{"id":906,"date":"2013-04-18T07:21:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T07:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=906"},"modified":"2013-04-19T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T07:22:18","slug":"state-wide-coalition-converges-on-the-capitol-422-and-423-for-homeless-bill-of-rights-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/state-wide-coalition-converges-on-the-capitol-422-and-423-for-homeless-bill-of-rights-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"State-wide Coalition Converges on the Capitol 4\/22 and 4\/23 for Homeless Bill of Rights hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NOTE BY NORSE:\u00a0 Santa Cruz really needs some constitutional counteraction against its own Downtown Ordinances.\u00a0 For a toxic selection of these nasty ordinances see “Deadly Downtown Ordinances–Updated” at http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2010\/08\/29\/18657087.php<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n

As homeless people are increasingly caught up in a bogus “Public Security” crackdown involving private security thugs harassing the homeless around city hall, the library, the levee, and in the Pogonip, documenting these abuses with video and audio–and posting the accounts<\/em> becomes increasingly important.\u00a0 A good place to post is www.indybay.org\/santacruz<\/a> .\u00a0 Plus you-tube, of course.<\/p>\n

A reminder to HUFF members and other interested folks that Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs<\/strong><\/em>, will be returning to Santa Cruz on Saturday to give a workshop\/forum on the California Homeless Bill of Rights, creating a Homes Not Jails locally,\u00a0 and other activist civil rights issues impacting those outside.\u00a0 See http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/uploads\/2013\/04\/15\/arm_the_homeless.pdf<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a> .<\/p>\n

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:59:35 -0700
\nFrom: shoc_1@yahoo.com<\/a>
\nSubject: State-wide Coalition Converges on the Capitol 4\/22 and 4\/23 for Homeless Bill of Rights hearing
\nTo: shoc_1@yahoo.com<\/a>
\nCC: pboden@wraphome.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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State-wide Coalition converges on the Capitol on April 22 and 23 before Homeless Bill of Rights Hearing<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Homeless communities, grassroots organizations, and advocates across the state join together to ensure the passage of the Homeless Person’s Bill of Rights and Fairness Act (AB 5)\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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CONTACT:\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<\/wbr><\/strong><\/div>\n
Paula Lomazzi, SHOC Director<\/div>\n
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EVENTS:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Rally – North Steps of Capitol, April 22, 2:30 \u2013 6 PM
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Press Conference \u2013 North Steps Capitol, April 23,\u00a07:30 or 8:15 AM<\/div>\n

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APRIL 12, 2013\u2014Momentum for the Homeless Person’s Bill of Rights and Fairness Act is building steadily, with critical revisions to the proposed bill now complete and Judiciary Committee hearings scheduled for April 23rd. \u00a0Hundreds of homeless rights activists from across California will rally in Sacramento on April 22nd<\/sup><\/div>\n
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Assembly Bill 5 was introduced by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco). \u201cThis bill,\u201d he says, \u201cis really about basic justice. People who are Homeless not only have to struggle with life on the street, they often have the indignity of being treated like criminals because they have nowhere to eat, sit, or sleep except in public. My bill is not about privilege. It\u2019s about making sure they are treated equally before the law. I\u2019m proud to be standing with, and for, anyone seeking justice.\u201d<\/div>\n
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In a Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) survey of 1,267 homeless people, 81% of participants reported that they were harassed by police for sleeping. In addition, 78% reported experiencing police harassment for sitting. Six hundred of these respondents were in California. Tickets for “status offenses” like sleeping or sitting often result in the arrest and imprisonment of homeless people.<\/div>\n
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With shelters filled to capacity and thousands of people on waiting lists for housing around the state, homeless people have no choice but to sleep, rest and eat in public places. Paula Lomazzi from Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee said, \u201cThese are basic rights that allow all people to stay alive\u2014things most of us get to take for granted, but which remain a daily challenge for many of the poorest members of our communities.\u201d<\/div>\n
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“Laws that segregate, that make criminals of people based on their status rather than their behavior, or that prohibit certain people\u2019s right to be in public spaces are not just sad relics from the past, ” says Paul Boden, Organizing Director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP). \u201cThe California Homeless Bill of Rights is a response that will protect homeless people from discrimination and ensure their right to exist. This is not about special rights – this is about equal rights.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Last year, Rhode Island became the first state to pass a statewide homeless people\u2019s bill of rights. Building on the community organizing that led to this success, social justice organizations around the country have been working on bills that aim to protect the rights of homeless people. While the states of Vermont, Oregon, Connecticut and Missouri have already had bills introduced, California\u2019s Bill – co-sponsored by the Western Regional Advocacy Project, Western Center on Law and Poverty, JERICHO: A Voice for Justice, and the East Bay Community law Center – is the first bill since Rhode Island\u2019s to be heard in the state legislature. Judith Larson of Jericho said, \u201cThis is the essence of what Jericho was<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
P.O. Box 952, Sacramento, CA 95812
\nPhone and Fax: (916)442-2156<\/a>
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NOTE BY NORSE:\u00a0 Santa Cruz really needs some constitutional counteraction against its own Downtown Ordinances.\u00a0 For a toxic selection of these nasty ordinances see “Deadly Downtown Ordinances–Updated” at http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2010\/08\/29\/18657087.php. As homeless people are increasingly caught up in a bogus “Public … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56],"tags":[3,60,91,4,67],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906"}],"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=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}