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DESCRIPTION:SERVICE SHUTDOWN\nServices for showers, bathrooms, laundry, and food have 
 now been cut off for half a month with no chance of immediate restoration.  
 \n\nThere is no indication of a reduction of the harassment and citing of 
 Santa Cruz's 1500+ homeless people outside for the "crime" of sleeping at 
 night.\n\nNO SHELTER\nThere is emergency walk-in shelter for less than a 
 dozen people at best with waiting lists of weeks or months for the 
 unhoused.\n\nWhile there is lots of talk about providing "a path to 
 housing" and fund-seeking for social service programs that do not provide 
 the actual housing, there has been a cutback in real emergency services for 
 food and shelter.\n\nLOTS OF UNUSED SPACE AT NIGHT\nSanta Cruz has more 
 than a hundred acres of parkland, including two reserved for dogs.  These 
 parks are all closed to the public at night.  Authorities are issuing 
 stay-away orders and tickets for those who fall asleep in the 
 parks.\n\nNine were given costly citations two weeks ago for simply being 
 at City Hall at night petitioning the government for a redress of these 
 grievances.\n\nMOONLIGHT MEAL\nWe will be providing sandwiches at our first 
 stop at City Hall at 9:30 PM on the night of the march.   All are 
 invited--even those who may be apprehensive of confrontations with police 
 (on July 5th,  22 officers came to disperse more than 25 sleepers).  
 \n\nRESOURCES AVAILABLE\nSome sleeping bags and light tarps will be 
 available for uses for those who want to join the protest.  \n\nPETITIONS 
 \nWe will also have petitions to circulate and sign to document the needs 
 of those being abused under the current laws and show community support. 
 \n\nWe hope city authorities, recognizing the emergency, will allow folks 
 to sleep without harassment and invite the community to join us as 
 participants or witnesses.  \n\nFolks are also invited to bring their 
 vehicles if they have them.  Caution: MC 6.36.010 makes it  "illegal" to 
 sleep after 11 PM at night anywhere on public property in Santa 
 Cruz.\n\nMORNING FEED\nOatmeal, coffee, and perhaps a few extras will be on 
 the menu for breakfast.  The location of the meal will be announced at City 
 Hall at 6:30 PM, depending on where the Survival Sleepers spend the 
 night.\n\nFUTURE PROSPECTS\nWe are looking forward in the next few weeks to 
 daytime sleepouts in the park and at City Hall as well as other as-yet 
 undisclosed locations around town. During the day, sleeping (and 
 petitioning) in parks and at City Hall is "legal".\n\nWe will also be 
 scheduling events at City Hall itself urging the restoration of 
 constitutional rights for those outside.\n\nMore info:  "Community Campout 
 Ends with Citations" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/05/18774529.php \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/16/18774995.php
SUMMARY:Community SleepOut Will Slumber Again This Sunday
LOCATION:Beginning at the Main Post Office after the Sunday night meal, activists 
 from Food Not Bombs, the Camp of Last Resort, HUFF, the Homeless Persons 
 Legal Assistance Project and independent supporters will gather on the 
 steps in front of the main Post Office, choose a Safe Sleeping Spot and 
 make their way to that place for the night.  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/16/18774995.php
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