice?
++++ Past week’s protest reports
++++ Future Prospects: Showing of Hometown Homeless at Sub Rosa in anti-Shutdown Protest; Revival of Homeless Union Organizing Against 3 Times A Week Sweeps; Regular Flyering at Armory pick-up, Coral St., Tracks, “No Kings” & other Rally Organizing
++++ Fencing and Boulders—Anti-Homeless Architecture
++++ Reports from the Shitty Council meeting
++++ Updates on UCSC and Starbucks Strikes; UCSC lawsuit and trials supporting Free Speech and No Genocide in Gaza trials.
++++ Handouts: Agenda, TBA; Passarounds HUFF Notes Available on Request: Questionnaires for Shelter Poll
Regular Reports
++++ Street Sweeps in Last Week and Coming Up
++++ Shelter reports from 1220, Overlook, Housing Mutters
++++ Court cases past and future; 5150’s
++++ SCPD and Sheriff Reports
++++ Meetings/Events of Interest Upcoming?
++++ 216-8239 Property Seizure Reports Accumulation + FNB Poll Still fishing for updates.
++++ Clanging pots against Taxes for Gaza Starvation & Local Unhoused Refugee Harassment
Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet)
Thursday Nov 13 5-6 PM Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room, end of N. Pacific Ave. the SNAP crisis
Friday Nov 14 ??? Time & Action Uncertain Visit to Panetta Office to demand ending U.S. funding for Bombing of Gaza Santa Cruz District Office 701 Ocean Room 318C
Friday Nov. 14 2 PM until food gone Boulder Creek downtown on hiway 9 between Jenna Sue’s Café and the Tacqueria Contact Jim Vivian 408-634-9749 Jim.Vivian@yahoo.com
Friday Nov 14 4:15 PM – 7:15 PM Free Food Church East Zayante Rd. and Sylvan Way in Zayante near the school bus stop rain or shine
Saturday Nov 15 11 AM- 12:30 PM Israel with American Bombs bombs and shoots up the Ceasefire– Ocean & Water End the War Weekly Palestine Justice Coalition
Saturday Nov 15 2 PM “Rest is Resistance” street huddle and book reading at the dinosaur statue across from the Post Office downtown
Saturday Nov 15 and Sunday Nov 16 noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal Town Clock; older Street Spirits available; leave off or pick up polling sheets with Drew; Bulletin Board for posting notices;
Saturday Nov 15 4-6 PM Film Gaza: Doctors Under Attack Suggested donation $20 at the Resource Center for Non-Violence perhaps free …
Sunday Nov 16 10-12 PM People’s Aide : Solidarity with and Services for those in danger of being swept at the Green Gate on Gulf Club Drive.
Monday Nov 10 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Another Indivisible Civil Right Protest Against the Trump Regime (but add Newsom, Keeley, Kramer & the Deadly Dems) Ocean & Water Sts.
Monday Nov 10 6 PM 150 Felker St. possible Art and Rebellion meeting. Contact Brent at 588-9892
Tuesday Nov 11 2 PM Downtown at the info booth at Soquel and Pacific Featherflock food-and-justice project
More check-in’s + Info+Possible Individual action
++++ Info Tabling: Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested…Poll for Armory
++++ Armory complaints to (408) 761-9930 as well as evan@peoplefirstscc.org or peoplefirstscc.org as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699
++++ Showers: Thurs, Sat, Sun, and Mon—so say the weatherwizards. Bring garbage bags and spare headgear to donate.
++++ Any help for Tips & Lifelessons to buff up Thomas’s Tipzine?
++++ Past homeless citation record of the last year: Reggie & Gaia need help to show Selective Ticketing for Homeless “Crime”
++++ Laura C.: legislative updates—state, local, and federal: the closing federal/state/local fist.
++++ Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces? Small Claims Court?
New-ish Stories (TBA)
Old Standbyes
++++ Street Spirit archives on line: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&sort=-date
++++ Recent stories on a variety of unhoused issues: https://invisiblepeople.tv/
++++ Overview: https://endhomelessness.org/resource/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights
++++ Wes White’s Video Work: Go to You-Tube then Check out “John Doe13K”