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Speak Out Against Chief Mills Latest Anti-Homeless Plan

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SCPD Chief Andy Mills and reactionaries on the City Council want to “work around” the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Martin v. Boise decision.

Since they refuse to open up survival encampments or vacant public buildings, police need “tools” to drive unhoused people out of public spaces. Hence the Mills 7-Point Plan…

(1) Banning Tents During the Day,
(2) Making Possession of Syringes a Crime in Public Places,
(3) Declaring Pacific Avenue a “Park” to Allow Police-Initiated Stay-Away Orders,
(4) Criminalizing Bike Repair in Public Places,
(5) Driving Away Vehicular Homes from West Cliff,
(6) Increasing Legal Pressure on Homeless “Crime”,
(7) Shopping Cart Criminalization.
Make comments, get more info, and download flyers at: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831395.php (Reactionary Riptide Against Homeless Must be Stopped !)
HUFF meets Wednesday noon at the Sub Rosa Cafe.

Hang out with the HUFFsters tomorrow 3-4 Wednesday at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific (next to the Bike Church)

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HUFF Proposals for 3-4-20

Announcements    Norse Updates (Clippings)  Street & Camp Reports  

FOLLOW-UP ON PAST ACTIONS

*** Report on Tuesday’s Koffee Klatch and Homeless Poll

*** Posner/Pleich Letter & Response to Mills’ 7 Point March Tour?

*** Any Follow up on SCPD Earlier Demands; Latest Incidents

*** Strike Follow-Up, Flyering, Contacts

*** Contact List Work; Fox Report—Camps, Occupations, Protests, New Additions

*** Mark Levy Concert Follow-Up: Fund Distribution

POSSIBLE FUTURE EVENTS: 

*** Survival Camp Coffee:  Taking the Java to where folks live.  With music?

***Anti-Recall—March 1st Benefit by Folksinger Mark Levy

*** Upcoming SCPD anti-homeless organizing: Mon March 9th Da La Viega Elementary 6-7:30 PM     Wed March 11th  Louden Nelson 6-7:30 p.m.  Thurs March 12th Peace United Church 6-7:30 p.m.

 FUTURE POSSIBLE MINI-GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Koffee Klatch or other Polling Actvity on What Unhoused Folks Want

*** Alternatives:  P & R Office Wait-In (BYO Chairs) to get Eliot to stop ‘Stay-Away” Harassment

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Emergency Action on Emergency Winter Shelter

***Check out IWW Connections: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/29/18830161.php

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Updating on-Line: organizing the google site.

***Crunching Recent Requests for (a) all citations city-wide for alt-camping cites for blocking the sidewalk, being in a closed area, park after dark, public nuisance, illegal lodging, etc. for the last year;

(b) all Pacific Avenue citations for the last six months   *** Appealing the 5-Year Main Beach Curfew

Coastal Commission Prep for Next Wednesday

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Call  Robert at 423-4833 for Public Records Analysis or Fox  221-6310 for Documentation & Contact

Public Meetings of Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S NEWSOM’S CAMPS & BLDGS IN SC?

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

 Netradio 2-9 Show:  http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html Description at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/

  • All Week Long: Students Fight UCSC Firing for COLA4all: Fair Wages demo at Bay & High St.
  • Noon-4 PM 3-7 Saturday  Intl Women’s Day  RCNV 612 Ocean St.
  • 3-6 PM 3-7 Saturday Don’t Bury the Library!  Rosie McCann’s 1220 Pacific Ave.
  • 5 PM Sun Post Office Sidewalk—SC Homeless Union Huddle Maybe  Call Alicia at 431-7766 for info
  • 7:30 PM  Wed 3-4 NAACP S.C. County monthly meeting at Baptist Church 517 Center St.

Coffee Quaffing and Subversive Scheming in the Courtyard of the Sub Rosa/Bike Church Area Today Wednesday 2-26-20 at noon: Fight the Recall, Support the Strike, Solidarity with Survival Camps !

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HUFF Proposals for 2-26-20

Announcements    Norse Updates (Clippings)  Street and Camp Reports  Council Report

FOLLOW-UP ON PAST ACTIONS

***Report on Tuesday’s Koffee Klatch

***Posner/Pleich Letter & Response: HUFF thoughts?

*** Any Follow up on SCPD Earlier Demands; Latest Incidents

*** Strike Follow-Up, Flyering, Contacts

*** Contact List Work; Fox Report—Camps, Occupations, Protests, New Additions

*** Strike Update & Campus Distribution of HUFF Flyers

POSSIBLE FUTURE EVENTS: 

*** Survival Camp Coffee:  Taking the Java to where folks live.  With music?

***Anti-Recall—March 1st Benefit by Folksinger Mark Levy

*** Upcoming SCPD anti-homeless organizing: Mon March 9th DeLaveaga Elementary 6-7:30 PM     Wed March 11th  Louden Nelson 6-7:30 p.m.  Thurs March 12th Peace United Church 6-7:30 p.m.

 FUTURE POSSIBLE MINI-GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Koffee Klatch Next Tuesday Petitioning City Manager’s to Follow Gov’s Plan w/ Camp Phoenix

*** Alternatives:  P & R Office Wait-In (BYO Chairs) to get Eliot to stop ‘Stay-Away” Harassment

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Emergency Action on Emergency Winter Shelter

***Check out IWW Connections: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/29/18830161.php

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Updating on-Line: organizing the google site.

***Crunching Recent Requests for (a) all citations city-wide for alt-camping cites for blocking the sidewalk, being in a closed area, park after dark, public nuisance, illegal lodging, etc. for the last year;

(b) all Pacific Avenue citations for the last six months   *** Appealing the 5-Year Main Beach Curfew

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Call  Robert at 423-4833 for Public Records Analysis or Fox  221-6310 for Documentation & Contact

Public Meetings of Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S NEWSOM’S CAMPS & BLDGS IN SC?

DOCUMENTS

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/04/18830361.php Another Letter to Justin Cummings

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/03/18830350.php Encampment Struggle & Suppression

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/03/18830342.php Restore Stolen Property, SCPD !

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830292.php Docs on Encampments & Civil Rights

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

 Netradio 2-9 Show:  http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html Description at http://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/

  • All Week Long: Students Fight UCSC Firing for COLA4all: Fair Wages demo at Bay & High St.            
  • 5:30-6:30 PM Wed 2-26 Supe Leopold meets with Happy Valley folks at library, 3125 Branciforte Dr. 
  • 10 & 12 AM  Sat/Sun 2-29/3-1 Tabby Cat Café 1101 Cedar St.  Canvas Against the Recall !
  • 5 PM Sun Post Office Sidewalk—SC Homeless Union Huddle & 6 PM March to Free Mark Levy Concert
  • 7 PM Concert Rio Mobile Home Park Rec Room 2120 N. Pacific  Recall/HUFF benefit   Free Food Likely
  • Any time up to 3-3 at County Bldg or your precinct. VOTE AGAINST GLOVER/KROHN RECALL 
  • 7:30 PM  Wed 3-4 NAACP S.C. County monthly meeting at Baptist Church 517 Center St.

HUFF meets Wednesday 2-19 at noon following the UCSC strike, planning further Resistance forums with the 4:30 PM Homeless Union at the RCNV, a review of the morning’s Koffee Klatch at City Council Office & Tuesday’s CACH chitter-chatter + 2-25 Council

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Of  course, there’s the usual coffee and carrots plus more Street Spirits and Street Sheets plus the weariness, desperation, and enthusiasm that comes with every HUFF meeting.  Specifics on the agenda will be distributed as you arrive! 
Some of the likely topics:   Resistance Forum at 4:30 PM today (at the Resource Center for Non-Violence)–Planning for Upcoming Homeless Resurgence Forums Weekly…Follow-Up to the Morning Koffee Klatch..and whatever the wind blows in.  

If you prefer to get the full (tentative) agenda in advance, as I’ve been sending out for the last year or so, please let me know (at rnorse3@hotmail.com).  No one made the request last week.

See you at the Sub Rosa.
Robert

HUFF meets today 2-12 at noon as usual… Excited about the UCSC strike, planning further Resistance forums with the Homeless Union, and support scheming for Shelter-in-Place

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Of  course, there’s the usual coffee and carrots plus new Street Spirits and Street Sheets and the jovial & jagged chaos that comes with every HUFF meeting.  Specifics on the agenda will be distributed as you arrive! 
Some of the likely topics:   Resistance Forum at 3 PM today (also at the Sub Rosa Cafe)–Final Planning;   Supportive Response to the UCSC Strike    Uncovering Landlord Rents and Profits  

If you prefer to get the full (tentative) agenda in advance, as I’ve been sending out for the last year or so, please let me know (at rnorse3@hotmail.com).
See you at the Sub Rosa.
Robert

HUFF meets Wednesday 1-22-20 noon-2 PM Sub Rosa Cafe Under the Microscope: Chief Mills’ Anti-Homeless Proposals

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HUFF Proposals for 1-22-20

Announcements    Norse Updates (Clippings, Iran)

Street and Camp Reports

FOLLOW-UP ON PAST ACTIONS

*** Following up on SCPD Demands –Vehicle Ticketing, Storage Pick-Up’s

*** Contact List Follow-Up—Camps, Occupations, Protests

*** Direct Contacts & Reports from Individual Survival Camps & Refugees

*** Recall Resistance (and Gloomy Report on Glover’s Council Caving)

 FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Coffee Canopy at Manager’s Office w/ Petitioning: Follow the Gov’s “Designate Open Areas” & the Camp Phoenix 2 Proposal

*** Wait-In at  P & R Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Eliot to stop ‘Stay-Away” Harassment

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Emergency Action on Emergency Winter Shelter

*** Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

*** Series of Forums with Speakers on Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing for Proper S, Prep for Campground

*** Flyer on “Fight Your Vehicular Ticket”

*** Vigil Against Two Wars Downtown

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line: organizing the google site.

***Recent Requests for (a) all citations city-wide for alt-camp citations for blocking the sidewalk, being in a closed area, park after dark, public nuisance, illegal lodging, etc. for the last year; and

(b) all Pacific Avenue citations for the last six months

*** Santa Cruz Local KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Flyer for Those On the Ground & in vehicles

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Contact Robert at 423-4833 to help with Public Records Analysis or Expanding Contact Lists

Attend Public Meetings of Public Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S WINTER SHELTER?

UPCOMING EVENTS:

          Wednesday January 22nd 3:15 PM- 4:30 PM Small Claims Court Workshop: 701 Ocean St. County Bldg Room 10

Wednesday January 22 6-8 PM Pacific Cultural Center 1307 Seabright. Councilmembers Drew Glover and Chris Krohn Say “No” on the Recall

Friday January 24 5:30-7 PM Room 10 City Hall Offices Councilmember Glover Reviews the upcoming Tuesday 1-28 City Council Agenda

Sunday January 26 5-6 PM  SC Homeless Union Weekly Meeting on the sidewalk at the FNB Meal at the side of the Main Post Office

Norse Netcast  Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

Tuesday January 28 City Council Meeting   Time TBA  Predicted to be on the Agenda (1) the Parks and Recreation Department is requesting that the California Coastal Commission approve another anti-homeless measure,

                                    extending the Main Beach’s six month curfew that ends March 2020 (and was adopted on Cowell Beach since 2013) from  midnight to an hour before sunrise.  If passed, concerned folks can

appeal this to the California Coastal Commission which meets March 11-13, 2020 at the Hilton in Scotts Valley at 6001 La Madrone Dr. S.C. 

(agenda to be posted March 6 at https://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/agenda/  (2) surveillance technology, (3) mushrooms as medicine.

HUFF meets today noon-2 PM Sub Rosa Cafe Prepping for MLK Day Rally and Actions Against the Cruel Frost of Winter and City Council

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HUFF Proposals for 1-15-20

Announcements    Norse Updates (Clippings, Iran)

Street and Camp Reports

Council Meeting, Correcting the Narrative

Staff Reports for Thursday

PREP FOR SC Homeless Union

5 PM 1-19  pre-MLK Day Rally

Possible Follow-Up Actions

PRIOR ACTION ITEMS

*** Following up on SCPD Demands –Vehicle Ticketing, Storage Pick-Up’s

*** Contact List Follow-Up—Camps, Occupations, Protests

*** Direct Contacts & Reports from Individual Survival Camps & Refugees

*** Recall Resistance (and Gloomy Report on Glover’s Council Caving)

 FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Coffee Canopy at Manager’s Office w/ Petitioning: Follow the Gov’s “Designate Open Areas”

*** Wait-In at City Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Cummings to stop Garage Crackdowns

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Emergency Action on Winter Shelter

*** Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

*** Series of Forums with Speakers on Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing for Proper SC

*** Flyer on “Fight Your Vehicular Ticket”

*** Vigil Against Two Wars Downtown

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line

*** Santa Cruz Local KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Flyer for Those On the Ground

*** Citations, Stay-Aways, and Arrests in the Last Three Months 

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Contact Robert at 423-4833 to help with Public Records Analysis or Expanding Contact Lists

Attend Public Meetings of Public Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S WINTER SHELTER?

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Santa Cruz Neighbors  Klavern  7-8:30 PM Today Wed SCPD “Community” Room 155 Center St.: “will focus on details of reinstating the no-camping ordinance, other laws with speakers Andy Mills, Public Works director Mark Dattle, mostly on ordinances upcoming in February

Thursday 5 PM January 16:  Deadline for Warming Center Agenda Item

SC Homeless Union Weekly Meeting Sun 5 PM 1-19-19 FNB Meal, Main Post Office

Norse Netcast  Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

MLK Parade 10 AM 1-20  Cathcart & Pacific to Louden Nelson Locked-Bathroom Ctr

              Small Claims Court Workshop: 1-22 3:15 PM- 4:30 PM County Bldg Room 10

HUFF meets today 1-8-20 at the Sub Rosa Cafe at 703 Pacific at NOON

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HUFF PROSPECTS for 1-8-20

PREP FOR SC Homeless Union 1-14 City Council Rally & Sleep-Out

Report on City Council’s Figleaf CACH (Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness) from 1-7

 FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Coffee Canopy at Manager’s Office w/ Petitioning: We Want Open Shelter Next Week

*** Wait-In at City Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Cummings to stop Garage Crackdowns

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Mayoral Inclusion of Agenda Items by 1-2 Deadline

*** Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

*** Series of Forums with Speakers on Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing for Proper SC Response to Police Harassment

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line

*** Santa Cruz Local KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Flyer for Those Outside

*** Citations, Stay-Aways, and Arrests in the Last Three Months

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Contact Robert at 423-4833 to help with Public Records Analysis or Expanding Contact Lists

Attend Public Meetings of Public Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S WINTER SHELTER?

UPCOMING EVENTS:

SC Homeless Union presents Paul Boden of WRAP Presentation 11 AM 1-12  RCNV 612 Ocean

ACLU Bummer of Justice Awards 2-4 PM 1-12 Peace United S.C.

SC Homeless Union Weekly Meeting Sun 5 PM 1-12-19 Food Not Bombs Meal, Main Post Office

Norse Netcast  Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

MLK Parade 10 AM Cathcart & Pacific to Louden Nelson Locked-Bathroom Ctr

                                                                                                      Small Claims Court Workshop: 3:15 PM- 4:30 PM County Bldg Room 10 1-22

AUDIO: Street 2019 Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/Street%20Memorial%20with%20Reading%20of%20Homeless%20Dead%202019.mp3
2009 Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/3%20FRSC%2012-22-19.mp3 (40 minutes in)
2019 Poverty-Pimp Memorial: http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/’Service%20Providers’%20Homeless%20Memorial%2012-19.MP3

STILL MEETING ON NEW YEAR’S DAY! January 1st Noon: Wednesday’s Conscience and Action & HUFF meetings Will Gather at Ye Olde Yan Flower Restaurant at Spruce and Pacific

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C & A & HUFF PROSPECTS for 1-1-20 Since Sub Rosa will be closed, we’ll be meeting at the Yan Flower at 617 Pacific (Spruce and Pacific).

PRIOR ACTION ITEMS FOR 1-1-20 & BEYOND

*** Demands at SCPD on Wednesday 7-18 & Follow-Up E-Mail: Specific Complaints

*** Contact Lists for Future Actions—Camps, Occupations, Protests

*** Informally Gathering Direct Contacts and Reports from Individual Survival Camps & Refugees

FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** Canopy & Coffee Outside City Manager’s Office w/ Letter Writing: We Want Open Shelter to begin Next Week

*** Wait-In at City Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Cummings to stop Garage Crackdowns

*** City Council Offices Gathering to Petition for Mayoral Inclusion of Agenda Items by 1-2 Deadline

*** Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

*** Series of Forums with Speakers on Encampment Strategies in Different Cities, Role-Playing

RESEARCH ITEMS:

*** Public Records Posting and Summaries on-Line

*** Santa Cruz Local KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Flyer for Those Outside

***

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Contact Robert at 423-4833 to help with Public Records Analysis or Expanding Contact Lists

Attend Public Meetings of Public Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S WINTER SHELTER?

SANTA CRUZ: FACEBOOK PAGES

Alex Darocy, Santa Cruz County Homeless Advocates/Santa Cruz California Homeless Union, Brent Adams, Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Alicia Kuhl, Autumn Sun, Conscience & Action,

The Santa Cruz Community, Steve Pleich, SCCCP, Keith McHenry, Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs, Tenant Sanctuary, Andrea Henson, Where Can We Go Berkeley

Wes White, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, Kristina Roach, Lucero Luna, Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom (HUFF)

EVENTS S.C. Homeless Union Meet-Up Sunday 5 PM 1-5-19 Food Not Bombs Meal, Main Post Office
Norse Thur 6-8 PM, Sun 9:30 AM- 3 PM : freakradio.org, http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html

AUDIO

Today’s Conscience and Action & HUFF meetings Cancelled–Next Meeting January 1, 2020 Sub Rosa noon

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C & A & HUFF ACTION ITEMS for 12-25-19

NO XMAS DAY MEETING

Informal chatting, munching, and flyering at the MAH Meal noon-3 PM Front & Cooper St.

PRIOR ACTION ITEMS FOR 1-1-20

*** Demands at SCPD Last Wednesday & Follow-Up E-Mail: Specific Complaints

*** Contact Lists for Future Actions—Camps, Occupations, Protests

*** Informally Gathering Direct Contacts and Reports from Individual Survival Camps & Refugees

FUTURE POSSIBLE GROUP ACTION ITEMS:

*** C    Canopy & Coffee Outside City Manager’s Office w/ Letter Writing: We Want Open Shelter

*** W  Wait-In at City Offices (Bring Your Own Chairs) to get Cummings to stop Garage Crackdowns

*** Fly Flyering the Metro demanding end to Discriminatory Exclusions

ACT BETWEEN MEETINGS:

Contact Robert at 423-4833 to help with Public Records Analysis or Expanding Contact Lists

Attend Public Meetings of Public Officials with Signs & Loud Questions: WHERE’S WINTER SHELTER?

SANTA CRUZ: Facebook pages:  Alex Darocy, Santa Cruz County Homeless Advocates/Santa Cruz California Homeless Union, Brent Adams, Homeless Outside in Santa Cruz, Alicia Kuhl, Autumn Sun, Conscience & Action,

The Santa Cruz Community, Steve Pleich, SCCCP, Keith McHenry, Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs, Tenant Sanctuary,

Wes White, Monterey County Homeless Advocates, Kristina Roach, Lucero Luna,

EVENTS