{"id":4475,"date":"2020-03-18T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2020-03-18T16:51:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:51:58","slug":"huff-meeting-for-wednesday-3-18-cancelled-huff-members-to-aid-food-servers-at-town-clocks-santa-cruz-homeless-union-covid-19-relief-center-at-noon-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/huff-meeting-for-wednesday-3-18-cancelled-huff-members-to-aid-food-servers-at-town-clocks-santa-cruz-homeless-union-covid-19-relief-center-at-noon-today\/","title":{"rendered":"HUFF Meeting for Wednesday 3-18 Cancelled: HUFF members to aid Food Servers at Town Clock&#8217;s Santa Cruz Homeless Union COVID-19 Relief Center at NOON today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince Sunday evening March 15th ,\n<strong>Food Not Bombs,\n<\/strong><strong>HUFF, the Santa Cruz Homeless Union<\/strong>\n and others have supplied volunteers, food, and supplies for \ndistribution\n to the community&#8211;particularly folks outside without safe reliable \nshelter.&nbsp; Hats off to Lucero Luna, Keith, Kevin, Elise, Fish, and many \nothers who have sustained this effort.\n\n<br>\n\n\nWe&#8217;ll be gathering, some of us by phone, at the Town Clock at noon today to assist the on-going survival supplies center.\n\n<br>\n\n\nPlease observe 6&#8242; separation.&nbsp; Gloves and masks will be available for food distribution workers.&nbsp;\n<br><br><strong>ACTIONS, RESOURCES, &amp; CONSIDERATIONS from a HUFFster&#8217;s perspective<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Check at\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffsantacruz.org%2FLostshows.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbe47237cbd044309878208d7cb34f9d5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637201300693666321&amp;sdata=M8j2kuYIAb5J9R3OjXzz7ACZB21GMeVWwSAic1NLyiY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/Lostshows.html<\/a>\n to hear a series of phoned-in reports from different activists and \nworkers&#8211;which should be posted shortly and will be updated daily if \npossible.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;City\n Manager Martin Bernal has not yet met concerns the City has closed and \nordered closed places supplying toilet and hand-washing access in\n spite of the emergency situation and repeated calls and e-mails. &nbsp; Nor \nhas the County acted to provide basic sanitary facilities for the \npoorest outside, though it has financial and organization resources to \ndo so.<br>\n<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>City agencies have thwarted or denied\n<em>Food Not Bombs, the Depot Project, Bagels on Bikes, HUFF,\n<\/em>and other organizations their attempts to establish such vital resources.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Recent shutdowns at the Library, Louden Nelson, the Metro, the publicly sponsored\n<em>Bookshop Santa Cruz, <\/em>closed restaurants and businesses make this situation ever more dangerous both for folks outside and the broader community.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>No\n motel or hotel rooms are yet available for the 1000-2000 homeless \noutside who want and may need them to shelter more safely and securely \nin\n spite of government directives and financial grants.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The\n inadequate &#8220;normal&#8221; charitable activities of those working with \nchurches, social services, etc. have been cut back or closed&#8211;many of \nthe staff\n of these organizations are over 60 and particularly vulnerable to the \ncorona virus.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Normal\n donations to those directly seeking survival money through \n&#8220;panhandling&#8221; have been discouraged or criminalized under the new \nemergency regs,\n enacted without public discussion or vote.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Public\n transportation options have been restricted or shut down, making access\n to what limited resources there are even more problematic.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Mayor\n Cummings has issued no calls for an emergency Council meeting to pass \nelementary measures already done in other cities like a moratorium\n on evictions and rents.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>City\n Manager Martin Bernal &amp; the City Council majority have a long \nhistory of resisting the expansion of basic services for the less \nprivileged\n in town.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Supervisor\n Coonerty and the Board of Supervisors have declined to provide \ncounty-wide resources in an equitable and sensible fashion.\n<br>\n<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The health of the community depends on our community action through a direct and united response.<br>\n<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Up\n to now we have seen how &#8220;concerned&#8221; and &#8220;effective&#8221; local authorities \nhave been in meeting the needs of renters and those outside.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Meekly\n following the dictates of authority in this crisis has not in the past,\n nor likely in the future, to be a wise, health-providing, and \nproductive\n course.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>We must confront directly, clearly, persistently, loudly and immediately to secure the basic survival\n needs of the community in the current crisis.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>With\n washed hands and care to keep physical distance, bring food and \nyourselves to the noon food serving to sustain the survival effort and \ntake\n the necessary future steps.<\/strong><\/li><li>Contact\n<em>Food Not Bombs (575-770-3377), HUFF (831-423-4833), or the Santa Cruz Homeless Union (831-431-7766)\n<\/em>if unable to come for health or other reasons. (454-2200) and you wish to help.<strong><br>\n<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Sunday evening March 15th , Food Not Bombs, HUFF, the Santa Cruz Homeless Union and others have supplied volunteers, food, and supplies for distribution to the community&#8211;particularly folks outside without safe reliable shelter.&nbsp; Hats off to Lucero Luna, Keith, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/huff-meeting-for-wednesday-3-18-cancelled-huff-members-to-aid-food-servers-at-town-clocks-santa-cruz-homeless-union-covid-19-relief-center-at-noon-today\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[128],"tags":[4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4475"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4477,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475\/revisions\/4477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}