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Protest/Press Conference Today at the River St. Campground–1220 River St. 10 AM Thursday August 29th

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Time for More Privacy, Decency, & Accessibility at Salvation Army’s 1220 River St. Camp
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Date Thursday August 29
Time 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Event Type Press Conference
Organizer/Author California Homeless Union/HUFF/C&A/FNB
Email rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com
Phone 8314234833
Location Details
1220 River St. in front of the Salvation Army’s 60 tent “no walking in or out” Campground
The press conference/protest follows up on last May’s appeal to the Salvation Army management.

That event urged the Army to allow greater freedom and privacy for camp residents and to provide important upgrades in the living conditions there such as showers and protection from the heat.

See https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2019/05/13/activists-question-new-santa-cruz-homeless-camp-operations/

Today’s event is again sponsored by the Santa Cruz Homeless Union, Conscience and Action, Food Not Bombs, and HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom).

It will be followed by a supportive visit to Monterey Superior Court (1:30 PM, Department 13, 1200 Aguajito Road ) in support of the Salinas Homeless Union’s court suit seeking to stop the police harassment of folks outside at Sherwood Park in Salinas.

It follows a partially successful challenge to the City’s discriminatory closing of bathrooms prompting City Council last Tueday night to act. An unusually cohesive Progressive majority voted 4-3
(1) to reopen the City Hall bathrooms (closed since the Freedom Sleeper protests of 2015-2017);
(2) to refer the Louden Nelson bathrooms issue to the homeless-focused CACH group, and
(3) to require the Parks and Recreation manager Tony Elliot get approval from City Council for any future closings of City facilities.

Activists have also scheduled a Direct Action ‘Open the Damn Bathrooms” event for Tuesday September 3rd at 1:30 PM at Louden Nelson Center. Concerned community members are invited to attend, witness, and/or participate.

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Council Chaos and Protests Impending: Join Us at the 11 AM Conscience and Action group to work it out– Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by the weary HUFF meeting, Wednesday August 28th !

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 CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  8-28-19

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

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Follow-Up on Marcos Meeting; Protest Prep for Tomorrow
  • Potty Protest at Louden Nelson on Tuesday
  • City Council Update: Small Victory on City Hall Bathroom Reopening for a Month; Draw on the CACH Referrals; Defeat on Louden Nelson
  • Any City Council Issues to be Raised for Agenda or Plans for September 10th?
  • Ross Lawsuit and Union Organizing Report: Phone a Cop Proposal
  • Possible Glover call (10 minutes available on his end)                                                                             

For HUFFsters

  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Further Action on C & A Items
  • Street and Campground Report
  • August 29th Monterey Court Hearing 1200 Aguajito Rd for Salinas Injunction Against Cop Harassment at Sherwood Park 1:30 PM
  • Chief Mills Latest Responses on Choke-Holds, Rape Kits, and the SCPD Bathroom
  • What’s to be Done With SC Homeless Union Documentation?
  • Stepping Up in Santa Cruz Poverty Pimp PR Checking: Eli and Laura Report?
  • End of Recycling Report
  • Public Records Updates: Bathroom Data–Norse and Colby’s Data  Some at https://cityofsantacruz.sharefile.com/d-s34d2fddbfc2468da

UPCOMING PROTESTS/COURT DATES

  • Thursday August 29 1:30 PM   Court for the Sherwood Park Plaintiffs seeking to enjoin Salinas authorities from harassment of the homeless  1200 Aguajito Road MONTEREY.  
  • Thursday August 29 10 AM   Press Conference at Protest outside 1220 River St. 
  • Tuesday, September 3, 1:30 PM Louden Nelson Potty Protest

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides radio show streams today (8-25-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: Deconstructing the Latest Denunciations of Councilmember Drew Glover; Prepping for the Next City Council Caging; Flashback to December 1997

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Free Radio Santa Cruz is waiting with $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!


Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html
Additional archives of the two Drew Glover meetings will be posted at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html soon.


On today’s show:
    • David Scheider’s account of police pounding and problems
    • Jacqueline on SCPD seizure of her stolen tent–the perils of groundsleeping outside a car
    • “Scope it Out” Scott Graham Joins Bathrobespierre Robert to Analyze the Smoke-and-Mirrors Behind the Attacks on Drew Glover and Chris Krohn
    • Examining Glover’s Pre-Council Agenda Examination of 8-23 
    • (Full Audio Available at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html )
  • Varied Voices from the Sidewalk at the Saturday Food Not Bombs Meal
  • Dreamcatcher denounces Elder Abuse through the Bathroom Barricade at Louden Nelson
  • Controversy over a Report of Rape Near Louden Nelson
Flashback to Unarchived Interviews from December 14, 1997
  • Officer Christian Le Moss roughs up a bicyclist Zapruder for not having a bike license; witnessed by Damon Brewer
  • More accounts of homeless bikerider busting by the SCPD: Matt, Gottum,
  • A younger Katzenjammer Keith McHenry on San Francisco Bathroom Brouhaha, the Leonard

      Peltier case, and more.  Bobby Castillo joins him.


  • Stormin’ Norman on Landlord Feudalism in Santa Cruz
  • Donna Deiss of the Tenants Rights Union of Santa Cruz
  • Ken on the Shooting of Happy John Dine
  • Ken Holm on SCPD Harassment of Feed the People activist Sean Alemi
Info and Inspiration from Here and There:

WHAT YOU CAN DO BETWEEN SHOWS:

  • Smash the Shitter Stalemate at Louden Nelson by Raising a Stink at City Council 7:30 PM Tuesday 8-27
  • Support Upcoming Protests on Alleviating Concentration Camp Conditions and Wasteful Expenditures at the 1220 River St. Camp on August 29th 10 AM Just Outside the Locked Gate
  • Join the “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action at Londen (Louden) Nelson September 3rd 1:30 PM.
  • Support Alternative Survival Camps and Squats in the Wake of the City Council “Away on Vacation” Abdication as Homeless People Face Police Lies and Turn-Aways from Shelter.
  • Join the Ross Camp Lawsuit Seeking Damages–Whether you were at Ross Camp or Not: Protect Survival Camps Everywhere! Contact Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766 or Visit the Union of the Homeless table 4-6 PM at the Saturday and Sunday Food Not Bombs Meals at the Main Post Office
  • 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, Less 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 on Facebook
  •   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!

Bathrooms Open Now! Petition

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HUFFsters:

             For nearly a year and a half, the City’s Parks and Recreation Department has refused to restore bathroom use at Louden (London) Nelson Center to the General Public.  On Tuesday night, the matter will be on City Council perhaps for a vote with discussion starting at 7:30 PM.   E-Mail City Council at citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com to demand return of these bathrooms as well as others to full use.    The swing vote here is like to be Vice-Mayor Justin Cummings.  E-mail him at  jcummings@cityofsantacruz.com .
              On September 3 at 1:30 PM at Louden Nelson there will be a direct action to require city bureaucrats to reopen the bathrooms there.  Join us there if City Council continues to support the foolish and bigoted policy there, which is a thinly disguised anti-homeless policy in no way justified by real stats about bathroom problems.
             Unless you let me know (at rnorse3@hotmail.com) by Sunday morning, I shall assume you have no opposition to HUFF’s adding it’s name to the petition below being circulated by Rabbi Phil Posner of Conscience and Action.

Thanks,
Robert Norse

 

“I’m 81 and homeless,” she said, standing before our City Council. “And at night I have no place to pee or defecate. I’m here asking for your help!”

“I have a prostate problem,” he said, “and sometimes I pee in my pants.”


Petition SC City Council regarding Insufficient Public Bathrooms


HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) along with other interested individuals, congregations and organizations is concerned with the lack of bathroom facilities available for the public and the homeless in Santa Cruz.  We hereby petition our Santa Cruz City Council to direct the Parks and Recreation Dept. and other relevant city departments to:

Open more bathrooms, or 24 hour Porta Pottys in Santa Cruz; and, or allow concerned individuals or organizations to receive permits to place Porta Pottys where needed, as for example at Louden Center where the public bathroom is currently closed after 1:30 pm, and City Hall which is always closed to the public except during Council meetings.

In making this appeal to our City Council, Conscience and Action, HUFF, and Food not Bombs, as they have previously indicated stand ready to meet with City Officials to help facilitate the above action/petition.


As of 8/22/19 the following organizations have agreed to sign this petition:

ACLU – Santa Cruz County (8/21/19)

Association of Faith Communities of Santa Cruz. (8/20/19)

Avatar Imports, LLC 814 Pacific Ave (8/18/19)

Chadeish Yameinu Jewish Renewal of Santa Cruz, Social Action Committee (8/20/19)

Chadeish Yameinu Jewish Renewal of Santa Cruz (Board vote to be confirmed on 9/13/19))

Conscience and Action (8/14/19)

Cross Roads 811 Pacific Ave (8/21/19)

Food Not Bombs of Santa Cruz (8/14/19)

Homeless United for Freedom and Friendship – HUFF (8/21/19)

Pipeline 818 Pacific Ave (8/21/19)

Retro Paradise 1010 Pacific Ave (8/21/19)

The Starving Magician 1003 Pacific Ave (8/21/19)

Veterans For Peace Chapter 11 of Santa Cruz (8/21/19)

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (8-22-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Updates from Federal Court and the Ross Camp Remains as well as An Extensive Alicia Kuhl Briefing

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BUCKS FOR BROADCAST SPACE!
$300 REWARD for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ Free Radio Santa Cruz studio space.

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
On tonight’s show:
  • “Alliances Now!” Alicia Kuhl Discusses the Latest Ross Camp Court Appearance, and a Proposed Boycott of Bigots Posting Anti-Homeless Violence Calls on Facebook
  • Attorney and Activist Anthony Prince Reviews the Day’s Court Victory for the Ross Roughriders
  • Latest “Use of Force” Reform on California’s Police Department’s Illusory Victory?

                     (shorter than usual because of time spent in court in San Jose today)

Another Round With 11 AM Conscience and Action Conclave at the Sub Rosa at 703 Pacific, followed by the weary HUFF meeting, today Wednesday August 21st !

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CONSCIENCE AND ACTION IDEAS  8-21-19

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

  • Announcements: Choice of Action Items; Timekeeper & Time Limits; Vibes Guy 
  • Meeting with Marcos Marquez
  • Follow-Up Discussion
  • Old Biz:  Committee Report on Bathroom Protest; Diapers for
    Decency Campaign
  • Any City Council Issues to be Raised for Agenda or Plans for August 27?
  • Ross Lawsuit and Union Organizing Report: Phone a Cop Proposal
  • Possible Glover call (10 minutes available on his end)                                                                             

For HUFFsters

  • Announcements: Including Brief Summaries of Agenda Items
  • Further Action on C & A Items
  • Street and Campground Report
  • August 29th Monterey Court Hearing 1200 Aguajito Rd for Salinas Injunction Against Cop Harassment at Sherwood Park 1:30 PM
  • What’s to be Done With SC Homeless Union Documentation?
  • Stepping Up in Santa Cruz Poverty Pimp PR Checking: Eli and Laura Report?
  • End of Recycling Report
  • Public Records Updates: Bathroom Data–Norse and Colby’s Data  Some at https://cityofsantacruz.sharefile.com/d-s34d2fddbfc2468da

UPCOMING PROTESTS/COURT DATES

  • Wednesday Aug 21 11 AM  C&A Meeting w/Morales or Thursday Aug 22 Salvation Army  11 AM (or Aug 22nd at Salvation Army HQ)
  • Thursday August 29 1:30 PM   Court for the Sherwood Park Plaintiffs seeking to enjoin Salinas authorities from harassment of the homeless  1200 Aguajito Road MONTEREY.  
  • Thursday August 29 10 AM   Press Conference at Protest outside 1220 River St. 
  • Tuesday, September 3, 1:30 PM Louden Nelson Potty Protest

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides radio show streams today (8-18-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: Bopping About with “Backstory” Brent; More of the “Watkins Treatment” at City Council, and the Usual Mix of Wisdom and Street Madness + 5-18-97 Flashback

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REWARD STILL AVAILABLE!


Free Radio Santa Cruz is waiting with $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!


Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html
Additional archives of the two Drew Glover meetings will be posted at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html soon.


On today’s show:
Flashback to May 18, 1997:
  • City and Cops Pressure New Leaf Market to Starve Out Food Not Bombs
  • Exposing the “Give the Homeless a Handslap not a Handout” Cards instead of Cash
  • Medical Marijuana Struggle in San Jose
  • Standing Up to San Jose’s Sitting Ban  ….
  • And more !
Info and Inspiration from Here and There:

WHAT YOU CAN DO BETWEEN SHOWS:

  • Support Upcoming Protests on Alleviating Concentration Camp Conditions and Wasteful Expenditures at the 1220 River St. Camp on August 29th 10 AM Just Outside the Locked Gate
  • Join the “Open the Bathrooms Now!” Action at Londen (Louden) Nelson September 3rd 1:30 PM.
  • Support Alternative Survival Camps and Squats in the Wake of the City Council “Away on Vacation” Abdication as Homeless People Face Police Lies and Turn-Aways from Shelter.
  • Join the Ross Camp Lawsuit Seeking Damages–Whether you were at Ross Camp or Not: Protect Survival Camps Everywhere! Contact Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766 or Visit the Union of the Homeless table 4-6 PM at the Saturday and Sunday Food Not Bombs Meals at the Main Post Office
  • 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, Less 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 on Facebook
  •   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!

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (8-15-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Dreadnaught Dennis Etler, Backstory Brent Adams, and Far Too Much Time With the S.C. City Council

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ANOTHER PLEA FOR A PLACE !

 

$300 REWARD for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ Free Radio Santa Cruz studio space.

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  
On tonight’s show:

  • China Buff Dennis Etler on the current Hong Kong turmoil
  • Warming Center Guy Brent Adams Updates Shelters, Shower, and Storage Situation
  • A Blow-By-Blow Dissection of Councilmember Glover’s Failed Attempt to Return Control of the Agenda to the City Council Majority at the 8-13 Session

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides radio show streams today (8-11-19) at 9:30AM at www.freakradio.org: Lots of Time With Councilmember Drew Glover in Community Dialogue on the Recall, the August 13 Council Meeting, & Portland’s Homeless Gestures

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Free Radio Santa Cruz is waiting with $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!


Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html
Additional archives of the two Drew Glover meetings will be posted at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html soon.


On today’s show:
  • Bathrobespierre on Drew Glover’s 8-7 Small Community Meeting at the Messiah Lutheran Church 
  • Still More “Song for Today” Breaks off the David Rovics Website
  • Glover Again Turns Down My Call He Reveal the Right-Wing “Investigation” Details
  • Glover Praising Portland Homeless Encampments Versus their Expense & Absence Here
  •   Food Not Bombs Mealtime Meanderings by Judicious George, Diss-Me-Not Dennis Etler, & Unidentified Culprits.
  • Voices from the Village on U.S. Genocide in Hiroshima/Nagasaki with Etler, Sarah Brown, and Ray & Nancy Glock-Gruneich.
  • Penance from Veterans for Peace at the Town Clock on Nagasaki Saturday
  • Dissecting the City Council’s August 13th Agenda With Help from Critics from Left & Center
  • Chris Hedges vs. Derrick Jensen on Non-Violence

Tasty Tidbits from “Whip ‘Em Into Shape” Wes White & Bathrobespierre Robert:

WHAT YOU CAN DO BETWEEN SHOWS:

  • Support Upcoming Protests on Demanding Decent Bathroom Access  and Alleviating Concentration Camp Conditions and Wasteful Expenditures at the 1220 River St. Camp on August 29th
  • Support Alternative Survival Camps and Squats in the Wake of the City Council “Away on Vacation” Abdication as Homeless People Face Police Lies and Turn-Aways from Shelter.
  • Join the Ross Camp Lawsuit Seeking Damages–Whether you were at Ross Camp or Not: Protect Survival Camps Everywhere! Contact Barracuda Mama at 831-431-7766 or Visit the Union of the Homeless table 4-6 PM at the Saturday and Sunday Food Not Bombs Meals at the Main Post Office
  • 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, Less 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 on Facebook
  •   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!

Bathrobespiere’s Broadsides radio show streams tonight (8-8-19) at 6 PM at www.freakradio.org: Cornerstone Carol Denney on Bad Times in Berkeley, Demands on Campground Profiteers

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$ for Info!   $300 for info leading to a 10′ X 10′ Free Radio Santa Cruz 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!


Tonight’s show streams at freakradio.org and archives at http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  
On tonight’s show:

  •  Advice for RV Dwellers Facing Harassment Tickets:  Surviving the Administrative Process
  • Cornerstone Carol Denney Blasts Berkeley Bullshitters on the City Council
  • A Missive to Captain Marcos Marquez of the Salvation Army’s 1220 River St. Campground