HUFF RUF “Loose Cannons” Agenda Suggestions 9-26-24
These are Robert’s suggestions for Agenda; Athena will provide her own list of topics. Members are encouraged to raise their own issues.
Top of the Agenda
++++ New Stories on www.thestreetspirit.org & https://www.streetsheet.org/
++++ Anti-War Thursdays 3:30-4:30 pm banner Hiway 1 & Morrisey overpass (?)
++++ Saturday 11 AM-12:30 PM Ocean and Water Stop genocide and support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza now. No more tax dollars for Israel. End the occupation and the apartheid system. Free all hostages and prisoners. 11 am to 12:30 pm every Saturday. Help hold up banners. More info: call Laura at 831-247-5332.
++++ Warm & Warner & no rain predicted for next week; low 70s on 9-26 ++++ Armory Visit Update Audio and/or Discussion
++++ Funding Matters Correspondence from Louis Powell and Don Lane ++++ Damage Claims of Troy and Andrew; City Council Reports
++++ Public Records and Law on Disruptions
Standard Stuff: Procedures and Preliminaries
++++ Passarounds: TBA Handouts: FM Questions; Agenda
++++ Street Reports
++++ Fresno, Oakland, and Fremont Encampment Sweeps: https://fresnoland.org/2022/08/29/republish-a-fresnoland-story-for-free-heres-how/https://gvwire.com/2024/09/23/fresnos-anti-camping-ordinance-goes-into-effect-city-says-it-will-prioritize-treatment-first/https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2024/09/24/return-public-spaces-to-the-public-oakland-mayor-thao-orders-city-to-ramp-up-homeless-sweeps/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/09/23/fremont-could-ramp-up-sweeps-on-homeless-encampments-ban-camping-and-overnight-parking/
++++ Strategies for Resistance: Tabling at Funding Matters [FM]/Soup Kitchen
++++ Solidarity with Resistance to On-Campus Repression of Encampments & Protest
Reporting Back
++++ St. George & Rentish Control Update: Item #30 on 9-10 Shitty Council ++++ San Francisco Cover-Up of Property Destruction: https://www.streetsheet.org/resolution-on-seizure-of-homeless-peoples-property-in-the-works/
++++ Preliminary refutation of excuses used to destroy survival encampments locally such as the Camping Services and Standards Ordinance (“the Camping Ban”)
Closer Inspection: Gathering Info
++++ More on Surveillance Camera Location (thru direct inquiry, observation, and public records)
++++ Outstanding threats of upcoming raids? Any posted notices of impending raids on existing camps? Any court cases coming up?
++++ Examining MC 6.36 more closely—the Camping (Standards and Services Ordinance) Ban.
Possible Topics for Future Discussion
++++ Stop the War Against the Poor Sweeps/Raids + Gaza Genocide Lanyards?
++++ New Strategies for Documenting Property Loss: Case #, Receipts, Audio recordings
++++ Cooling Center when extreme heat threatens? Emergency gathering location
++++ Forming Specific Demands? (Stop the Sweeps, Reapportion funding to service existing camps)
++++ Govt. Reports: (City Council, Board of Supes, Mental Health Advisory Board)
++++ Incidents from PovertyPimp Palaces (Housing Matters, Armory) & Service Agencies (MHCAN, Grey Bears, FNB, etc.)
++++ Future Targets: City Mangler’s office…Police Station…Coastal Commission Office… City Hall…Emeline/TelcCare/Supes
++++ https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/09/09/18869216.php Civil Rights Groups Sue UCSC for Unlawful Campus Bans and Response to Student Protests https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2024/09/09/final_2024.09.03_ucsc_exclusion_notice_complaint-final.pdf
Archived Net-Show Access: to read summaries of the shows:
Summary of September 19th netshow: TBA
Summary of September 22nd netshow TBA
More Resources & News
https://www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-homeless-union-members-file-federal-lawsuit-to-stop-encampment-eviction/ Recent lawsuit by California Homeless Union against Sweeps
https://thestreetspirit.org/2023/02/07/berkeley-94700/ The Poor Tour & First They Came for the Homeless