{"id":5352,"date":"2022-04-06T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:16:52","slug":"three-new-flyers-from-huff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/three-new-flyers-from-huff\/","title":{"rendered":"Three New Flyers from HUFF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2022\/04\/05\/18848914.php\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testing the Waters for Another Koffee Klatch<\/strong> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Robert Norse (<a href=\"mailto:rnorse3@hotmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com<\/a>)<br><em>Tuesday Apr 5th, 2022 9:45 PM <\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the increased sweeps against those outside in Santa Cruz, HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship &amp; Freedom) is checking out unhoused and sympathizer support for a regular daytime presence at City Council offices to lobby the Council for some fundamental policy changes.The regular gathering would include coffee and munchables as we seek to speak to the unspeakable. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05\/more_final_final_protest_flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05\/more_final_final_protest_flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download PDF<\/a> (640.7KB)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, April 5, HUFF tabled at the Food-Not-Bombs meal downtown to sample opinion for the latest proposed protest lobbying effort to educate and press City Council to end the ongoing homeless sweeps.<br><br>The three flyers describe the reasons for the Koffee Klatch and some of the background which has prompted it.<br><br>Results of the poll will be released in the near future.<br><br><br>An earlier Koffee Klatch raised the issue of the Sleeping Ban back in 2000.<br>See &#8220;Still Waiting for Justice&#8221; at<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-1-still-waiting-for-justice-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-1-still-waiting-for-justice-001.jpg<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-1-still-waiting-for-justice-002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-1-still-waiting-for-justice-002.jpg<\/a> &amp;<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-1-still-waiting-for-justice-003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-1-still-waiting-for-justice-003.jpg<\/a><br><br>A follow-up story: &#8220;Homeless Activists Banned From SC City Hall &#8221; at<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-4-homeless-activists-banned-from-sc-city-hall-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-4-homeless-activists-banned-from-sc-city-hall-001.jpg<\/a> &amp;<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-4-homeless-activists-banned-from-sc-city-hall-002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/2001-4-homeless-activists-banned-from-sc-city-hall-002.jpg<\/a> .<br><br>Final chapter: &#8220;City&#8217;s Suit Dismissed Against The Koffee Klatch 3&#8221; at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/153.City\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/153.City<\/a>&#8216;s%20Suit%20Dismissed%20Against%20The%20Koffee%20Klatch%203=7-2000.pdf &amp;<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/154.Suit%20Dismissed(cont.)=7-2000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/StreetSpiritSantaCruz\/154.Suit%20Dismissed(cont.)=7-2000.pdf<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttp:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Three Flyers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link Up, Speak Out,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stop the Sweeps&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where did the money go?<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have a cup of coffee and a pastry with us at City Hall.<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ask the City Council and Its Staff What the Hell is Going on?<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tell the Deaf-to-Compassion Bureaucrats the Score!&nbsp;<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coming Soon&nbsp;<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Koffee Klatch at City Kouncil&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>What gives?&nbsp; <\/strong>Group Encampments &amp; Single Survival Campers now face \u201cMove to the Benchlands\u201d orders from SCPD &amp; Cal-Trans.&nbsp; Yet the Benchlands is scheduled to be \u201ccleared\u201d this summer, according to the March 3 report to City Council from <strong>City Manager Matt Huffaker .<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Camping Ban Ready to Rampage\u00a0 The new camping ban (the CSSO MC 6.36 law) prohibits putting up a tent or laying down a sleeping bag during the night if there is either \u201can overnight sanctioned sleeping location or available 24\/7 sanctioned sheltering location\u201d for 150 people.\u00a0 \u00a0The OVO [Oversized Vehicle Ordinance] threatens those in RVs and cars.\u00a0<\/li><li>The new Ban requires carrying your possessions and bedding with you through the day if and when limited storage facilities are \u201cavailable\u201d if you can\u2019t or won\u2019t use their facilities. \u00a0<\/li><li>New Camping Ban Being Enforced The 3-3 City Manager\u2019s Homeless Quarterly Update &amp; Encampment Management prepared by Homeless Response Manager <strong>Larry Imwalle<\/strong> states \u201cUntil additional programs are operational, the encampment at the Benchlands in San Lorenzo Park continues to serve as an alternate location for individuals as the CSSO is enforced in other areas of the City, such as recently closed areas at Lot\u00a0 27 (northeast corner of Laurel and Front Streets) and behind the Santa Cruz Memorial cemetery.\u00a0 Benchlands\u2026[will be] closed in Summer 2022. \u201d\u00a0 [City Council Agenda 3-8]\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>City Authorities are happily violating the <em>Martin v. <\/em>Boise court decision <\/strong>which supposedly protects those outside, given Santa Cruz\u2019 failure to establish shelter, campground, and storage facilities.\u00a0 The woefully underfunded and crowded Benchlands has longstanding health and safety problems that the City has ignored.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Illegal sweeps have been standard policy <\/strong>as hundreds were driven from the Pogonip, the encampment along Coral St., the \u201cHousing Matters\u201d corner along Hiway 1, the Hells Trail, Camp Paradise, the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Hells Trail Sweep, the Levee Sweeps, and recent the Branciforte Creek sweep. Huffaker\u2019s expanded emergency powers are a special threat.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Camping Ban Enforcement Without the Camping Ban <\/strong>City anti-homeless authorities have long used other laws than the Camping Ban to harass, threaten, and displace those surviving outside such as \u201cblocking the sidewalk\u201d, \u201cclosed area\u201d, \u201cpublic nuisance\u201d, (spurious) \u201cfire danger\u201d, &amp; other pretexts. Bucks for bullying instead of for real services is the true crime.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Community and SC Union Support<\/strong> stopped the San Lorenzo Park clearing in the Winter of 2020.\u00a0 Resistance works if folks organize, do outreach, and educate the community and the neighborhoods. It takes housed and homeless in community to beat back the bureaucrats.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Legal and activist action<\/strong> established and fed the Benchlands encampment with little support from the City other than insufficient portapotties, closed bathrooms, fenced off areas, threats to those seeking to escape the winter flooding, one water faucet, and phone charger.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>City Council and City Staff <\/strong>are betraying even those in the community who want the homeless gone.\u00a0 The Benchlands was never presented to the community for discussion and input.\u00a0 There has been no clear accounting of where funding for those outside has actually gone.\u00a0\u00a0 Endless promises by former assistant City Manager <strong>Susie O\u2019Hara<\/strong>, former City Manager Martin Bernal, and the current crew of <strong>Lee Butler, Matt Huffaker<\/strong> and <strong>Larry Imwalde<\/strong> have been outrageously optimistic in their claims and inaccessible on the details.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Real services that might deescalate or assist<\/strong> folks with disabilities, mental crises, drug recovery are woefully underfunded.\u00a0 Policing services get extra funding. \u00a0<\/li><li><strong>The City should not be cooperating<\/strong> with the new \u201cNormal\u201d which requires those outside to be grouped under \u201cmentally ill\u201d, \u201cdrug abuser\u201d, or \u201cservice-resistant\u201d labels to receive basic aid.\u00a0 Gov. Newsom\u2019s latest \u201cobligation to accept shelter\u2019 and \u201cforced treatment\u201d proposals are an ominous direction that needs to be fought.\u00a0 Inclusion, not coercion! \u00a0<\/li><li><strong><em>HUFF<\/em><\/strong><strong> opposes City laws (CSSO and OVO<\/strong>) that punish those outside for being homeless.<strong>\u00a0We oppose compulsory treatment<\/strong> and feel <strong>existing laws, properly enforced, are adequate<\/strong> to deal with real health and safety concerns. \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Come Demand Real Answers<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Huddle at City Hall Until They Provide Them !<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time and Date to be announced.<\/strong><br><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Flyer by Norse of HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship &amp; Freedom) 423-4833 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.huffsantacruz.org<\/a> 309 Cedar PMB #14B\u00a0 Santa Cruz 4-2-22<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Koffee Klatch at City Hall ?<br><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Poll for Your Opinion&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get-together<\/strong> at City Hall (perhaps daily\u2014if enough people are interested) during business hours. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps <strong>walk there<\/strong> from <em>Food Not Bombs<\/em> through downtown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Try to talk with City Council members<\/strong> and\/or Staff about problems outside and grievances.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sip coffee<\/strong> while we\u2019re waiting.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Share concerns with media<\/strong>\u2014if any show up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hang out<\/strong> until those in power start to notice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keep coming back<\/strong>\u2014the problems aren\u2019t going away.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confront those responsible <\/strong>for the recent sweeps, misuse of money, and other abuses against the poor outside. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tell the real facts<\/strong> to them, the media, and the community from the people being pushed around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flyer by <strong>HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship &amp; Freedom) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.huffsantacruz.org<\/a> 309 Cedar PMB #14 B S.C 4-5-22<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Koffee Klatch <\/em><\/strong><strong>POLL<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>City Manager Huffaker<\/strong> signed a March 3 staff report to the City Council stating the new <strong>Camping Ban was now \u201cenforceable\u201d<\/strong> because the Benchlands was adequate shelter in spite of the <em>Martin v. Boise <\/em>[no tickets without shelter for all] decision.&nbsp; <strong>Police and city workers<\/strong> under his direction have been <strong>sweeping other large encampments<\/strong>, dispersing them and directing them to the Benchlands under theat.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Huffaker\u2019s Quarterly Update also announces the <strong>Benchlands will be \u201ccleared\u201d this summer<\/strong>.&nbsp; Sources close to Benchland management confirm this deadline.&nbsp; Benchland residents report being told the eviction deadline is imminent.&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>All this with no place to go.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><li><em>HUFF<\/em> (<em>Homeless United for Friendship &amp; Freedom<\/em>) proposes <strong>regular coffee at City Hall during business hours <\/strong>to wait to speak to individual City Council members and Mayor regarding the problems of living outside.&nbsp;<br><br>Please give your reaction to these demands.&nbsp; <em>On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the most disagreement, and 5 being the most agreement.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li>an <strong>accounting for the millions<\/strong> supposedly spent for \u201cthe homeless\u201d over the last few years; _____&nbsp;<\/li><li>(b) <strong>give the unhoused a voice<\/strong> on how to spend the millions;_____&nbsp;<\/li><li>(c) <strong>end the sweeps <\/strong>of ground sleepers, encampments, and car folks _____&nbsp;<\/li><li>(d) <strong>more services in the Benchlands<\/strong> other encampments; ____&nbsp;<\/li><li>(e) <strong>results of the housing \u201csuccesses\u201d<\/strong> of the last few years have been; _____&nbsp;<\/li><li>(f) immediately <strong>move funding from the SCPD<\/strong> to real support services._____&nbsp;<\/li><li>(g) redress property loss and police abuses _____&nbsp;<\/li><li>(h) [your suggestions]:___________________________________________ &nbsp;<br><br>_____________________________________________________________&nbsp;<br><br>_____________________________________________________________&nbsp;<br><br>_____________________________________________________________&nbsp;<br><br>Flyer by <strong>HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship &amp; Freedom) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.huffsantacruz.org<\/a> 309 Cedar PMB #14 B S.C 4-5-22<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testing the Waters for Another Koffee Klatch &nbsp; by Robert Norse (rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com)Tuesday Apr 5th, 2022 9:45 PM &nbsp; With the increased sweeps against those outside in Santa Cruz, HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship &amp; Freedom) is checking out &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/three-new-flyers-from-huff\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[155],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5353,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352\/revisions\/5353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}