Category Archives: Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Radio Show

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides archives tonight (1-26-20) at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html featuring an in-depth interview with Rafa of the CACH, MLK Day Protest Lookback, S.C. Homeless Union Schemes On, End-of-the-Month Woes…& more!

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GOT TIPS FOR STUDIO & TRANSMITTER SITES?  WE’RE STILL LOOKING !
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  


ON THE SHOW

  • Steve Silverman of FlexYourRights.com :  Rules for Recording Police
  • Murdered Civil Rights Leader from 1963 Medgar Evers
  • Santa Cruz Homeless Union Activist Angel Describes the MLK March 1-20
  • History and Significance of City Manager/Police Chief Supremacy in Santa Cruz
  • Kazenjammer Keith McHenry Gives a Second Account of the MLK March  
  • Street Stuff:  Larry, Seth, Viper, Mr. Lennoxhead, Sarah, Steve C, Jimmy, Max, Leon, Wes, Carlos, 
  • Rafa  Sonnenfeld on the CACH meeting; Wes White on Chief Mills’ anti-homeless ordinances  
  • SC Union Meeting Schemes and Sputters 1-18  
  • Lengthy Grilling of “Ready-for-the-Rough-Stuff” Rafa Sonnenfeld
  • City Council Preview of Upcoming 1-28 Meeting Including Snatches of Councilmember Glover’s Agenda Analysis 
  • Full Glover Analysis on 1-24 at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Glover%20Agenda%20Analysis%201-24.mp3  
  • Musing at the Food Not Bombs Meal:  Randy, Free, Cooper’s Sidewalk Campsite Report, Travis, Gentletongue Jim, Harm Reduction Squad, Jessie, James, Enrique
  • Councilmember Krohn answers a few questions, but ducks “Will you Demand Real Winter Shelter be put on the Agenda?”
  • Jeffrey’s Plight and Dreamcatcher’s Worddance  
  • The Intercept’s Podcast:Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and the Rewriting of Iraq War History at https://theintercept.com/2020/01/22/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-and-the-rewriting-of-iraq-war-history/


REVIEW THE PAUL BODEN ADVICE TO THE SC HOMELESS UNION at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY

CHECK OUT CHIEF MILLS PUSHING HIS “DISAPPEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS” PROGRAM BEFORE THE REACTIONARY SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORS VIGILANTE GROUP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)


Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 1-23-20 at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Report on the Martin Luther King Parade and Santa Cruz Union’s 1-12 Sidewalk Meeting

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YOU FIND US STUDIO SPACE, WE GOT A REWARD FOR YOU.

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
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  

  • Inside the Penal System–A Phone Call From the Darkness from Harold Prescott Ashton III
  • “Tough It Out” Tyler Restores Video Shows on Pacific Avenue
  • Councilmember Glover’s Mid-Week Update
  • Santa Cruz Homeless Union Plots and Plans in its 1-12-20 Meeting
  • Marching and Mockery in the Martin Luther King Day Parade With a Police Chief Pushing New Anti-Homeless Laws

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcasts today (1-19-20) at 9:30AM at freakradio.org at 9:30 AM- 3 PM with the Perennial Peter Marin, “Manhandler” Andy Mills Latest Anti-Homeless Schemes, ACLU Antics, City Council Chatter—and more!

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STILL STUDIO AND PHONE CHALLENGED,  BUT CALL IN AT 423-4833 AFTER YOU HEAR THE SHOWWITH COMMENTS, NEWS, AND CASTIGATION FOR THE NEXT SHOW & I’LL CALL BACK !
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   



ON THE SHOW

  • Covering the SCPD-orchestrated “Homeless Removal” program of Chief Mills before the Santa Cruz Neighbors Peanut Gallery 1-15
  • Andrea the Street Spirit Vendor Describes Her Beat
  • Santa Barbara Gets A New Legal Homeless Defender–a Report from Pepper-n-Salt Peter Marin
  • Checking in with the real “Winter Shelter” users, huddling by the Post Office fence: Words with George Willoughby and Daniel
  • Cackling outside City Council at the “Let Us Make A Second Camp Phoenix” Protest with Rafa, Alicia, and Keith
  • Reassuring patter from the mild-mannered smooth-talking City Manager Martin (“the Mellow Mangler”) Bernal on the City’s (lack of) Homeless Winter Shelter
  • Growls from the Groundlings–Selections from the 1-14 City Council’s Oral Communications
  • Educating the Local ACLU:  “Punch Back” Paul Boden of WRAP (Western Regional Alliance Project) Keynotes the Crowd
  • Pronouncements Past Due–Pleich Postures and Posner Pleads at the ACLU Awards


REVIEW THE PAUL BODEN ADVICE TO THE SC HOMELESS UNION at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zc85WbJvY

CHECK OUT CHIEF MILLS PUSHING HIS “DISAPPEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS” PROGRAM BEFORE THE REACTIONARY SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORS VIGILANTE GROUP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vi1QGWgK0

DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)


Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 1-16-20 at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Blacklisted Brent Adams on Warming Center Winters and Punch-Back Paul Boden of Western Regional Advocacy Project

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YES, WE STILL HAVE NO STUDIO AND WILL PAY TO FIND ONE !

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
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  

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcasts today (1-12-20) at 9:30AM at freakradio.org at 9:30 AM- 3 PM Planning a Council Protest; Flashbacks within Flashbacks: the 2-22-98 Show

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NO STUDIO–NO PHONE LINE.  BUT CALL IN AT 423-4833 & I’LL CALL BACK !
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   



ON THE SHOW

  • Upcoming “Shitty City” Council Meeting Agenda Analysis for 1-14 and Proposed 5 PM Protest
  • Chowing and Chattering at the Santa Cruz Diner with “Scope it Out” Scott and “Phantomwalk” Free
  • 1-5 Union of the Homeless Updates and Protest Plans to Demand (or Create) Winter Shelter at Council 1-14, A Few Camp Updates
  • St. James Visits “By the Roadside” Beverly at the Washington St. Sidewalk Encampment
  • “Back to Basics” Brent Adams Explains His Triaging Formula on the Few Nights the Warming Center Opens
  •  Oakland’s Moms4 Housing Update 
  •  Rough Talk from Red Church Rogues: Abbey’s Camp Proposals, “Substance or Posture?” Steve Pleich’s Update  
  •  Saturday Seasoning from the Food Not Bombs/Post Office Encampment Area:  Katanjammer Keith on Bogus Winter Shelter Chatter,
     Lewis on Withstanding Ranger Harassment, Violet on Psych Shelters, Dreamcatcher, “Happy-go-lucky” Henry, Free, Angel in Dispute, Eagle & Others

ALSO ON THE SHOW:  FLASHBACKS WITHIN FLASHBACKS–THE FLASHY FEBRUARY 22, 1998 SHOW

       *** Bathrobespierre Robert grills Mayor “Riot Act” Rotkin in May of 1996 on his Sleeping Ban Baloney and the Closing of the Coral St. Open Air Shelter

     ***  Spring 1994 Clips from Homeless Hating KSCO’s Coverage of the Downtown Demonstrations Against Councilmember Neal Coonerty’s Sitting Ban

     ***  “Dragonsheart” Dan Hopkins Denounces Rotkin in a December 1995 Show After the Betrayal of the Coral St. Open Air Shelter

      ***  “Sick of Poverty” Celine Pasquale Deconstructs City Council’s Anti-Homeless Stance


DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)


Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 1-9-20 at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Yula from the UCSC Strike, Back Channel Brent Adams, “Let ‘Er Rip” Alicia Kuhl, a Chorus of Red Church Rowdies, & Andrew

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THE USUAL PITCH!

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
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  

  • Yulia of UCSC on the Graduate Student Strike (COLA 4 All)
  • Winter Shelter at the Armory–Another City Manager/County Dodge to Avoid Broader Shelter
  • “Big Drum” Brent and “Less Blab, More Bacon” Alicia Kuhl on the Winter Shelter Shenanagan
  • Red Churchers Chime In:  Dreamcatcher, Marie, Noel, Marty, Jake, Steve, Richard, Martha, and Baba Ito
  • Andrea on the Death of her Father Jerry, found out in the cold by the Post Office fence

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcasts today (1-5-20) at 9:30AM at freakradio.org at 9:30 AM- 3 PM Winter Woes as a War with Iran Looms

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STILL LOOKING !
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   



ON THE SHOW

  • “Nutcracker” Nick Whitehead & “Tuf it Out” Laura Tucker at Conscience and Action 1-1-20
  •   Referendum Vote Stops RV Ban in Mountain View
  •   Dipping into the Do-It-Yourself New Year’s Eve Parade
  • “Laughter at Lunacy” Lucero Luna at the Last Night S.C. Homeless Union Canopy
  •   An Interview with the most recent Casualty of City Manager Bernal’s “No Winter Shelter” Policy–Wheelchair Jerry
  •   Challenging Lawless Police Practices in Salinas with “Roarin’ Back” Rita Acosta 
  •   Cooper and John Report on the Washington Street Encampment Next to Louden Nelson’s Fenced Off “No Bathrooms” Park
  •   Interviews as Food not Bombs sets up across from the “U.S. Out of the Middle East” Protest Opposing the Iran War (1-4)
  •   Mike Smith of the Peace and Freedom Party speaking from the anti-war protest
  • Replaying Consortium News’s Friday Show on Trump’s assassination of Iranian Revolution Guard Corps Commander Maj. Gen Qassim Suleimani.  
    Discussion with Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, and Middle East analyst Giorgio Cafiero on the reasons for the killing, its timing, and its likely consequences with hosts Elizabeth Vos and Joe Lauria (https://consortiumnews.com/2020/01/04/premiere-of-cn-live-season-2-on-the-crisis-with-iran/_)
  •   A brief Flashback to late Fall 1988 for the conclusion of KZSC’s “Hearing Voices” show interviewing homeless activists in a time of hope and turmoil with UCSC students Jennifer Kinley, Maria Alderetti, Ray Grueneich, Robert Norse, and Charles Grey.  The earlier section of the interview is at http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb160407.mp3 (45 minutes into the file).

GO TO http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  
FOR THE 12-19 & THE 12-22 HOMELESS DEATH MEMORIALS (BOTH POVERTY-PIMP AND ACTIVIST).


ALSO ON THE SHOW:  A BRIEF FLASHBACK TO THE FALL OF 1988

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DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)

Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly: 

Contact Chief Mills at amills@cityofsantacruz.com  to demand fundamental changes such as that seized survival gear be available for reclaiming during regular business hours, not just 6 hours as week.  See https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2019/12/18/police_protest_flyer_12-18-19.pdf Hold accountable City Hall NIMBY enablers at all public meetings:  Former Mayor Martine Watkins, New Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager-for-Life Martin Bernal, His Wrecking Crew of Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara and Megan Bunch, Police Chief Andy Mills, & City Attorney Tony Condotti  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. Take peaceful action to open 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;
Witness, oppose, and document police and ranger harassment using “closed areas”, “blocking the sidewalk”, “public nuisance”, “public trespass”, and “illegal lodging” to get around the Boise v. Martin “No shelter? No tickets!” decision.
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 and violating their own admission that “trespass” could not be properly applied to the survival sleepers
Sign up at the SCHU 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  DONATE SURVIVAL GEAR SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT FOOD NOT BOMBS
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 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: 831-335-4844   If you must, expropriate items from corporate & chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcast streams tonight 1-2-20 at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Carol Denney from Berkeley, Salinas Homeless Union Rita Costa, Survival Campers from Washington St. and Coral St…and more.

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WE WANT A PHONE CONNECTION…SO WE NEED A STUDIO SPACE!

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
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  

  • Carol Denney from Berkeley: Fighting to Save Triangle Park 
  • Red Church on 12-30:  Many Voices…Susan Worth, Jack Russell, Cooper on the Safe Camp
  • Undercover Clodius Reports Again from Las Vegas  
  • “Rugged Heart” Rita Acosta of Salinas: Takes a Stand on the Sidewalk Outside Sherwood Park  
  • Lion, Paul, Fox– a rainy Sunday night at FNB  Billy Lowry, Christian Sanchez out at the Coral St. Tracks
  • Billy Lowry, Christian Sanchez out–Sharing and Swearing out at the Coral St. Tracks 
  • 6 Marijuana Legal Changes in 2020

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides netcasts today (12-29-19) at 9:30AM at freakradio.org at 9:30 AM- 4 PM. Berkeley Resistance from “Where Do We Go?” Encampment Supporter Andrea Henson; Another Homeless Death in Santa Cruz Flashback to 12-24-00

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FIND US A STUDIO SPACE & WE’LL RESTORE A PHONE LINE !FIND US A TRANSMITTER TREE OR BUILDING & WE’LL REWARD YOU WITH BUCKS AND RADIO ACCESS !
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   



ON THE SHOW

  • Andrea Henson, lead organizer of the Berkeley Where Do We Go?,  expanding Resistance Encampments under the I-80 freeway
  • Peter Gelderloos on The Failure of Non-Violence: a dialogue with Cornel West & Tavis Smiley  (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state#toc5)
  • Oakland’s Moms 4 Housing Update
  • “Laughter at Lunacy” Lucero Luna on the Latest Homeless Death Outside (Jerry at the Post Office Encampment)
  • “Katzenjammer” Keith McHenry Remembers “Jacked Up” Jerry
  • “Alley-wise” Alicia Kuhl fields skeptical and statewide questions about the latest Homeless Union action and inaction 
  •  Mountain View’s “Safe Parking” Sham
  •  Berkeley Attorney “On the Case” Osha Newman’s Legal Update  
  • 12-23 FNB File-and-Forget: “Tom Tom” Tommy Thomson on Returning to Santa Cruz;  Randal G. on  Stalking Vigilantes; Mark on Improving Times; Joe: “Get on the Housing List”; Jimmy Jones Shelterseeker on Disappearing Housing Vacancies;

GO TO http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  
WHERE THE 12-19 & THE 12-22 MEMORIALS (BOTH POVERTY-PIMP AND ACTIVIST) ARE POSTED.


ALSO ON THE SHOW:   FLASHBACK TO ANOTHER “COAL IN THE HOMELESS STOCKING” DECEMBER 24, 2000

       *** Articles of Anguish:  Ventura Riverbed Harassment… Clinton’s “Help for the Homeless”… Santa Barbara Sadness Report

       *** Norse and Clips from Koffee Klatchers at City Hall..”Away on Vacation’ Homeless Xmas Carol

       *** More Sad Stories: NYC’s Alex Davis Memorial…L.A Dumps Corrupt Cop Convictions
      *** Santa Cruz Progressives Double Cross Cannabis Club: Attorney & Disabled Cannabis User Pamela Smith on San Jose Discrimination, Gary & Martha  
              Rogers San Jose Clinic Workers “Scope it Out” Scott on Santa Cruz’s Onerous Marijuana Law

       ***  Koffee-Klatch Interviews with Mayoral Visitors        *** Portland Begins Dignity Camp



DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER 15TH AT CAMP PHOENIX (ROSS CAMP 2)

Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly: 
Check out the Parking Lot behind the Saturn Cafe downtown 5 PM for the traditional Do-It-Yourself New Years Eve Parade to see if it happens this year.  It’s not formally scheduled but has been a traditional event since 2006 or earlier. Contact Chief Mills at amills@cityofsantacruz.com  to demand fundamental changes such as that seized survival gear be available for reclaiming during regular business hours, not just 6 hours as week.  See https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2019/12/18/police_protest_flyer_12-18-19.pdf Hold accountable City Hall NIMBY enablers at all public meetings:  Former Mayor Martine Watkins, New Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager-for-Life Martin Bernal, His Wrecking Crew of Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara and Megan Bunch, Police Chief Andy Mills, & City Attorney Tony Condotti  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. Take peaceful action to open 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;
Witness, oppose, and document police and ranger harassment using “closed areas”, “blocking the sidewalk”, “public nuisance”, “public trespass”, and “illegal lodging” to get around the Boise v. Martin “No shelter? No tickets!” decision.
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 and violating their own admission that “trespass” could not be properly applied to the survival sleepers
Sign up at the SCHU 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  DONATE SURVIVAL GEAR SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT FOOD NOT BOMBS
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: 831-335-4844   If you must, expropriate items from corporate & chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight 12-26-19 at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org

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HELP US TO GET BACK IN CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.   TO HAVE A PHONE CONNECTION, WE NEED A STUDIO SPACE!

WE GOT $$$ FOR YA ($300!) IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   SOME PLACE IN SANTA CRUZ –DETAILS BELOW.

FIND US A TRANSMITTER LOCATION?  YOU GET  HUGS, KISSES, GRATITUDE, AND A CHANCE TO CALL IN, ARGUE, INFORM, AND DENOUNCE !
 
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  

  • Songs and Sermons from Utah Phillips
  • Pre-Xmas Ponders from Poor-in-Dough but Rich-in-Heart Red Church Roustabouts: Ann, Cooper, Oretta, Steena, Sonny, Dwayne, Crystal, Kelly, Linda, Gen-I, Angel, Greg, Matt, Arianne, Richard, Anthony & Travis
  • Police Potshots: https://www.kqed.org/news/11789667/in-custody-death-sonoma-county-deputy-lied-in-court-about-past-carotid-hold
  • The Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os1ONFlndPg (“Sonoma Deputy Murders Innocent Man”) Officer Blount kills David Ward
  • “Fred” on the Section 8 Waiting Game and 18 Years in a Vehicle
  • Officer Sterling Hayes shoots Jamaica Hampton in S.F.: Video at Raucous Town Hall Meeting
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