{"id":2108,"date":"2015-10-04T01:47:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T01:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2015-10-04T01:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T01:47:41","slug":"fighting-the-sleeping-ban-in-the-past-present-and-future-in-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/fighting-the-sleeping-ban-in-the-past-present-and-future-in-santa-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting the Sleeping Ban–in the past, present, and future–in Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NOTE BY NORSE:\u00a0 Tomorrow<\/span><\/span> Free Radio Santa Cruz will be broadcasting at 101.3 (and streaming at freakradio.org<\/a>) an older debate between former Mayor Mike Rotkin and attorney\/activist Ed Frey on the Sleeping Ban (MC 6.36.010a)–the law that makes it illegal to sleep on all public and most private property between 11 PM and 8:30 AM<\/span><\/span>. \u00a0 Ed Frey (with the assistance of HUFF) initiated PeaceCamp2010 on July 4, 2010, five years ago to the day when the Freedom Sleepers began their weekly protests at City Hall.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you missed the broadcast\/stream (or it didn’t get broadcast for some reason–we still don’t have a studio), go to http:\/\/radiolibre.org\/brb\/brb100711.mp3<\/a> and spin ahead 2 hours and 36 minutes into the audio file.<\/p>\n

PC 2010 was the 3 month long struggle 5 years ago that successfully created the MC 6.36.055 “nullification” provision of the Camping Ordinance.\u00a0\u00a0 This provision supposedly requires dismissal of all MC 6.36 (camping) tickets if a person is on the waiting list of Homeless (Lack of) Services Center’s Paul Lee Loft and\/or that of the Encompass River St. Shelter,.\u00a0 There is no more waiting list at Paul Lee.\u00a0 However River St.’s list can be accessed 24-hours a day at 459-6644, though much of the time it’s an answering machine. However, at least yesterday when one Freedom Sleeper called in to put his name on the Waiting List (so as to get tickets dismissed short of court by the City Attorney), he received a call back confirming he was on the list.\u00a0 So encourage homeless friends to call up and get on the list.<\/p>\n

So far mostly MC 13.04.011 (being on the City Hall grounds after 10 PM<\/span><\/span>) have been given out to those daring to exercise their right of peaceful petition and protest there at night.\u00a0 The strategy being used by many Freedom Sleepers is to be on the sidewalks with bags laid out after 10 PM<\/span><\/span>–where for the last month they’ve faced bright klieg lights powered by noisy diesel engines, and–one one occasion–rousting by police “for sidewalk cleaning”.\u00a0 However we’ve generally found no actual camping tickets issued there on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> night, so Freedom Sleepers has decided to declare the area a provisional Safe Sleeping Zone–especially during the day.\u00a0 It is generally legal to sleep on public property–particularly parks and City Hall grounds–during the day (8:30 AM to 11 PM<\/span><\/span>), though abusive First Alarm Security guards, paid by the City, are rousting people there [See “Waking the Freedom Sleepers<\/b>” at https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2015\/09\/29\/18778249.php<\/a>\u00a0 for photos of the 11th SleepOut on 9-22, and “Activists hold ground at city hall for 11th week in a row<\/strong>” at https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2015\/09\/25\/18778071.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Brent Adams has posted a brief video of pre-protest harassment right before Freedom SleepOut #12 on 9-29\u00a0 at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/CFABSC2\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Pleich has posted a photo or three of SleepOut #12 at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1070457139655620&set=pcb.923845250986785&type=3&theater<\/a> .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sleep Out #13 is coming up–as noted by the generic but dutiful calendar posting at https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2015\/09\/27\/18778171.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title:<\/b><\/td>\nFreedom Sleepers 13th Community Sleepout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
START DATE:<\/b><\/td>\nTuesday October 06<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TIME:<\/b><\/td>\n5:00 PM – 5:00 AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location Details:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Santa Cruz City Hall
\n809 Center Street
\nSanta Cruz, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event Type:<\/b><\/td>\nOther<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact Name<\/b><\/td>\nSteve Pleich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Email Address<\/b><\/td>\nspleich [at] gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phone Number<\/b><\/td>\n831-466-6078<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Address<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucky Thirteen!<\/p>\n

Join us for our 13th Community Sleepout!<\/p>\n

To protest the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness and to work toward the repeal of the camping and sleeping bans!<\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 6, 2015<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5:00pm<\/span><\/span> – Sleepout begins
\n6:00pm<\/span><\/span> – General Assembly
\n9:00pm<\/span><\/span> – snacks & sandwiches
\n10:00pm<\/span><\/span> – set up camp and sleep
\n7:30am<\/span><\/span> – breakfast<\/p>\n

REASONS FOR THE SLEEP-OUT<\/p>\n

Authorities continue to harass and cite members of the Santa Cruz unhoused community with citations.<\/p>\n

This is happening even though there is no emergency walk-in shelter for the city’s 1500-2000 homeless; waiting lists are full and generally seem to require a “path to housing”, social worker, and\/or disability check.<\/p>\n

GUIDELINES AND GRUB<\/p>\n

There will also be a set of proposed guidelines issued at the 6 PM<\/span><\/span> General Assembly Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, suggesting a “quiet for sleepers” and clean-up policy.<\/p>\n

For articles about past sleepouts and the Freedom Sleepers go to freedomsleepers.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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