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DESCRIPTION:Supporters of the Santa Cruz Eleven [SC-11] will be giving out information, 
 circulating petitions, and seeking help to expose and dismiss the two 
 felonies and two misdemeanors that seven of them still face.  They could be 
 sentenced to seven years in prison apiece.\n\nThe seven are charged with 
 felony vandalism, misdemeanor trespass, and felony conspiracy to trespass 
 and vandalize in a case widely denounced by ACLU, the National Lawyer's 
 Guild, the Resource Center for Non-Violence, and many others.\n\nThe 
 charges have also targeted alternative media workers.\n\nCoincidentally 
 most of them are high-profile critics of city and county government, 
 reporters, and/or organizers and activists with Occupy Santa Cruz.  
 \n\nCritics charge and D.A. Bob Lee denies he is playing a game with the 
 taxpayer's money to discourage legitimate future protest.  Activists claim 
 he is acting as bagman and security force for Wells Fargo Bank, whose 3 1/2 
 vacant property was briefly and peacefully occupied last year.  \n\nJudge 
 Paul Burdick, before whom all  previous SC-11 cases have come, thought so 
 little of D.A. Bob Lee's case (presented by D.A. Rebekah Young) that he 
 dismissed every one.    Instead of learning from this, Young has refiled 
 charges and continues to expensive and grueling persecution.\n\nTheir next 
 hearing is scheduled for August 17th (Readiness for Preliminary Hearing) 
 with the actual Preliminary Hearing on August 20th (both at 9 AM in Dept. 6 
 before Judge Burdick).  They have been ordered to personally appear at both 
 hearings.\n\nThe only evidence police seem to have against the seven is 
 that they were present in the building (along with hundreds of other 
 people, including other reporters and a councilmember).  Yet they are the 
 only ones charged.  \n\nActivists said they were seeking a community 
 center, winter shelter for the homeless, and exposure of Wells Fargo's 
 fraudulent foreclosure practices.\n\nFor more information and to offer 
 support,  see www.santacruzeleven.org .\n\nHUFF (Homeless United for 
 Friendship & Freedom) is also giving out information to alert the community 
 to a new vicious crackdown on people without shelter ("homeless people").  
 The city has shelter for less than 5% of its homeless, a Sleeping Ban that 
 criminalizes ALL sleeping outside or in vehicles on public property, and an 
 ongoing assault against homeless activists (two of whom report to jail this 
 month to serve out six month sentences for peaceful protest).\n\nSee "USA: 
 Human Rights Activist Ordered to Six Months of Jail, More Repression 
 Scheduled"  at 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/29/18718520.php\n\nFor details 
 from the police department itself on the crackdown, see 
 http://santacruzpolice.blogspot.com/  .  \n\nThe attack on "illegal 
 campsites" ignores the fact that there is no legal camping in the city of 
 santa cruz on any public property.\n\nThe act of  sleeping after 11 PM 
 outside on public property even without bedding, tents, or other equipment 
 is considered "camping" if done outside or in any building not a 
 residence.\n\nMore than 1000 homeless people are estimated to engage in 
 this "crime" every night in Santa Cruz.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/02/18718718.php
SUMMARY:Tabling for the Santa Cruz Eleven
LOCATION:Cooper and Pacific across from the Cinema 9 Theater
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/02/18718718.php
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