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DESCRIPTION:This will be the third in a series of weekly protests in downtown Santa 
 Cruz, encouraging businesses to abandon anti-homeless polices and educating 
 the public on the absurdity and abusiveness of the Downtown Ordinances.  
 \n\nSpecifically, Coffee Roasting Company, Starbucks, Peets, and Lulu 
 Carpenters have explicitly stated they have "no backpacks allowed" policies 
 (though one can often find backpacks there).  \n\nHUFF (Homeless United for 
 Friendship & Freedom) has received reports of discrimination from other 
 cafes such as Pergolesi, Verve, The Abby Cafe, and Firefly, but nothing 
 specific as to backpacks.\n\nHUFF activists took a poll last Wednesday & 
 we'll post those results once they're clarified.  \n\nThere were concerns 
 expressed by those polled about  SC coffee roasting, LL carpenter's, 
 Pergolesis, Hoffman's, Starbuck's and El Palomar Taco Bar. \n\nWe will be 
 serving free coffee as usual at the protest and encouraging folks to tell 
 what has happened to them.  The protest is also going to take in Starbucks, 
 which also recently declared a "no backpacks" policy and recently turned 
 away a homeless customer in the courtyard because of his backpacks.\n\nThe 
 same man later received a $200 citation for chalking with erasable sidewalk 
 chalk on the public sidewalk, the word "boycott".  CSO Barnett, recently 
 infamous for harassment of scarflady Kate Winzell and other street folks, 
 insisted on giving him a citation.  Video of the incident may be available 
 soon.\n\nCome on down.  Bring your own cup if you've got one, or use one of 
 ours.   \n\nPost your experiences on Yelp and here on indybay.\n\nMore info 
 and more links:  "Busting Backpack Bigotry and Bad Laws Downtown " at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/03/18751864.php \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/11/18752446.php
SUMMARY:Sidewalk Coffee Speakout
LOCATION:In front of the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company on Pacific Avenue at 
 1330 Pacific Avenue  and across the street in front of Starbucks
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/11/18752446.php
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