Cracking Down on the Homeless--a Debate Between Mayor Rotkin & Activist-Attorney Frey : Indybay

Title:	Cracking Down on the Homeless--a Debate Between Mayor Rotkin & Activist-Attorney Frey
START DATE:	Sunday July 11
TIME:	10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location Details:
broadcasting at 101.1 FM and http://www.freakradio.org hopefully archived at http://www.freakradio.org
Event Type:	Radio Broadcast
Contact Name	Robert Norse
Email Address	rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com
Phone Number	831-423-4833
Address	309 Cedar PMB #14B Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Attorney Ed Frey and other homeless and housed civil rights advocates are in going into their 5th night of a Peace Camp outside the County Courthouse at 701 Ocean St. tonight (July 8th). See "Nighttime Protest of Santa Cruz Sleeping Ban Continues at County Courthouse" at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/07/18652973.php Rotkin and Vice-Mayor Coonerty support the City's MC 6.36--the Camping Ordinance, and specifically MC 6.36.010a--the Sleeping Ban. This law bans all outdoors and vehicular sleeping in City limits. Rotkin and Coonerty claim that existing shelter, police, and court practices adequately protect the homeless and respect their civil liberties. Frey, an attorney defending a homeless elder Robert "Blindbear Facer", does not. Shelter provider experts Linda Lemaster and Paul Brindel recently testified in the Injunction Trial of Anna Richardson and Miguel de Leon shelter space was largely if not entirely unavailable throughout the summer for hundreds of homeless people. Prior debates between Rotkin and other homeless advocates on homeless issues can be found at http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb060226.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb060716.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb060924.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb090201.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb090215.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb099212.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb091004.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb091213.mp3 http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb100117.mp3 (Go to http://www.huffsantacruz.org/brb-descriptions.html and locate the exact show date (YY/MM/DD) to locate exactly where in the show the Rotkin segments can be found) Vice-Mayor (and likely Mayor in 2011) Ryan Coonerty has refused to debate the Sleeping Ban issue with Ed Frey. Frey has asked the Sentinel to publish his challenge in an editorial, which Sentinel editor Miller as so far declined to do. A new ordinance drastically increasing penalties for survival sleeping citations goes before the Rotkin-Coonerty Council on July 13 (see http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/19/18651270.php) either at the usually early 2 PM or the 7 PM session. Item #28 can be found at http://64.175.136.240/sirepub/cache/2/bfqsgx45ordzju45qlblhzze/232069807082010095117458.PDF . Call in at 831-427-3772 or 831-469-3119 or e-mail in your questions to rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com Added to the calendar on Thursday Jul 8th, 2010 9:56 AM

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§Frey-Rotkin Debate Sunday: New Show Time is 10 AM to 11 AM

by Robert Norse Saturday Jul 10th, 2010 10:34 AM

Mayor Rotkin and Attorney Frey will be debating the Peace Camp, the Sleeping Ban, and Local Repression of the Homeless as described at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/08/18652988.php?printable=true

The new show start time is 10 AM.

The show will go from 10 AM to 11 AM.

It's being rescheduled so as not to conflict with the World Cup Finals at 11:30 AM.

Also KSBW-TV will be videoing some of the show and replaying it as well as flash-interviews with Frey and Rotkin at 6 PM and 10 PM Sunday night 7-11.

I will also be playing an audio of the show Sunday night at 8:30 PM at the Peace Rally (Night 8) at 701 Ocean St. in front of the court building for those without radios or computer access.

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