Ruf Agenda Suggestions for HUFF meeting 11-6-25
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. Additional items may be added at the meeting.
Top of the Agenda (Flag Items Requiring Immediate Planning and/or Action)
++++ 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; Halloween Copwatch
++++ Continuing Issues: Funding Matters March Shutdown; MHCAN Closure
++++ RV current ordinance and follow-up? John Do’s ACLU letter; the current law + practice?
++++ Past week’s protest reports
++++ Proposals: 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
++++ Alternate Events to the Tuesday 11-11 Shitty Council meeting
++++ Handouts: Agenda, TBA; Passarounds HUFF Notes Available on Request: Questionnaires for Shelter Poll
Regular Reports
++++ Street Sweeps in Last Week and Coming Up
++++ Upcoming Shitty Council meeting report;
++++ 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 Report: Still fishing for updates.
++++ Clanging pots and pans rally against U.S. Funding Gaza Starvation and Local Unhoused Refugee Harassment
Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet]
Thursday Nov 6 5-6 PM Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room, end of N. Pacific Ave. the SNAP crisis
Friday Nov 6 ??? Time & Action Uncertain Visit to Panetta Office to demand ending U.S. funding for Bombing of Gaza Santa Cruz District Office 701 Ocean Street Room 318C
Saturday Nov 8 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 8 and Sunday Nov 9 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; NEW STREET SPIRIT AND STREE SHEETS AVAILABLE
Monday Nov 10 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM another indivisible Civil Right Protest Against the Trump Regime (but add Newsom, Keeley, and Kramer) Ocean and Water Sts.
Monday Nov 10 6 PM 150 Felker St. possible Art and Rebellion meeting. Contact Brent at 588-9892
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
++++ Wednesday November 12-Monday November 17: Rain and Showers
++++ 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”