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Coffee, clatter, and castaway comforts at the HUFF outdoor meet today Wednesday 8-5 at the Sub Rosa Courtyard 703 Pacific Ave.

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HUFF Agenda Possibilities  8-5-20 

Unaddressed Local Police abuses: 

  • No indication signs and barriers have been removed from Swanton & Delaware Streets driving away vehicular residents in violation of Coastal Commission regs. 
  • No return or recompense for S.C Homeless Union car, used to store clothing and food donations and also as shelter for unhoused guy, stolen two weeks ago from the FNB meal area.   
  • No reasonable property release hours at SCPD (6 hours per week only) with survival gear still being jacked (as in Jeremiah arrest of a week ago by Officer Jones near Subway.  
  • Street Reports on Status of other encampments beyond the Benchlands 
  • Benchlands contact, polling to check abusive evictions and “FEMA-camp” problems there. 
  • Compulsory masking, the Board of Supervisors Infraction Offense Creation 
  • Health status & testing availability of folks in the group shelters, selective targeting, police privilege 
  • Due Process Concerns for SC Union of the Homeless Suspensions here and in Marysville 
  • Exploring Joint Coalition Direct Actions to restore, expand services among uncaged outside residents 
  • Connection with Direct Action activists who restored open space down at the Post Office last Monday 
  • The Upcoming S.C. Shitty Council Race: Alicia Kuhl’s Candidacy & Endorsements: Town Clock 2 PM 
  • Report on the new residence of the Robert’s Lake vehicular residence & ground sleepers left behind 
  • Glover Interview Update & Dread McCall Death 
  • Phone Contacts with BLM, Dem Socialists, Glover-Krohn progressives and other street groups  
  • St. Francis Soup Kitchen Discrimination Status for Angel & other Alicia allies 
  • Olive and Delaware Street Organizing and Support; 72-Hour Sticker Harassment 
  • August Street Spirit  newspaper coming soon. 
  • Riess Protections for 5150ed S.C. Locals-  Research Still Needed 
  • Assessing contacts with extended stays of those in motels, folks in Benchlands Babysitting. 
  • Blake et.al. v. Grants Pass  Federal Court ruling 
  • Sacramento lawsuit outcome 
  • UCSC Cola4All Protest Monday 

     

    Events:  
  • Wednesday August 5 1-3 PM  Save the Trees in Lot 4 (the “Don’t Bury the Library in a Parking Lot”  Rally at the Farmers Market 
  • Wednesday August 5, 2 PM  Cedar and Lincoln St. Activist Alicia Kuhl Announces Her Campaign for S.C. Shitty Council. 

The HUFF website is back!  Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides shows are being netcast Thursdays 6-8 PM and Sundays 9:30 AM – 3 PM at freakradio.org.  Archives of most recent shows are available anytime at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html   

Volunteer assistance is badly needed. Bring your reports for rebroadcast on the net at Free Radio Santa Cruz (freakradio.org) either to the meeting or call in at 831-423-4833. 

C & A and HUFF meet at Noon Today (11-20) : Rising from the Ashes of the Phoenix Camp

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  11-20-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities.  Add your item; choose your priority.

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Homeless Death(s) & Attack on the Deseire Survival (Phoenix) Camp—Our Response
  • Contact Chain for Action Supporting Next Survival Camp & other Winter Encampments
  • Report on and Response to Crapmaster Condotti’s Latest CACH Proposal for 11-26 Council
  • Updates:  Shelter Funding, Shelter Conditions, Tenant Coalition, Students, Elder, Vehicular
  • Meeting Updates:  Glover’s 11-13 Housing, Women’s Dem Club, SC Union
  • Courts and Jail: Lucero and Others—
  • Upcoming Mayoral Inauguration 11-26  Publicly Confronting Bernal, Mills, Cummings, etc.
  • Older Project Update: Bathroom Closure, Pee Bottle Parade


    For HUFFsters  New Street Spirits and Street Sheets !
  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Finishing the C & A Agenda
  • Polling those outside on Resistance Strategies
  • Campground & Shelter Reports
  • Aftermath of the Camp Crackdown: Appearance of New Camps

Mobilizing Winter Support for the Desiree Memorial Survival Camp NEW TIME FOR Conscience and Action NOON at the Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday November 13th

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Catching Up with the Desiree Demands and the Board of Supervisors’ Give-Aways NEW TIME FOR Conscience and Action NOON at the Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday November 6th

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  11-6-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities. 

  • Planning Actions Re: the Cummings Issue, the O’Hara Narrative, the Winter Shelter Emergency
  • City Council Prep (if any) for 11-12
  • Stina Follow-Up on Peepee Bottles to City Council for November 12th ; Alternative Protests at Bernal, Cummings, Watkins door
  • Union of the Homeless Updates: Sacramento, Yesterday’s Memorial, CACH Meeting

                                    


For HUFFsters  No new Street Spirits or Street Sheets yet.

  • Berkeley Report:
  • Haebe’s Hellraising–Latest Report from Ivorytickler Scott
  • RV Update–Re: Police Response, Vigilante Action, & Reports from Other Cities

More Stalling at City Council in Santa Cruz;; Planning Memorial & Protest Against the City Killing of Deiseiere Quintero– 11 AM Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday October 30th

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  10-30-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities. 

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Lower Ocean Elder/Disabled Evictions; What Happened Yesterday?
  • Louden Nelson Bathroom and Sleep-Out Updates
  • Protest and Council Prep for Sunday November 3, Council Flashmobbing November 5th in the Quintero Killing
  • Following up on the Justin Cummings Outreach on Encampments, Enforcement, Rent, and Bathrooms; Will the Elusive Cummings Respond?
  • Stina Follow-Up on Peepee Bottles to City Council for November 5th ; Alternative Protests at Bernal, Cummings, Watkins door
  • Updates on Shelter Availability & the Winter Shelter Sham
  • Updates on Exposing the O’Hara Narrative; 1220 Reports
  • Union of the Homeless Update–Upcoming Events
                                                                  


For HUFFsters  New Street Spirits and Street Sheets now available. November Issue Available in 2 weeks

  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Finishing the C & A Agend
  • Union of the Homeless Proposals Around Mandatory Incarceration for Shelter or “Obligation to Shelter”
  • Monitoring Campground & Shelter Conditions–Tabling at Coral St.: Another Union Proposal
  • Synchronizing with SC Union of the Homeless Organizing
  • Haebe’s Hellraising–Latest Report from Ivorytickler Scott
  • RV Update–Re: Police Response, Vigilante Action, & Reports from Other Cities

Delay and Denial–Inaction at City Council, Resistance in Berkeley, and the Growing Post Office Encampment– 11 AM Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday October 23rd

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  10-23-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities. 

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Support for Encampments & Sweeps at Louden Nelson & Coral St; Street Reports
  • Following up on the Justin Cummings Outreach on Encampments, Enforcement, Rent, and Bathrooms;
  • Stina Follow-Up on Peepee Bottles to City Council; Alternative Protests at Bernal, Cummings, Watkins door
  • Laura’s Update on Shelter Availability & the Winter Shelter Sham
  • Marcos and Winter Shelter Follow-Up: Exposing the O’Hara Narrative
  • Lower Ocean Elder/Disabled Evictions: Upcoming Special Meeting
  • Union of the Homeless Update–Upcoming Events
  • Updates at River St. Camp, Louden Nelson Bathrooms
                                    


For HUFFsters  New Street Spirits and Street Sheets now available. November Issue Available in 2 weeks

  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Finishing the C & A Agenda
  • Union of the Homeless Proposals Around Mandatory Incarceration for Shelter or “Obligation to Shelter”
  • Monitoring Campground & Shelter Conditions–Tabling at Coral St.: Another Union Proposal
  • Synchronizing with SC Union of the Homeless Organizing
  • Susie O’Hara Documentation
  • RV Update–Re: Police Response, Vigilante Action, & Reports from Other Cities
  • Scheduling Homeless Union Tabling at FNB or on Pacific

Resisting In Place–A Berkeley Response to the Sweeps– 11 AM Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday October 16th

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  10-16-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities. 

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Encampments & Sweeps on Coral St, the Beach, the Levee, the Post Office, and the Pogonip: Street Reports
  • Following up on the Justin Cummings Outreach on Encampments, Enforcement, Rent, and Bathrooms;
  • Stina Follow-Up on Peepee Bottles to City Council; Alternative Protests at Bernal, Cummings, Watkins door
  • Laura’s Update on Shelter Availability & the Winter Shelter Sham
  • Marcos and Winter Shelter Follow-Up: Exposing the O’Hara Narrative
  • Lower Ocean Elder/Disabled Evictions
  • Union of the Homeless Update
  • 1220 River St Followup, Louden Nelson Report                                                                    


For HUFFsters  New Street Spirits and Street Sheets now available.  Sorry for the delay.

  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Finishing the C & A Agenda
  • Library Concerns
  • Union of the Homeless Proposals Around Mandatory Incarceration for Shelter or “Obligation to Shelter”
  • Monitoring Shelter Conditions–Tabling at Coral St.: Another Union Proposal
  • Street and Campground Report 
  • Susie O’Hara Documentation
  • RV Update–Re: Police Response, Vigilante Action, & Reports from Other Cities
  • Scheduling Homeless Union Tabling at FNB or on Pacific
  • Recycling Update

Probing Past the Duck-the-Issue Denunciations at Shitty Council: Conscience & Action at 11 AM Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday October 9th

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  10-9-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities. 

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Reports from the Beach on the Curfew Imposition and Homeless Displacement
  • City Council Lookback from 10-8  & Staff Report Deadline for 10-10: Pressuring Justin Cummings on Encampments, Enforcement, Rent, and Bathrooms;
  • Stina Follow-Up on Peepee Bottles to City Council; Alternative Protests at Bernal, Cummings, Watkins doors
  • Most of Last Glover Agenda Meeting Archived at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Glover%20Agenda%2010-4.mp
  • Laura’s Update on Shelter Availability & the Winter Shelter Sham
  • Marcos and Winter Shelter Follow-Up: Exposing the O’Hara Narrative
  • Lower Ocean Elder/Disabled Evictions
  • Phone a Cop for Service Proposal
  • 1220 River St Followup, Louden Nelson Report                                                                    


For HUFFsters  New Street Spirits and Street Sheets will be available soon.  Sorry for the delay.

  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Further Action on C & A Items
  • Library Concerns
  • Union of the Homeless Proposals Around Mandatory Incarceration for Shelter or “Obligation to Shelter”
  • Monitoring Shelter Conditions–Tabling at Coral St.: Another Union Proposal
  • Street and Campground Report 
  • Susie O’Hara Documentation
  • RV Update–Re: Police Response, Vigilante Action, & Reports from Other Cities
  • Scheduling Homeless Union Tabling at FNB or on Pacific
  • Recycling Update

Winter Shelter Sham & New Protest Prospects: Conscience & Action at 11 AM Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday October 2nd

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  10-2-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities.  Bathrobespierre Robert may be absent for some of the meetings.

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Reports from the Beach on the Curfew Imposition and Homeless Displacement
  • City Council Lookback from 9-24  & Preview of 10-8: Pressuring Justin Cummings on Encampments, Enforcement, Rent, and Bathrooms; Glover’s 10-4 5:30 Meeting at City Hall
  • Last Glover Agenda Meeting Archived at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Drew%20Agenda%209-20.MP3
  • Supporting Martin v. Boise at City Hall Tuesday and on the Streets–Demo at City Attorney’s?  Vice-Mayor Cummings?
  • October 7th The Public Movie at 4 pm at RCNV
  • Laura’s Update on Shelter Availability & the Winter Shelter Sham
  • Phone a Cop for Service Proposal
  • 1220 River St Followup, Louden Nelson Report                                                                    


For HUFFsters  New Street Spirits and Street Sheets will be available soon.

  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Further Action on C & A Items
  • Janus Strike Report & Last Week’s Climate March Update
  • Union of the Homeless Proposals Around Mandatory Incarceration for Shelter or “Obligation to Shelter”
  • Monitoring Shelter Conditions–Tabling at Coral St.: Another Union Proposal
  • Street and Campground Report 
  • Susie O’Hara Documentation
  • RV Update–Re: Police Response, Vigilante Action, & Reports from Other Cities
  • Scheduling Homeless Union Tabling at FNB or on Pacific
  • Recycling Update

Censored Censure Speech at City Council Last Night: HUFF Activists Gather at 11 AM Today at the Sub Rose Cafe

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Who Deserves Censure at City Council?


At the 9-24 City Council meeting, I was initially promised four minutes to give a group presentation on behalf of HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom). Once the Censure item was tabled without public comment, Mayor Watkins cut me back to two minutes on the second related “Rose Investigation Recommendations” item. Here is the full speech she censored.
Watkin’s shutdown of my HUFF presentation was yet another in a long line of arbitrary and capricious actions targeting her critics. She let others speak pro and con on Censure issue during the “Rose Investigation” item, but cut me off from the promised time.

The substance of this speech has continuing relevance beyond the specifics of this Council meeting.

If anyone deserves Censure, it’s the Watkins-Mathews-Myers minority at Council for its lengthy history of improper sabotaging of the Progressive majority’s agenda, which I partially itemize in the speech.

Many speakers called for reconciliation, essentially denying the obvious and unavoidable class split on the Council. I believe that recognizing that division and choosing sides is a precondition to moving forward on a variety of issues that have been successfully blockaded by Watkins and her Council minority.

HUFF will be at the Sub Rosa Cafe next to the Bike Church at 703 Pacific Ave at 11 AM today.   Conscience and Action [C & A] activists and the general public are invited.  C & A co-chairs Steve Pleich and Phil Posner will not be able to make the usual C & A meeting at 11 AM meeting but HUFF activists will be there to support the meeting as usual.

The full speech is available on line at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/25/18826656.php .