{"id":6826,"date":"2026-01-23T16:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=6826"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:39:50","slug":"huff-meets-130-330-pm-thursday-jan-15-next-to-the-bike-church-at-the-sub-rosa-cafe-prep-for-the-salinas-gathering-of-homeless-unions-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/huff-meets-130-330-pm-thursday-jan-15-next-to-the-bike-church-at-the-sub-rosa-cafe-prep-for-the-salinas-gathering-of-homeless-unions-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"HUFF meets 1:30 &#8211; 3:30 PM Thursday Jan 15 next to the Bike Church at the Sub Rosa Cafe: prep for the Salinas gathering of Homeless Unions this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a>HUFF <\/a>IN BRIEF 1-15-25\u00a0\u00a0 Clarification and Additions\u2026Messages\u2026Proposed Actions?&#8230;.Shitty Council and Stupe Updates: Floc, Lithium Batteries, and Homeless Freezeout\u2026.Street Reports\u2026ICE &amp; Other Protests\u2026Shelter Reports\u2026 HUFF meeting schedule\u202610th\u00a0Homeless Union Anniversary in Salinas Sat Jan 17\u2026Winter Crisis:\u00a0 No Winter Drop-In Shelter in Rain\/Warming Center: Failure to Open During Past Cold Weather\u2026<em>Hometown Homeless<\/em>; Rest=Resistance &amp; Other Reading\u2026.Thomas\u2019s Tips\u2026 Updates on MHCAN; Stupes\u2019 RV Tow Bill; Funding Matters March Closure\u2026216 Posting at Armory bus pick-ups; collating citations \u2026Jail, Courts reports \u2026. Next HUFF meeting 1-22-26\u2026Keith Update \u2026Mid-60\u2019s with no rain predicted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>FREE EVENTS <\/u>\u00a0(for demonstrating, <em>leafleting<\/em>, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday Jan 15 1:30 PM -3:30 PM <em>HUFF <\/em>meeting planning Salinas caravan for Jan 17th\u00a010th Anniversary meeting of Homeless Union<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday Jan 15 \u00a05-6 PM\u00a0 <em>Food Not Bombs <\/em>meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room, end of N. Pacific Ave.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday Jan 16 2 PM\u00a0 Protest against Venezuela War\u00a0 High St. and Bay St. UCSC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday Jan 16 4:15 PM \u2013 7;15 PM\u00a0Free Food Church East Zayante Rd. and Sylvan Way in Zayante near the school bus stop\u2014&#8221;rain or shine\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday Jan 17\u00a0 8 AM \u2013 5 PM\u00a0 10th\u00a0Anniversary National Homeless Union in Salinas 1 Main St.\u00a0 Likely caravan to be arranged at 1-8 HUFF meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday Jan 17\u00a0 11 AM- 12:30 \u00a0PM Protest\u00a0Israel with American Bombs bombing in the Phony Ceasefire+ U.S. occupation troops for Trump\u2019s Israeli Expansion Plan&#8211; Ocean&amp; Water End the War \u00a0Weekly\u00a0Signs and Shouts\u00a0 Palestine Justice Coalition\u00a0Perhaps anti-Venezuela, anti-ICE protest (DIY)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday Jan 17\u00a0 4 PM \u2013 7:30 PM Party\/Street Party\u00a0 Quaker Meeting House 226 Rooney St., S.C.Rise Up Singing New Year\u2019s Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday Jan 17 and Sunday Jan 18 \u00a0noon-3 PM <em>FNB <\/em>gathering &amp; meal Town Clock; NEW Street Spirits &amp; Street Sheets available; leave off or pick up forms to record shelter and police abuse from Drew\u2019s substitute; Bulletin Board for posting notices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday Jan 18\u00a0 10-12 PM\u00a0\u00a0People\u2019s Aide : Solidarity &amp; Services for those outside at Green Gate Golf Club Drive.Sunday Jan 18 \u00a02 PM\u00a0 \u201cRest is Resistance\u201d\u00a0street huddle &amp; book reading at the dinosaur statue or at Jamba Juice across from the Post Office downtown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday Jan 19 4:30 PM \u2013 5:30 PM\u00a0\u00a0Another \u201cIndivisible\u201d Civil Right\u00a0\u00a0Protest Against the Trump Regime\u00a0(but <u>add Newsom, Keeley, Kramer &amp; the Deadly Dems<\/u>) Ocean &amp; Water Sts.\u00a0Make allies of the Dismal Democrats in the Homeless Civil Rights Struggle if you can\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday Jan 19 5:30 PM-7:30 PM Free Film \u201cHow Long is Long Enough: Caged-for-Life Prisoners Quntos Wilson &amp; Layla Roberts \u00a0 SC Barrios Unidos 1817 S.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday Jan 20-thru Thursday Jan 22 10 AM until the food\u2019s gone <em>Bread and Roses<\/em>\u00a0chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe\u2019s Parking Lot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>TASKS to Volunteer for\u00a0+ Possible INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS :\u00a0[<\/u>Call or Text 831-423-4833 if interested in any of these projects]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POLLING FOR ARMORY CONDITIONS:\u00a0 Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0TABLING AT CORAL ST. to gather reports of property taken or lost in police raids; conditions at Funding Matters (aka Housing Matters)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a>++++\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0ARMORY COMPLAINTS:\u00a0 Call (408) 761-9930 as well as<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:evan@peoplefirstscc.org\" target=\"_blank\">evan@peoplefirstscc.org<\/a>\u00a0 or\u00a0 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/peoplefirstscc.org\" target=\"_blank\">peoplefirstscc.org<\/a> as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter access line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699;\u00a0LET US KNOW at 216-8239 or 423-4833 \u00a0if you\u2019ve sent one and if you\u2019ve gotten satisfaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 NEW STREET INFO for Tips &amp; Lifelessons\u00a0to buff up Thomas\u2019s Tipzine?\u00a0 Real resources for surviving on the street\u2026Correcting false shelter\/storage \u2018services\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 COLLECTING\/COLLATING TICKETS: Past homeless citation record of the last year to spot Selective Ticketing for Homeless \u201cCrime\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE ANTICS: \u00a0state, local, and federal: the closing federal\/state\/local fist.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 EXERTING PRESSURE to establish or organize Winter Shelter\/Services\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 SOLIDARITY IN STRUGGLE with anti-ICE, anti-genocide, anti-War, anti-gentrification, pro-tenant, anti-discrimination local protests \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 FOLLOWING Court cases and\u00a0 supporting those held in 5150s\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++ \u00a0 MHCAN reopening support? Ditto with other do-it-yourself or street level services like the Downtown Street Team, a Switchboard, etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0 \u00a0PREPARATION\/PARTICIPATION in large protests as on Martin Luther King Day (Jan 19)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><a>New-ish <\/a>STORIES\u00a0(To Be Updated)\u00a0 (TBA)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lookout.co\/city-county-of-santa-cruz-formally-begins-process-to-replace-housing-matters-day-services\/story\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lookout.co\/city-county-of-santa-cruz-formally-begins-process-to-replace-housing-matters-day-services\/story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thestreetspirit.org\/2025\/11\/04\/ninth-circuit-upholds-alfred-v-vallejo-decision-setting-legal-precedent\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/thestreetspirit.org\/2025\/11\/04\/ninth-circuit-upholds-alfred-v-vallejo-decision-setting-legal-precedent\/<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>OLD STANDBYES<\/u>\u00a0New Street Spirits and Street Sheets to sell or read available at HUFF or at the FNB meal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a>++++\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><em><a>Street Spirit<\/a><\/em><a>\u00a0archives on line:<\/a>\u00a0<u><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&amp;sort=-date\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&amp;sort=-date<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0 <em><u>Street Sheet<\/u><\/em><u>\u00a0recent stories on line: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.streetsheet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.streetsheet.org\/<\/a> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++ \u00a0\u00a0 Recent stories on a variety of unhoused issues: \u00a0 <u><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/invisiblepeople.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/invisiblepeople.tv\/<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overview: <u><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/resource\/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/resource\/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>++++\u00a0 \u00a0 Wes White&#8217;s Video Work:\u00a0Go to You-Tube then Check out &#8220;John Doe13K&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUFF IN BRIEF 1-15-25\u00a0\u00a0 Clarification and Additions\u2026Messages\u2026Proposed Actions?&#8230;.Shitty Council and Stupe Updates: Floc, Lithium Batteries, and Homeless Freezeout\u2026.Street Reports\u2026ICE &amp; Other Protests\u2026Shelter Reports\u2026 HUFF meeting schedule\u202610th\u00a0Homeless Union Anniversary in Salinas Sat Jan 17\u2026Winter Crisis:\u00a0 No Winter Drop-In Shelter in Rain\/Warming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/huff-meets-130-330-pm-thursday-jan-15-next-to-the-bike-church-at-the-sub-rosa-cafe-prep-for-the-salinas-gathering-of-homeless-unions-this-saturday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[128],"tags":[152],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826"}],"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=6826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6827,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826\/revisions\/6827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}