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Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (11-24-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: More from Phoenix Camp

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REWARD STILL WAITING!     HELP BUILD REAL COMMUNITY RADIO ! Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $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).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html   
ARCH​IVES OF INTEREST at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  including

  • City Attorney [Crapmaster Condotti] at the CACH-11/19/19
  • Councilmember Drew Glover on Homelessness-11/20/19
  • Latest Show – 11/21/2019 Thursday, November 21st 2019 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides
  • Latest Show – 11/24/2019 Sunday, November 24th 2019 – Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides



ON THE SHOW

  • Part 2 of “Camping Ban Crafter” Condotti at the CACH ( Mayor Watkin’s Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness)
  • Rumbles and Roars from the Red Church Roustabouts and Laurel St. Shelter Refugees (Lee,”King of Nothing”, Sheree, Odd ball, Noh, Crier in the Coffee Roasting Co, Bonnie the Street Typist
  • Tips and Taunts from Badboy Brent Adams
  • Catching Up with Katzenjammer Keith McHenry in El Salvador
  • Diva the street singer rousted from in front of The Starving Musician, Joseph Earl Taylor 3’s Check-In
    • Feds Ban Marijuana Treatment for Opiate Addiction; State Raises Higher Prohibitive Taxes on “Legal” Marijuana
  • Camp Phoenix (the Deseire Quintero Memorial Survival Camp) Memories of Days 3 & 4 (11/12 & 11/13): Alicia, Tania, Jerry Lucas, Lucero Luna, Brandy, Katryn, Robert Woodleaf, Gen-I, Diana, Leshana Allen
  • Tales of Tiresome Terror from Backwoods Brandy & Robert once of the Hero’s Camp (the earlier Ross encampment)
  • 11/13Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Meeting at the Phoenix Camp
  • Halloween Interviews with Grandma, Mom, and Daughter on the Deseire death; Memories from Gaylie & Jessie
  • Paul–110 Days Awaiting Trial in Lock-Up
  • Snippets from Cries to City Council 11-12
  • Andrea Calls in from Jail
  • 10-27 Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Earlier Street Meet
  • The Opening of Councilmember Glover’s 11-20 “What Do We Do About Homelessness?” Forum
  • Lots, lots more….


DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE ON NOVEMBER 15TH

Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly
Call Out the City Hall Criminals in Public & at 11-26 Council Meeting:  Outgoing Mayor Martine Watkins,

Incoming Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager Martin Bernal, Police Chief Andy Mills, City Attorney Tony Condotti & Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara & Megan Bunch for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction,  Subsequent Deaths, & the Friday Nov 15th Demolition of Camp Phoenix (the renewed Deseire Memorial Survival Encampment in back of Ross) with a campaign of lies to the community regarding “adequate shelter options”. Remember Deseire Quintero–Killed by City Indifference, Negligence, and Malice in Closing the First Ross Camp Without Any Adequate Shelter! 

Support Survival Campgrounds, Empty Building Takeovers This Winter Wherever They Happen. Demand opening up buildings for Winter Shelter as well as an end to harassment citation of folks surviving outside under “trespass on public property”, “closed area”, “public nuisance” and “blocking the sidewalk” pretexts; Oppose a new anti-homeless Camping Ban coming to City Council Tuesday November 26th 7 PM. 
Demand City Manager “Mangler” Martin Bernal and SCPD Police Chief  “Ambushmaster” Andy Mills account for their destruction of Camp Phoenix ignoring City Council’s required Standard Operating Procedures for closing encampments.  Bernal and Mills oversaw the Unauthorized Shutdown of Camp Phoenix, the Quintero Memorial Survival Campground Supported by the Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless on November 10th, Swept Away by Police on November 15th without warning, notice, or adequate shelter.  Subsequently Bonny Hill, an elderly woman, was found dead the morning of November 17th. 
Sign up at the SC Union of the Homeless Table at the Food Not Bombs meals to find more direct and effective ways to support the next homeless-run encampment.  Contact the Union at 831-431-7766.  Union meets 5 PM Sundays at Front & Water St.  Phone: 431-7766


Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action by contacting the SC Union, HUFF,  Conscience & Action, or the Give-A-Shit Campaign Provide Direct Support to Survival Camps & Squats as City Council Ignores the Winter Shelter Emergency; Skip the Poverty Pimp Entrepreneurs
Post Your Documentation of Police and Ranger “Move Along” Mischief or Pass it on to Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766 

Donate to Existing Homeless Encampments, NOT Poverty-Pimp Posturers– Survival Demands Blankets, Water, Tarps, Portapotties & Trash Pick-Up’s–and Deter Police Harassment by being On Call to Document It.
Additional Needs for Community Samaritans!–More Needs: Potable Water for Drinking and Grey Water for Washing, Laundry Access so Clothes Don’t Mildew, a Drainage System Against the Rains, More Space in Additional Spots, Monitor and Expose Cop Crackdowns Support Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s Day/Night Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action,Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.  

Check out The Santa Cruz Community, Santa Cruz Homeless Advocates & Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, SNAIL, HEART Disabled Homeless People,  Power Surge Tenants Rights, Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance, and moreon Facebook..then go out and do something!


  Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/   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 Thursdays 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .  Call in with street reports and commentary: 831-423-4833.   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

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

Two Flyers Covering the City’s Destruction of the Phoenix Encampment (the 2nd Ross Camp)

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Activists are discussing a housed and street response to the City’s abrupt shutdown of the Deseire Memorial Survival Campground on Friday. 

For a different perspective than mainstream media, go to Two Views of the City’s Ambush of the Phoenix (Deseire Memorial Survival) Camp Behind Ross at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/16/18828162.php .

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (11-17-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: Phoenix Camp–the Rise and Its Repression behind Ross, Cooper’s Sidewalk Support Group, & More Stuff Too (!)

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STILL NO STUDIO WITH THE REWARD AWAITING…
CASH IN SO YOU CAN PHONE IN !  HELP BUILD REAL COMMUNITY RADIO ! Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $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).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!
Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html   
ARCHIVES OF INTEREST at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html 

ON THE SHOW

  • Interviews aplenty from the Sunday November 10th birth of the Desiree Memorial Survival (Phoenix) Camp
  • …to the Friday crushing of a Community in an illegal and unconstitutional betrayal of 70-100 people
  • Singer and activist Cooper talks about her Louden Nelson-adjacent community on the Washington St. sidewalk
  • Reports of Rage and Sorrow from folks driven into parks, sidewalks, greenbelt, and doorfronts.


DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE ON NOVEMBER 15TH

  • Historical Reminders:  The Watkins Minority Liberalizing Measures and Sets the Stage for the Unconstitutional Destruction of the first Ross Camp: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=MINUTES
  • The City’s Own Standard Operating Procedures Ignored and Violated: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=AGENDA  (See documents attached to Item 15.4)
  • Chief Mills’s reassurance that Camp Phoenix (the SC Union-managed Camp at Ross) could not be removed without due process:  https://chiefmills.com/2019/11/14/homeless-in-santa-cruz-ross-camp-2-0/     (paragraphs 3 & 4)
  • Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly
  • Call Out the City Hall Criminals:  Outgoing Mayor Martine Watkins, Incoming Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager Martin Bernal, Police Chief Andy Mills, City Attorney Tony Condotti and His Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara & Megan Bunch for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction,  Subsequent Deaths, and the Friday November 15th Demolition of Camp Phoenix (the renewed Desiree Memorial Survival Encampment in back of Ross) with a campaign of lies to the community regarding “adequate shelter options”. Sign up at the SC Union of the Homeless Table at the Food Not Bombs meals to find more direct and effective ways to support the next homeless-run encampment.  Contact the Union at 831-431-7766.
  • Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action by contacting the SC Union, HUFF,  Conscience & Action, or the Give-A-Shit Campaign Provide Direct Support to Survival Camps & Squats as City Council Ignores the Winter Shelter Emergency; Skip the Poverty Pimp Entrepreneurs
  • Post Your Documentation of Police and Ranger “Move Along” Mischief or Pass it on to Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766  Check out the 5 PM Union of the Homeless meeting at the Food Not Bombs Event in front of the Main Post Office Every Sunday.
  • Donate to Existing Homeless Encampments, NOT Poverty-Pimp Posturers– Survival Demands Blankets, Water, Tarps, Portapotties & Trash Pick-Up’s–and Deter Police Harassment by being On Call to Document It.
  • Additional Needs for Community Samaritans!–More Needs: Potable Water for Drinking and Grey Water for Washing, Laundry Access so Clothes Don’t Mildew, a Drainage System Against the Rains, More Space in Additional Spots, Monitor and Expose Cop Crackdowns Support Food Not Bombs,  the Warming Center’s Day/Night Storage Program, HUFF, Conscience and Action,Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless documenting, providing resources, & publicizing the situation.  Check out The Santa Cruz Community, Santa Cruz Homeless Advocates & Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, SNAIL, HEART Disabled Homeless People,  Power Surge Tenants Rights, Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance, and more on Facebook..then go out and do something!
  •   Read Updates and Post Them on Santa Cruz Indymedia at https://www.indybay.org/santa-cruz/   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 Thursdays 6-8 PM, Sundays 9:30 AM- 3 PM   Hear archived shows at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html .  Call in with street reports and commentary: 831-423-4833.   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

Another Terrible Tuesday Afternoon at City Council–Holding Vice-Mayor Cummings Accountable

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A long line of speakers urged faster action to protect Section 8 tenants in the last months of the year at Tuesday’s Special City Council meeting. I summarized in accusatory terms Vice-Mayor Cummings record in siding with the reactionary Watkins majority on tenant and homeless issues. Brown supported a Mathews weakening of the Just Eviction protection emergency measure, and the Council caved.

Tenants:  Hold Vice-Mayor Cummings Accountable

         Tenants need protection.  Whose vote blocked just eviction protections last January?  Justin Cummings [J.C.].   Who deserted the Progressive majority this special tenant protection session necessary and too late for those already evicted ?   J.C.    

Protecting tenants saves them from homelessness.   In April Ross Camp activists were driven away without adequate shelter as landlords are now threatening to do and doing.  The elderly, the disabled, the vulnerable.    Who promised “no evictions from Ross without adequate shelter?  Then obediently followed the false narrative of City Manager Bernal and his homeless-betraying assistant Susie O’Hara ?  J.C.   Whose key vote delayed any meaningful data on landlord costs, evictions, and rents?  J.C.   

Who scorned the pleas of the Clear View Court residents fighting corporate developer greed last meeting?   J.C.    Who won’t meet with activists on the tenant and homeless emergency?   J.C.  Who won’t hold regular office hours or answer e-mails?   J.C.   Will other tenants be driven out?  Deep into the Pogonip made dangerous with high winds?   Ask Justin Cummings.  His vote withholds protection.   

Desieire Quintero was a former tenant.  She took shelter at Ross Camp.  Bernal & O’Hara threw her out with no shelter.  She fought back in court.  Discredited City Attorney Reid Gallogly countered with lies. Two days ago, a falling tree in the Pogonip killed her as she slept.  Who drove her there?  J.C.   How many other displaced tenants will we lose from the community?   Whose name should we etch on that fatal tree?   If any vote and voice was key, it was J.C.  

Can tenants expect any real protections from the Watkins-Commings Council?   Ask the question, but your words must somehow pierce the deadly silence…of Justin Cummings..


TO DOWNLOAD AND/OR COMMENT, go to  https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827718.php

           MORE ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DESIERE QUINTERO, go to https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/28/18827673.php (After Fighting to Keep Ross Camp Open, Homeless Woman Killed When Tree Strikes Campsite)                                                                                 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827710.php#18827712 ( Alicia Kuhl’s Statement on the Death of Desieire)


           FOR A REVIEW OF HER STRUGGLE TO SAVE THE ROSS CAMP AND PREVENT THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED TO HER AND FACES HUNDREDS OF OTHERS:  go to https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/23/18822934.php

(Federal Judge Orders City of Santa Cruz to Halt Closure of Ross Camp )

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (10-17-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Andrea on the “Where Can We Go?” Encampments in Berkeley

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NO STUDIO YET SO THE $300 REWARD REMAINS UNCLAIMED ! 

WE GOT $300 FOR YA IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A REVITALIZED LOCAL PIRATE RADIO!

 

We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity.–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   


Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  



TONIGHT’S SHOW INCLUDES:
  • ​“All In” Alicia Kuhl drops a dime on recent on-line “light her up” threats to her family.
  • Andrea, “Where Can We Go?” Berkeley encampment supporter reports on standing firm under CHP and Cal-Trans Cop Harassment
  • Gen-I on a fistful of parking citations; The first Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Street Meeting on October 6th; Dwight’s “Move Along But We’re Not Being Racist” Report on the SC Police; Alicia on her DIY Safe Parking Zone Program on Olive next to Mission near CVS; Tabbylover Tim on a purrfect presidential prospect; Elijah on parking ticket pain for vehicledwellers.

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

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides radio show streams today (10-13-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: Berkeley’s I-80 Encampment Stands Fast, Councilmember Drew Glover Parries Bathrobespierre Robert, Lower Ocean Tenants, & a 7-9-2015 Flashback !

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Free Radio Santa Cruz stands ready to dole out $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).  We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   Help us so we can help you!

 

Today’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

 
To hear Councilmember Glover’s examination of the 10-8 Council agenda, go to http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html
and look for Drew Agenda Meeting- 10/5/2019.
 
Due to power failure, there was no Thursday 10/10/2019 show.
 
To read the complete (undelivered) speech deconstructing the powerful Watkins minority at City Council, go to “Pushing Past the Censure/Recall Distraction at City Council” at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/09/18827159.php

 
Current Events on the Show
  •    “Aim for the Belly” Alicia Kuhl,, Prez, Stands Fast Under Police and Costco Harassment
  •  Mayor “Whittle Down the Time” Watkins Second Attack on Glover and Krohn at City Council 10-8-19
  •  Tenant advocates call for Rent Freeze in Lower Ocean; Krohn deserts Glover in the Crucial Motion
  •  Lower Ocean Eviction Victims Ronald and Laurel Describe Upcoming 123 Bixby Street Landlord Cruelty
  •  Tenant Toughtimes Trooper Cynthia Berger on the Limits of the State Rent Law and Santa Cruz’s Rental Inspection Ordinance
  •  Shawna and William of the “Where Do We Go?” Berkeley Encampment Recalls a Day of Standing off the CHP and Cal-Trans Cops
  •  Councilmember Drew Glover Reviews Eight Months of Stall Under Interrogation from Bathrobespierre Robert
  •  Voices of the Victims at Food Not Bombs:  Harm Reduction Volunteer Report, Fastlane Free, Katzenjammer Keith,
  •  Wes, Virgil, Mike, Dread,Betsy, & Cherie–Salinas Sherwood Park Shit Survivors
 
 
Flashing Back to July 9, 2015
  • Guest co-host Ivy Rou, Street Vendor on Pacific Avenue
  • Ivy on Eviction Devastation in Santa Cruz–True Stories
  • Wellwisher Jim Weller at the First Sleep-Out of the Two Year Freedom Sleeper Protest
  • Home-on-Wheels Visitor Describes Police Treatment Here
  • Find-A-Place Phil Posner Kicks off the Weekly Freedom Sleeper Event;
  • Silver-Tongued Steve Pleich, Act Now! Abbi Samuels Suggests Sleeping Spots, the Vote
  • Backtalking Bob Lamonica Challenges Ivy; Phone Allies Include Uncle Dennis, Smoothie Steve, Doc Mike & Others
  • The show is also archived at http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb061319.mp3

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (9-19-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: “Act Don’t Agonize” Alicia Kuhl, Strident Steve Conover, “Catch Me If You Can:” Cooper, & More

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YOU GOT A TIP ABOUT A STUDIO SITE? 
WE GOT $300 FOR YA.  
YOU FIND US A TRANSMITTER TREE.  
HUGS & KISSES

$300 REWARD for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ Free Radio Santa Cruz studio space.  

We need access to a bathroom, internet, and electricity.–either indoors or out (we’ll build a structure if necessary). 

We’re also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna–a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree–help us spread the word.   


Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  
  • Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Activist Alicia Kuhl on the Ross Camp Lawsuit & Continuing Conditions at 1220 River St. Campground
  • Driving Homeless People Off the Beaches Into Nowhereland–Cooper’s Report
  • More…if you’re listening