{"id":6819,"date":"2026-01-15T03:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=6819"},"modified":"2026-01-15T03:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:29:22","slug":"huff-meets-to-catch-its-breath-and-the-latest-news-130-330-pm-thursday-january-8-2026-at-the-sub-rosa-cafe-703-pacific-next-to-the-bike-church-may-end-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/huff-meets-to-catch-its-breath-and-the-latest-news-130-330-pm-thursday-january-8-2026-at-the-sub-rosa-cafe-703-pacific-next-to-the-bike-church-may-end-early\/","title":{"rendered":"HUFF meets to catch its breath and the latest news 1:30 – 3:30 PM Thursday January 8, 2026 at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific next to the Bike Church…may end early"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HUFF <\/a>IN BRIEF 1-8-25\u00a0\u00a0 Clarification and Additions\u2026Proposed Actions?….Street Reports\u2026Shelter Reports\u2026 HUFF meeting schedule\u202610th\u00a0Homeless Union Anniversary in Salinas Sat Jan 17\u2026Winter Crisis:\u00a0 No Winter Drop-In Shelter in Rain\/Warming Center: Strategies\u2026Hometown Homeless<\/em>; Rest-Resistance & Other Reading\u2026.Thomas\u2019s Tips\u2026Shitty Council meeting 1-23\u2026Updates on MHCAN; Stupes\u2019 RV Tow Bill; Funding Matters March Closure\u2026216 Posting at Armory bus pick-ups; collating citations \u2026Jail, Courts reports…Legislative Updates\u2026. Next HUFF meeting 1-22-26\u2026Keith Update\u2026DIY New Years Eve\u2026Sunny but chilly weather with NO rain predicted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FREE EVENTS <\/u>\u00a0(for demonstrating, leafleting<\/em>, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday Jan 8 \u00a05-6 PM\u00a0 Food Not Bombs <\/em>meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room, end of N. Pacific Ave.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday Jan 9:15 PM \u2013 7;15 PM\u00a0Free Food Church East Zayante Rd. and Sylvan Way in Zayante near the school bus stop\u2014”rain or shine\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Jan 10\u00a0 11 AM- 12:30 \u00a0PM Protest\u00a0Israel with American Bombs bombing in the Phony Ceasefire+ U.S. occupation troops for Trump\u2019s Israeli Expansion Plan– Ocean & Water End the War \u00a0Weekly\u00a0Signs and Shouts\u00a0 Palestine Justice Coalition\u00a0Perhaps anti-Venezuela, anti-ICE protest (DIY)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Jan 10 and Sunday Jan 11 \u00a0noon-3 PM FNB <\/em>gathering & meal Town Clock; NEW Street Spirits & Street Sheets available; leave off or pick up forms to record shelter and police abuse from Drew\u2019s rep; Bulletin Board for posting notices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Jan 11\u00a0 10-12 PM\u00a0\u00a0People\u2019s Aide : Solidarity & Services for those outside at Green Gate Gulf Club Drive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Jan 11 \u00a02 PM\u00a0 \u201cRest is Resistance\u201d\u00a0street huddle & book reading at the dinosaur statue or at Jamba Juice across from the Post Office downtown.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday Jan 12 4:30 PM \u2013 5:30 PM\u00a0\u00a0Another \u201cIndivisible\u201d Civil Right\u00a0\u00a0Protest Against the Trump Regime\u00a0(but add Newsom, Keeley, Kramer & the Deadly Dems<\/u>) Ocean & Water Sts.\u00a0Make allies of the Dismal Democrats in the Homeless Civil Rights Struggle if you can\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday Jan 17\u00a0 8 AM \u2013 5 PM\u00a0 10th\u00a0Anniversary National Homeless Union in Salinas 1 Main St.\u00a0 Likely caravan to be arranged at 1-8 HUFF meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tasks to Volunteer for\u00a0+ Possible Individual action : <\/u>Call or Text 831-423-4833 if interested in any of these projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POLLING FOR ARMORY CONDITIONS:\u00a0 Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0TABLING AT CORAL ST. to gather reports of property taken or lost in police raids; conditions at Funding Matters (aka Housing Matters)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0ARMORY COMPLAINTS:\u00a0 Call (408) 761-9930 as well as<\/a>\u00a0evan@peoplefirstscc.org<\/a>\u00a0 or\u00a0 peoplefirstscc.org<\/a> as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter access line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699;\u00a0LET US KNOW at 216-8239 or 423-4833 \u00a0if you\u2019ve sent one and if you\u2019ve gotten satisfaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 NEW STREET INFO for Tips & Lifelessons\u00a0to buff up Thomas\u2019s Tipzine?\u00a0 Real resources for surviving on the street\u2026Correcting false shelter\/storage \u2018services\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 COLLECTING\/COLLATING TICKETS: Past homeless citation record of the last year to spot Selective Ticketing for Homeless \u201cCrime\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE ANTICS: \u00a0state, local, and federal: the closing federal\/state\/local fist.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 EXERTING PRESSURE to establish or organize Winter Shelter\/Services\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 SOLIDARITY IN STRUGGLE with anti-ICE, anti-genocide, anti-War, anti-gentrification, pro-tenant, anti-discrimination local protests \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 FOLLOWING Court cases and\u00a0 supporting those held in 5150s\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++ \u00a0 MHCAN reopening support? Ditto with other do-it-yourself or street level services like the Downtown Street Team, a Switchboard, etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0 \u00a0PREPARATION\/PARTICIPATION in large protests as on Martin Luther King Day (Jan 19)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New-ish Stories<\/a>\u00a0(To Be Updated)\u00a0 (TBA)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/lookout.co\/city-county-of-santa-cruz-formally-begins-process-to-replace-housing-matters-day-services\/story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/thestreetspirit.org\/2025\/11\/04\/ninth-circuit-upholds-alfred-v-vallejo-decision-setting-legal-precedent\/<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Standbyes<\/u>\u00a0New Street Spirits and Street Sheets to sell or read available at HUFF or at the FNB meal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a>Street Spirit<\/a><\/em>\u00a0archives on line:<\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&sort=-date<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++ \u00a0\u00a0 Recent stories on a variety of unhoused issues: \u00a0 https:\/\/invisiblepeople.tv\/<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overview: https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/resource\/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

++++\u00a0 \u00a0 Wes White’s Video Work:\u00a0Go to You-Tube then Check out “John Doe13K”<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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