HUFF Ruf Agenda Suggestions 6-20-24
Top of the Agenda
++++ A shorter meeting than usual is planned because SubRosa worker Jacine is ill with COVID; Robert and Gloria may also be affected.
++++ Likely meeting in the courtyard outside: be prepared for cool weather.
++++ The meeting will be interrupted at 2:30 p.m. with a convoy of activists to the Mental Health Advisory Board [MHAB]at Emeline St. which begins at 3 p.m. to demand the Board consider and respond to the toxic effects of police raids (“sweeps”) on unhoused encampments who have no other shelter choices.
++++ Other HUFF concerns for the MHAB: forced drugging, functional Reiss protections, out-of-county removals to facilitate forced incarceration and drugging; inadequate services; statistics on all these issues.
++++ Minutes of the last MHAB meeting [5-24] : https://www.santacruzhealth.org/Portals/7/Pdfs/Local%20Mental%20Health%20Board/2024/04.18.24%20Approved%20Minutes.pdf
++++ Restoring right to survival encampments in Santa Cruz regardless of the Supreme Crapster decision`
Standard Stuff: Procedures and Preliminaries
++++ Timekeeper (10 minutes per item) Hand-raisin’ courtesies, Chair rotation
++++ Passarounds & Handouts Minutes of last MHAB meeting; Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass v Johnson impacting Martin v Boise and right to rest/sleep in Santa Cruz
++++ Announcements: TBA
++++ Street Reports with particular focus on recent Pogonip and Golf Club Drive Police Attacks
++++ Reviewing the Refugee Losses from Coral Street Demolitions Upcoming Events
++++ Saturday 6-22 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.
++++ Monday The Santa Cruz Homeless Union will be meeting at City Hall, 809 Center Street on Monday, June 24, 2024 at 5:00 pm to review our response to the Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of anti-camping laws in the Grants Pass v Johnson case
Gathering Information
++++ Property lost on Coral St. and at other recent seizures
++++ Still searching out Surveillance Camera Location (thru direct inquiry, observation, and public records)
++++ Flyer suggestions for upcoming Tourist Train protest with Coral St. info. By RN
Possible Topics for Discussion
++++ New Strategies for Documenting Property Loss: Case #, Receipts, Audio recordings
++++ Tourist Train Strategy & Spectacle Update
++++ Cooling Center when extreme heat threatens? Suggestions?
++++ Specific Demands? (Stop the Sweeps, Reapportion funding to service existing camps)
++++ Reports from gov bodies (City Council, Board of Supes, Mental Health Advisory Board)
++++ Budget Report from Shitty Council and Stupes?
++++ Incidents from PovertyPimp Palaces (Housing Matters, Armory) & Service Agencies (MH CAN, Grey Bears, FNB, etc.)
++++ Milk cloudy weather for the next 10 days; no promise police will be stopping their raids.
Keeping Tabs: Someday Follow-Up’s
++++ Target Suggestions: Tourist Train SitesCity Mangler’s office…Police Station…Coastal Commission… City Hall…Emeline/TelcCare/Supes
Delayed Net-Show Access
June 13th : https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/bathrobespierres-broadsides-thursday-june-13-2024-show-flashes-back-to-the-october-24-2004-broadcast-featuring-interviews-with-rough-rider-richard-quigley-compassion-flower-inn-manager-andrea-ti/ June 16th https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/bathrobespierres-broadsides-sunday-6-16-24-show-joins-folks-at-one-of-the-few-surviving-homeless-gatherings-the-weekend-town-clock-meet-a-10-27-13-flashback-on-protests-against-tightening-city-la/ ++++ To View these BATHROBESPIERRE’S BROADSIDES NET-RADIO SHOWs: go to http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html click on June 6th or 9th links there. To Read descriptions of the show, click on above June 6th and 9th links above.