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DESCRIPTION:COMING TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE\nActivists from Food Not Bombs, the Camp of 
 Last Resort, HUFF, the Homeless Persons Legal Assistance Project and those 
 sleeping outside as well as independent supporters will gather at the main 
 Post Office.   We will then take the streets and make our way to City Hall. 
 There we will prepare for a night of peaceful petitioning and protest to 
 end the City-wide Sleeping Ban. \n\n\nOUR DEMAND\nWe are asking the City 
 Council, the SCPD, Parks and Rec Rangers and all other enforcement agencies 
 to leave those sleeping outside alone.\n\nAll shelter services have waiting 
 lists.  There is no shelter for 90\n% of the unhoused population.\n\nThe 
 Sleeping Ban itself (MC 6.36.010a) makes the act of sleeping after 11 PM on 
 any public (and much private) property a $157 crime for the first offense. 
 Unattended citations can lead to misdemeanors.  \n\nSo-called "Mosquito" 
 devices have been in place for the last year emitting high pitch sounds to 
 drive away homeless people resting from spots lik the area under the Soquel 
 Ave. bridge.\n\nHundreds of Stay-Away orders have been given to homeless 
 people who haven't even been to court for minor infractions--including 
 being in a park after dark and sleeping.\n\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 or rest in them after dark.\n\n\nRESOURCES AVAILABLE 
 AND MUNCHIES\nSome sleeping bags and light tarps will be available for uses 
 for those who want to join the protest.  There'll be sandwiches in the 
 mid-evening and a Cafe HUFF breakfast in the morning sometime between 6:30 
 and 7:30 AM with yummy edibles and hot steaming coffee for the Survival 
 Sleepers and their supporters.\n\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 petition at the seat of 
 government without harassment.  Leave in peace those who need to sleep 
 there--especially since City Council offers no alternatives.  We 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 
 also makes it "illegal" to sleep after 11 PM at night in your own 
 vehicle.\n\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 also hope to 
 schedule events at City Hall itself urging the restoration of 
 constitutional rights for those outside.\n\nWhat happened last time: 
 "Despite Heavy Police and Security Presence, Campers Make it Through the 
 Night at City Hall" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/21/18775182.php\n\n\nNote: This 
 is my own take on the upcoming sleep-out. Others may view it differently.  
 Come and check it out for yourself.  --R Norse of HUFF\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/23/18775300.php
SUMMARY:3rd Sleep-in at City Hall
LOCATION:Main Santa Cruz Post Office at Front and Water.  To be followed by a march 
 to 809 Center St. at the City Hall Courtyard
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/23/18775300.php
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