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DESCRIPTION:Sidewalk demo of homeless folks, their supporters, and those outraged at 
 last month's court decision making sleeping downtown a jailing crime for 
 homeless musicians Anna Richardson and Miguel de Leon--who have no legal 
 place to sleep at night.\n\nThis Injunction was sought by the SCPD, by city 
 employees, and by four businesses downtown including Bunny's Shoes (as well 
 as managers of the property leased to Borders and the Palomar, and Manthri 
 Srinath, owner of Lulu Carpenters).\n\nThe impact of the decision expands 
 far beyond these two performers, since there are 1500-2000 homeless in 
 Santa Cruz of whom less than 10% have shelter throughout the 
 summer.\n\nHomeless people face $97 citations, police harassment, theft and 
 destruction of their property, and discrimination.\n\nIt is piling 
 absurdity upon cruelty to ban sleeping downtown on pain of jail, yet allow 
 no legal place for homeless people to sleep. MC 6.36.010 makes all 
 nighttime sleeping illegal outside on public property already; the 
 Injunction adds a jail penalty to the downtown area for this homeless 
 couple.\n\nActivists will continue presenting their Pledge on Human Rights 
 and Harmony for merchants to display in their windows or in their stores in 
 soldarity if they choose.  So far about about 1/5 of the businesses 
 downtown have been approached.  \n\nThe pledge reads: "This business does 
 not discriminate. We support Human Rights for the homeless community. In 
 particular, the right to sleep at night--not anywhere and everywhere--but 
 somewhere."\n\nEducational protest was recently successful in restoring a 
 positive relationship between Jack's (the hamburger joint next to the 
 Nickelodeon) and the homeless community after numerous complaints of 
 discrimination there.\n\nSolidarity in resisting the police attack on the 
 Farmer's Market Drum Circle has kept it going every Wednesday.\n\nThe 
 Sleeping Ban was abolished in Los Angeles, San Diego, Richmond, and Laguna 
 Beach. If redneck and yuppie communities can act reasonably towards the 
 homeless, Santa Cruz can be persuaded to do the same.\n\nSince the Downtown 
 Association and their proxies on City Council (Robinson, Coonerty, 
 Matthews) has been leading the crackdown on the homeless, it's time to 
 "crack back".\n\n\n\nMore info and flyers on this situation at 
 \n\nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/09/18601111.php\n\nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/02/18599901.php 
 \n\nand http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/28/18598906.php ,\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/12/18601472.php
SUMMARY:Back to Bunny's: Support Stores That Support Human Rights for the Homeless
LOCATION:On the sidewalk near Bunny's Shoes in downtown Santa Cruz at 1350 Pacific 
 Ave.and its sister store across the street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/12/18601472.php
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