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DESCRIPTION:The state of Rhode Island passed a Homeless Bill of Rights last 
 month.\nText of the bill: 
 http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/SenateText12/S2052B.pdf   \nStories 
 about the bill: 
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/27/rhode-island-homeless-bill-of-rights 
 \n& 
 \nhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/13/us-usa-homeless-rhodeisland-idUSBRE85C1RY20120613_n_1632411.html\n\nSanta 
 Cruz Police announced they would be doing sweep-and-destroy missions for 
 homeless campsites in Santa Cruz over the next month (even though Santa 
 Cruz has no alternate shelter available for those folks):  
 \nhttp://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_21046303/santa-cruz-police-clear-out-homeless-camps-next\nIndybay's 
 story on this planned spoiling raid:  
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/10/18717222.php\n\nGary Johnson 
 and Ed Frey face a return to jail to complete their 6 month jail sentences 
 for peaceful protest (sleeping) outside the County Building in August 2010 
 in solidarity with homeless Santa Cruzans who have no 
 shelter.\nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/26/18682916.php\n\nA 
 Superior Court panel upheld these 
 sentences.\nhttp://www.beckyjohnsononewomantalking.blogspot.com/2012/07/judges-affirm-that-sleeping-at-any-time.html\n\nSeveral 
 months ago, Judge John Gallagher, who gave Frey and Johnson these 
 outrageous sentences, gave Gary Johnson a 2-year suspended sentence for 
 sleeping outside the courthouse on a bench with a sign that read "Sleep is 
 not a Crime"\nDescription of the trial at 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/19/18709700.php?show_comments=1#18709805\n\nAdvocate 
 John Colby reports that homeless disabled people were being mistreated (one 
 man thrown into the street with a wheelchair; others denied services) by 
 the Homeless (Lack of) Services Center without any rules regarding appeal, 
 rights as disabled people, or consistent explanations.   
 \nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/29/18716565.php?show_comments=1#18717545\n\nSanta 
 Cruz Council Members, Vice-Mayor Proposed Anti-Homeless Measures After 
 Recent 
 Murder\nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/16/18713568.php\n\nHUFF 
 (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) will be serving some hot soup 
 and taking accounts of what homeless people themselves would like to see in 
 the Homeless Bill of Rights, particularly as regarding Santa Cruz.\n\nWe're 
 also seeking to assess the amount of damage down by the SCPD, Parks and 
 Recreation, and private vigilante groups like the Downtown Association, 
 Take Back Santa Cruz, and the Santa Cruz Neighbors in destroying homeless 
 property and harassing homeless people.\n\nThe public (housed and unhoused) 
 will be invited to speak both publicly and privately about the situation, 
 as well as make suggestions regarding what rights are most in jeopardy and 
 need to be asserted most strongly.\n\nEveryone's invited.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/15/18717584.php
SUMMARY:Standing Up to Police and Prejudice: Assembling Bill of Rights for the S.C. Homeless
LOCATION:Between the Santa Cruz County Building at Ocean and Water Sts. and the Lawn 
 Bowling Area at the edge of San Lorenzo Park
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/15/18717584.php
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