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DESCRIPTION:Speak-Out Before and At Santa Cruz City Council Celebrating a Homeless 
 Rights Victory at the local ACLU Board of Directors on June 
 30th.\n\nPresentation of Petitions and Demands to City Council to Overturn 
 the City's Anti-Homeless Sleeping Ban.\n\nWe'll meet to prepare a 
 presentation at 4:30 with coffee and snacks outside City Council and then 
 go in to speak at Oral Communications around 5 PM inside Council 
 Chambers\n\nLETTER TO MAYOR LYNN ROBINSON\nI sent an earlier version of the 
 folloowing letter to Mayor Robinson at the beginning of the week:\n\nFrom: 
 rnorse3@hotmail.com\nTo: lrobinson@cityofsantacruz.com\nCC: 
 jyork@santacruzsentinel.com;  jpierce@santacruzweekly.com...\nSubject: ACLU 
 Action Urging A Moratorium on the Sleeping and Camping Laws\nDate: Mon, 7 
 Jul 2014 14:55:39 -0700\n\nLynn:\n\nOn June 30th, the local ACLU passed the 
 following resolution:\n\n"Statement of Principle: The Santa Cruz County 
 Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union supports in principle a 
 limited time moratorium on enforcement of camping ban laws and ordinances 
 within the City and County of Santa Cruz on the grounds that such laws and 
 ordinances selectively criminalize the homeless community."\n\n"While the 
 chapter is mindful that such a moratorium raises practical problems within 
 the community at large, we believe that the benefits of such an approach in 
 terms of the opportunity for civic leaders, policy makers and stakeholders 
 to reassess the efficacy of these laws and ordinances outweighs any 
 temporary adverse impact."\n\nI, other HUFF activists, and homeless victims 
 of the City's Sleeping Ban will be coming to Oral Communications tomorrow 
 to support this statement and ask that the Council take immediate action to 
 implement it.   \n\nThere is a clear lack of shelter space.  There are the 
 safety problems created by the criminalization of the homeless--more for 
 the homeless themselves than for those who fear or blame them.   Lawsuits 
 in other jurisdictions have been successful in overturning anti-homeless 
 laws.  \n\nI encourage you and your fellow Council members to act swiftly 
 to restore basic civil and human rights to the homeless community here.  
 \n\nOne of the most basic, of course, is to be able to sleep at night and 
 to be secure in one's property.  If one is in danger of having it 
 confiscated because sleeping is "illegal" after 11 PM, then one has no such 
 security.\n\nAs a Free Radio Santa Cruz reporter, I will be audioing the 
 meeting for broadcast.  I assure  you this will be done in a non-disruptive 
 manner as has been the case without exception in the past.   \n\nI 
 encourage you to respect the rights of the media, even those critical of 
 your positions on various issues, to audibly make their own record of the 
 meeting, as guaranteed by state law and the Constitution.\n\nRobert 
 Norse\n(423-4833)\n\nEarlier story on the historic homeless victory forcing 
 an ACLU Bo to protect the homeless right to sleep in Santa Cruz: 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/07/01/18758158.php\n\nEarlier story 
 on Mayor Robinson's false arrest for "unattended audio recording at City 
 Council" at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/03/18755258.php 
 .\n\nStreet Spirit story by Steve Pleich describing one version of his 
 proposed moratorium on Sleeping Bans in Santa Cruz: 
 http://www.thestreetspirit.org/santa-cruz-activists-call-for-moratorium-on-laws-that-criminalize-camping-and-sleeping/ 
 \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/07/07/18758378.php
SUMMARY:Homeless Take ACLU Sleeping Ban Suspension Resolution to City Council
LOCATION:809 Center St.  Santa Cruz City Hall Courtyard
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/07/07/18758378.php
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