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DESCRIPTION:This is the annual reading of the names of those who died homeless in Santa 
 Cruz throughout 2010.  \n\nLast year's homeless death toll in the county 
 was initially 45+, later amended to more than 55\nSee "Unsafe to be 
 Homeless in Santa Cruz" at 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/19/18633184.php\n\nSongs about 
 this issue sung in front of Mayor Coonerty's Bookshop Santa Cruz last year 
 resulted in a city prosecution and $250 fines for the singers.  See "Sing a 
 Song, Go to Jail?" at 
 http://beckyjohnsononewomantalking.blogspot.com/2010/01/sing-song-go-to-jail.html 
 and 
 http://beckyjohnsononewomantalking.blogspot.com/2010/01/downtown-music-by-petula-clark-lyrics.html. 
  \n\nIt is a tribute to the failure of the Homeless Services Center's 
 failure to effectively advocate and supply emergency shelter--the 
 overwhelming need of homeless people.  \n\nThe Shelter provides emergency 
 shelter for less than 15% of the homeless population in the winter (and 
 less than 5% in the summer).  \n\nThe HSC management (previously Leticia 
 Schwartz and now Monica Martinez) and its Board of Directors (headed by 
 Sally Williams) remained silent when City Council passes laws criminalizing 
 homeless survival activity (like sleeping at night or covering up with 
 protective gear).  \n\nMartinez works ever more closely with local NIMBY's 
 and homeless-hostile groups to garner funding for programs while 
 increasingly restricting and "policing" homeless people in and around its 
 center. \n(See Sentinel story "Homeless center's new director makes World 
 of Difference" at 
 http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_16896094?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com\n\nAttempts 
 to get Martinez to disclose HSC policies have so far run up against a 
 stonewall.  See http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/06/18665884.php 
 .\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/21/18667229.php
SUMMARY:Homeless Services Center Reads Names of the 2010 Homeless Dead
LOCATION:115 Coral St. at the Homeless Services Center
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/21/18667229.php
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