NOTES FROM NORSE:\u00a0 The Community TV show below followed a 2 hour shmooze-and-chatter Forum in downtown Santa Cruz featuring Robert Aguirre, survivor and organizer of the San Jose homeless Jungle, Keith McHenry Food Not Bombs activist and Blue Box Sidewalk Artist, as well as visiting attorney Tristia Baumann of the National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty.<\/p>\n
This Sunday<\/span> I’ll be playing for FRSC, some of the Freedom Sleepers forum that preceded the tv time.\u00a0 Lots of gabble, but some of it interesting.\u00a0 Unfortunately no activism plans for specific actions during the coldest “holiday” season of the year at either the Forum or the Talking Heads tv-show. \u00a0 \u00a0 Audio of the show will air at 101.3 FM and freakradio.org<\/a> shortly after 9:30 AM<\/span> on 12-20.\u00a0 It’ll archive soon after at http:\/\/www.radiolibre.org\/brb\/brb15<\/a>11<\/a>20<\/a>.mp3 <\/a><\/p>\n We didn’t have it together to access\u00a0 homeless folks to present to Baumann\u00a0 to join in a lawsuit against the City’s Sleeping Ban–which Beauman’s organization is reportedly interested in doing.\u00a0 But if you know of anyone living outside who’d like to participate in a long overdue lawsuit against the City, contact Steve Pleich at 831-466-6078<\/a>.<\/p>\n Local Attorney Jonathan Gettleman–otherwise not terribly helpful in defense of Freedom Sleepers recently–has written a great attack on the City’s “No RV Parking Anywhere At Night” law which goes into effect on 1-8-16<\/span>.\u00a0 He’s told me he’s looking for RV dwellers who’d like to be plaintiffs in his lawsuit against the ordinance.\u00a0 If you or someone you know lives in an RV, call\u00a0 him at 831-427-2658 .<\/p>\n Meanwhile some of us have been supporting and other actually attending the ongoing Freedom SleepOut’s at the sidewalk outside City Hall every Tuesday<\/span> night.\u00a0 Number #23 happened last night with San Jose Freestreamer Toby Nixon<\/strong> leading the charge. \u00a0 Number #24 will be coming up on December 22nd<\/span>.\u00a0 Toby asks for blankets, tarps, visits, food, and other support. \u00a0 For info and support, contact him at 408-582-4152<\/a>.<\/p>\n HUFF meets today at 11 AM<\/span> at the Sub Rosa Cafe downtown to find more ways of pushing back the Black Tide of Bigotry threatening to freeze out the poor this winter.\u00a0 If you can’t make or can’t tolerate the meetings and want to do more than read grim reports, contact me by e-mail at rnorse3@hotmail.com<\/a> or call in at 831-423-4833<\/a>.<\/p>\n Homeless Depot\/Camp of Last Resort Activist Phil Posner hears rumors that former Mayor Don Lane may actually hitch up his pants and put abolition of the Sleeping and Blanket Bans on an agenda sometime a month or two down the road.\u00a0 Support Phil’s hope-ish efforts at chatrabbi@aol.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n To contact the clowns on the Santa Cruz City Council, leave them a strong message to support Lane’s rumored action and other actions ending criminalization of the homeless contact the whole Council at 831-420-5020<\/a> or get on their cases individually:<\/p>\n 420-5023:\u00a0 David Terrazas\u00a0\u00a0 420-5022:\u00a0 Don Lane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 420-5024: Pamela Comstock \u00a0\u00a0 420-5025:\u00a0 Richelle Niroyan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 420-5026:\u00a0 Cynthia Chase<\/p>\n 420-5027:\u00a0 Mayor Cynthia Mathews\u00a0\u00a0 420-5028: Micah Posner<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Warming Center organizer and homeless video journalist Brent Adams claims he has organized the places and spaces, but doesn’t have the necessary number of volunteers.\u00a0 See if you’d like to support his “baby steps” program further at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Santa%20Cruz%20Warming%20Center<\/a> .<\/p>\n Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs continues to brave withering and weathering each Saturday<\/span> and Sunday<\/span> providing food to dozens of hungry folks outside in a public area where poverty is visible.\u00a0 They are desperately short of cooks and food preparers.\u00a0 Offer help or get information at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Santa%20Cruz%20Food%20Not%20Bombs<\/a> .<\/p>\n Freedom Sleepers are hoping to gather next Tuesday<\/span> at the Red Church (LIncoln and Cedar) at 5:30 PM<\/span> before Freedom SleepOut #24 to plot and plan. \u00a0 Join the conspiracy. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 If you see Jesus or Mayor Mathews on the on the road, invite them as well.<\/p>\n Tip of the hat to Ken Knobler and the crew down at CTV as well as to Silver-Haired Steve Pleich for getting the show together.\u00a0 Now how about a regular weekly show updated the frosty situation for homeless folks this winter?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n VFTV 121315 Defending Homeless Rights<\/a><\/p>\n