Two Flyers Covering the City’s Destruction of the Phoenix Encampment (the 2nd Ross Camp)

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Activists are discussing a housed and street response to the City’s abrupt shutdown of the Deseire Memorial Survival Campground on Friday. 

For a different perspective than mainstream media, go to Two Views of the City’s Ambush of the Phoenix (Deseire Memorial Survival) Camp Behind Ross at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/16/18828162.php .

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (11-17-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: Phoenix Camp–the Rise and Its Repression behind Ross, Cooper’s Sidewalk Support Group, & More Stuff Too (!)

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STILL NO STUDIO WITH THE REWARD AWAITING…
CASH IN SO YOU CAN PHONE IN !  HELP BUILD REAL COMMUNITY RADIO ! 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   
ARCHIVES OF INTEREST at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html 

ON THE SHOW

  • Interviews aplenty from the Sunday November 10th birth of the Desiree Memorial Survival (Phoenix) Camp
  • …to the Friday crushing of a Community in an illegal and unconstitutional betrayal of 70-100 people
  • Singer and activist Cooper talks about her Louden Nelson-adjacent community on the Washington St. sidewalk
  • Reports of Rage and Sorrow from folks driven into parks, sidewalks, greenbelt, and doorfronts.


DOCUMENTING THE LIES THAT BETRAYED SHELTER FOR 70-100 PEOPLE ON NOVEMBER 15TH

  • Historical Reminders:  The Watkins Minority Liberalizing Measures and Sets the Stage for the Unconstitutional Destruction of the first Ross Camp: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=MINUTES
  • The City’s Own Standard Operating Procedures Ignored and Violated: http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1166&doctype=AGENDA  (See documents attached to Item 15.4)
  • Chief Mills’s reassurance that Camp Phoenix (the SC Union-managed Camp at Ross) could not be removed without due process:  https://chiefmills.com/2019/11/14/homeless-in-santa-cruz-ross-camp-2-0/     (paragraphs 3 & 4)
  • Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly
  • Call Out the City Hall Criminals:  Outgoing Mayor Martine Watkins, Incoming Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager Martin Bernal, Police Chief Andy Mills, City Attorney Tony Condotti and His Abuse Enablers Susie O’Hara & Megan Bunch for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction,  Subsequent Deaths, and the Friday November 15th Demolition of Camp Phoenix (the renewed Desiree Memorial Survival Encampment in back of Ross) with a campaign of lies to the community regarding “adequate shelter options”. Sign up at the SC Union of the Homeless 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.
  • 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  Check out the 5 PM Union of the Homeless meeting at the Food Not Bombs Event in front of the Main Post Office Every Sunday.
  • 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: 831-423-4833.   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (11-14-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Reports from Creators and Supporters of Phoenix Camp, the New and Improved Ross Camp

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3 WELL-WORN $100 BILLS AWAITS THE SAMARITAN… ! 

WE GOT $300 FOR YA IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   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  
TONIGHT’S SHOW INCLUDES:

  • ​The Dawn of the Deseire Quintero Survival Camp, aka Phoenix Camp
  • The Camp Grows: Reports from Day 3
  • California Homeless Union Prepares Desiree Lawsuit on Behalf of Her Son
  • Chief Mills or Manager Bernal–Who Do You Believe?  Or Do You Ignore the Blather and Support Solutions?
  • A Dozen Heavily Armed Cops Versus One Woman With a Tent on the Water St. Bridge
  • Bites and Snatches from the Red Church Chow Line 
  • A Replay of Today’s KSCO Show on “Solutions to Homelessness” with Alicia and Angel

Mobilizing Winter Support for the Desiree Memorial Survival Camp NEW TIME FOR Conscience and Action NOON at the Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday November 13th

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Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (11-10-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: The Desiree Quintero Memorials, Return of Artists Alex and Joff on Pacific Avenue, Drumbeats of Justice from Berkeley….and More.

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FREE CASH FROM FREE RADIO; GET US BACK ON THE AIR AND ON THE PHONE LINES:


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   


  • Desiree Quintero memorials of November 3rd and November 5th
  • Councilmember Drew Glover’s Agenda Preparation for the Tuesday November 12th City Council Meeting
  • Activists Alicia Kuhl, Brandy Courtney, and Keith McHenry on the November 9th KSCO Saturday Special

On the Show
    • 10-9 Street Artists Alex and Joff Back at their Sidewalk Posts at Soquel and Pacific Aves.
    • Intimidating a Tobacco-Addicted Drummer–Tamorax Gets a $250 Ticket on Pacific
    • Katzenjammer Keith McHenry Promises New Santa Cruz Union Actions
    • Part 2 of Berkeley’s Cornerstone Carol Denney’s Dissection of “Down and Dirty” Political/Police War on the Homeless
    • Housed Homeless Allies Push Back in Santa Barbara: https://www.independent.com/2019/11/06/mayor-and-councilmember-team-up-to-find-solution-to-street-stuff/
    • Postoffice Fence Encampment Desiree Memorial of November 3rd (Part 2)
    • Homeless Activist Phones In Las Vegas News
    • More Cries from the Once-A-Week Red Church Soupline
    • Austin TX Mayor and “Get Out of Town” Governor Face Off: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/11/07/texas-opening-5-acres-house-austin-homeless/
    • City Hall Desiree Memorial of November 5th
    • Catcalling the CACH (City Council’s “File and Forget” Committee to Avoid Immediate Homeless Solutions for This Winter)
Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly
  • Call Out the City Hall Criminals:  Outgoing Mayor Martine Watkins, Incoming Mayor Justin Cummings, City Manager Martin Bernal, and His Loyal Lackey Lying Assistant Susie O’Hara for Inciting the Ross Camp Destruction and Subsequent Deaths.  Oral Communications at City Council 7 PM November 12th
  • Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action at City-wide at the Union of the Homeless table at the Food Not Bombs meals Saturday and Sunday 4-6 PM outside the Main Post Office.
  • 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 
  • Check out the 5 PM Union of the Homeless meeting at the Food Not Bombs Event in front of the Main Post Office Every Sunday.
  • 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!
  •   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
  •   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (11-7-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Join Denney and Hensen of Berkeley, Adams and McHenry of Santa Cruz, the usual gaggle of guys ‘n gals at the Red Church tonight!

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3 WELL-WORN $100 BILLS AWAITS THE SAMARITAN… ! 

WE GOT $300 FOR YA IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   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


TONIGHT’S SHOW INCLUDES:
  • ​The Sunday Street Memorial to Desiree Quintero
  • Bad News on Winter Shelter from Backstory Brent Adamsd
  • Ass-on-the-Ground Andrea’s Report from the “Where Can We Go” Camps
  • Cornerstone Carol Denney of Berkeley on Sell-Out Politics of Mayor Jesse Arguin of Berkeley & Related Runarounds
  • Red Church Renegades Sound Off
  • Poverty Project’s Satirical Songs Turn Left–throughout the broadcast
  • Katzenjammer Keith’s Quick Update on Sacramento’s Union Demands of the Uptown Bourgeosie

Catching Up with the Desiree Demands and the Board of Supervisors’ Give-Aways NEW TIME FOR Conscience and Action NOON at the Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by HUFF Wednesday November 6th

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NEW TIME: NOON

CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  11-6-19

Note:  Agenda Ideas are simply suggestions and subject to change and addition from anyone in the group.  They cover a wide range of possibilities. 

  • Planning Actions Re: the Cummings Issue, the O’Hara Narrative, the Winter Shelter Emergency
  • City Council Prep (if any) for 11-12
  • Stina Follow-Up on Peepee Bottles to City Council for November 12th ; Alternative Protests at Bernal, Cummings, Watkins door
  • Union of the Homeless Updates: Sacramento, Yesterday’s Memorial, CACH Meeting

                                    


For HUFFsters  No new Street Spirits or Street Sheets yet.

  • Berkeley Report:
  • Haebe’s Hellraising–Latest Report from Ivorytickler Scott
  • RV Update–Re: Police Response, Vigilante Action, & Reports from Other Cities

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides streams today (11-3-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: Marathon Interview with Santa Barbara’s Peter Marin, Drew Glover’s Council report, Fox on the Harm Reduction Coalition, Cooper On Louden Nelson Hassles & More !

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FREE CASH FROM FREE RADIO; GET US BACK ON THE AIR AND ON THE PHONE LINES:

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   

Desiree Quintero’s Memorial Today at 5 PM at the Food Not Bombs Meal; Tuesday 9 AM through the day with a special 4 PM Focus


Current Events on the Show
  • 10-26 and 11-2 Food Not Bombs Updates from Kazenjammer Keith McHenry
  • Fox Reviews the proposed expansion of Needle exchange and other Harm Reduction measures in Santa Cruz
  • Red Church Roundabout with Pastor Joel Miller, Sonoma County Shawn and Erin, Tizzymind Trollking, Noel ‘n Pirate, Sheltersafe Tania, Omar ‘n Richard, Trixie, Bounced-off-the-Beach Blue, Matt on Palomar Death of Jake, Louden Nelson Refugee, Portuguese Cowboy Tony Released from 10 Days in Jail, Cooper, Dreamcatcher, Merryweather Mike,  Sass ‘Em Back Susan, CACH collaborator Rafa, Katzenjammer Keith, and more!
  • Passionate Patriarch Peter Marin Cracks Wise and Long on the fight against Santa Barbara’s Latest Ordinance
  • Councilmember Drew Glover’s Agenda Update (Selections)
  • Food Not Bombs Reportage from Katzenjammer Keith on the Recall, historical anecdotes, and dimly positive prospects from Vice-Mayor Cummings
  • A Slew Of Food Not Bombs Interviews with Matthew, Russell, Professor Hi Speed, Ricardo, Timothy, Patric, Merryweather Mike, Tyler, Cooper, Dreamcatcher…and (whew) more.
  • Sureheart Shelly Describes the Horrendous Hoops She Faces Outside as a blind Senior.
Act Locally or Regret Repeatedly
  • Remember Desiree Quintero Today at 5 PM in a Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Memorial outside the Main Post Office, City Officials Lie, Homeless Folks Die.
  • Daylong tabling and protest at City Hall starting 9 AM Tuesday November 5th at 809 Center St.
  • 2nd Memorial at City Hall 4 PM Tuesday November 5th with Possible March to Wake the Dead CACH “Homeless Helper” Committee–meeting 6 PM at the “No bathrooms for the homeless” Louden (London) Nelson former Community Center
  • Document Homeless Discrimination & Sign Up for Direct Action to “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action at City-wide at the Union of the Homeless table at the Food Not Bombs meals Saturday and Sunday 4-6 PM outside the Main Post Office.
  • “Pee In” Protest Led by “Stop the Stupidity” Stina Dissident Member of the City’s CACH Committee may be coming soon to the next City Council meeting 11-12  Bring Your Sample to Document the Need!
  • 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 
  • Check out the 5 PM Union of the Homeless meeting at the Food Not Bombs Event in front of the Main Post Office Every Sunday.
  • 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!
  •   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
  •   If you must, expropriate items from chain stores.  Don’t steal from vulnerable fellow homeless or local businesses!

Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (10-31-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Stiching together Street Savvy, the 10-23 Harm Reduction Coalition Press Conference, and Part 2 of the 10-20 SC Homeless Union Talkabout

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 $300 GATHERS DUST WAITING FOR A CLAIMANT ! 

WE GOT $300 FOR YA IF WE CAN USE WHAT YOU SUGGEST FOR A YEAR.   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


TONIGHT’S SHOW INCLUDES:
  • ​10-20 Briefs from the Post Office Fence Camp from Daniel, Johnny & Colleagues
  • 10-26  Dave & Canine Companion Maggie Mae on Anti-Homeless Vigilante in a Truck Skidding Into Homeless Folks
  • 10-23 Harm Reduction Coalition Press Conference at Town Clock Calling for State Certification for Needle Exchange
  • 10-20  Union of the Homeless “Jump in for Justice” Meeting, Part 2 (Part 1 is at http://huffsantacruz.org/lost/fRSC%2010-24-19.mp3 (1 hour, 15 minutes into the audio file) 
  • 10-07  Following the Showing of The Public, a homeless-sympathetic film–commentary by Katzenjammer Keith & Lighthouse Linda.

Another Terrible Tuesday Afternoon at City Council–Holding Vice-Mayor Cummings Accountable

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A long line of speakers urged faster action to protect Section 8 tenants in the last months of the year at Tuesday’s Special City Council meeting. I summarized in accusatory terms Vice-Mayor Cummings record in siding with the reactionary Watkins majority on tenant and homeless issues. Brown supported a Mathews weakening of the Just Eviction protection emergency measure, and the Council caved.

Tenants:  Hold Vice-Mayor Cummings Accountable

         Tenants need protection.  Whose vote blocked just eviction protections last January?  Justin Cummings [J.C.].   Who deserted the Progressive majority this special tenant protection session necessary and too late for those already evicted ?   J.C.    

Protecting tenants saves them from homelessness.   In April Ross Camp activists were driven away without adequate shelter as landlords are now threatening to do and doing.  The elderly, the disabled, the vulnerable.    Who promised “no evictions from Ross without adequate shelter?  Then obediently followed the false narrative of City Manager Bernal and his homeless-betraying assistant Susie O’Hara ?  J.C.   Whose key vote delayed any meaningful data on landlord costs, evictions, and rents?  J.C.   

Who scorned the pleas of the Clear View Court residents fighting corporate developer greed last meeting?   J.C.    Who won’t meet with activists on the tenant and homeless emergency?   J.C.  Who won’t hold regular office hours or answer e-mails?   J.C.   Will other tenants be driven out?  Deep into the Pogonip made dangerous with high winds?   Ask Justin Cummings.  His vote withholds protection.   

Desieire Quintero was a former tenant.  She took shelter at Ross Camp.  Bernal & O’Hara threw her out with no shelter.  She fought back in court.  Discredited City Attorney Reid Gallogly countered with lies. Two days ago, a falling tree in the Pogonip killed her as she slept.  Who drove her there?  J.C.   How many other displaced tenants will we lose from the community?   Whose name should we etch on that fatal tree?   If any vote and voice was key, it was J.C.  

Can tenants expect any real protections from the Watkins-Commings Council?   Ask the question, but your words must somehow pierce the deadly silence…of Justin Cummings..


TO DOWNLOAD AND/OR COMMENT, go to  https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827718.php

           MORE ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DESIERE QUINTERO, go to https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/28/18827673.php (After Fighting to Keep Ross Camp Open, Homeless Woman Killed When Tree Strikes Campsite)                                                                                 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827710.php#18827712 ( Alicia Kuhl’s Statement on the Death of Desieire)


           FOR A REVIEW OF HER STRUGGLE TO SAVE THE ROSS CAMP AND PREVENT THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED TO HER AND FACES HUNDREDS OF OTHERS:  go to https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/23/18822934.php

(Federal Judge Orders City of Santa Cruz to Halt Closure of Ross Camp )