HUFF RUF Agenda  Suggestions 8-29-24                                                      

Top of the Agenda

++++   Street Spirits or Street Sheets next week.  Check on-line to read more current stories at  https://www.streetsheet.org/https://thestreetspirit.org/ ++++    Potential protest at Shitty Hall 809 Center St. perhaps 1:30 p.m September 3.

++++   Thursdays 3:30 -4:30 pm (??)  at the Morrisey Blvd overpass over hiway 1

++++   High 70s temperatures predicted for the afternoon and for the next week.

++++   Food Not Bombs needs cooks and bottom-liner for weekend; Keith call

++++   Visiting City Mangler Matt Huffaker in his lair: possible protest

++++   Support for Golf Club Drive Direct Aid at the Green Gate.

++++   Morrison Invite; 10 AM Friday 8-30 trip to the Armory to Check out the Scene                                             

Standard Stuff: Procedures and Preliminaries  

++++   Passarounds & Handouts  TBA  

++++   Street Reports with particular focus on ongoing raids, M and Tu protests  

++++   Possible MHAB (Mental Health Advisory Board) August update.  

++++    Public Reform Presentation: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/08/26/18868955.php

++++   The broader issue of the recent Coral St. and Pogonip police sweeps and sheriff/police abuses there is discussed at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/07/20/18868124.php

++++   More specific information regarding last Monday’s 7-29 Pogonip sweeps is available at

++++   Escalating creation of foreign homelessness in Gaza and Ukraine as well as Santa Cruz raids on survival encampments may be a way of uniting with other protests such as Hiroshima events and week long vigil against Pinetta’s pro-genocide posture.                                                          

Reporting Back

++++    Student reports from on campus for both anti-homeless and anti-genocide protests coming up. 

++++    Report back from Funding Matters (aka Housing Matters) Forum & Protest; Audio coming up on 9-1 HUFF archives at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  

++++   Watsonville Survival Camp Destruction (Wes White, Monica Tone calls) & Salinas Bataan Park protest (7-27) update  

++++   Preliminary analysis of excuses used to destroy survival encampments locally such as the Camping Services and Standards Ordinance (“the Camping Ban”)

++++    Outcome of last Monday’s Union of the Homeless  protest at Hiway 9 & 1

++++   Saturday  8-31 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.                        

Closer Inspection

++++   Still searching out Surveillance Camera Location (thru direct inquiry, observation, and public records)

++++   Flyer suggestions for upcoming Tourist Train protest with Coral St. info.

++++   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

++++  Tourist Train Strategy & Spectacle Update: Locations?

++++  Cooling Center when extreme heat threatens?  Emergency gathering location

++++  Forming Specific Demands? (Stop the Sweeps, Reapportion funding to service existing camps)

++++  Govrt. Reports:  (City Council, Board of Supes, Mental Health Advisory Board)

++++  Report from Evan Morrison’s group at the Armory

++++  Incidents from PovertyPimp Palaces (Housing Matters, Armory) & Service Agencies (MHCAN, Grey Bears, FNB, etc.)

++++  Future Targets:    Tourist Train…City Mangler’s office…Police Station…Coastal Commission Office… Construction  Sites City Hall…​Emeline/TeleCare/Supes…