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DESCRIPTION:BACK FROM VACATION AND STILL EMPTY-HANDED\nThe City Council is back after 
 its six weeks of sunny summer vacation.  During the Budget hearings, the 
 Council did nothing about the "Homeless Services Center" [HLOSC] Shelter 
 Shutdown and cut-off of all Emergency Servces (meals, laundry, showers, 
 bathrooms).\n\nNothing is on their Tuesday agenda to lift the Sleeping Ban, 
 modify that law or any of the other anti-homeless laws.  Nor is there any 
 provision for opening up walk-in campgrounds or  legal places for overnight 
 survival sleeping in cars.\n\n1500-2000 homeless people in Santa Cruz for 
 the general population face $157 citations and harassment for sleeping in 
 parks--but have no legal place to go.\n\nU.S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TAKES 
 THE LEAD\nThis week, the U.S. Dept. of Justice for the first time filed a 
 supporting Statement of Interest in a long-fought Boise, Idaho case. [See 
 http://www.examiner.com/article/u-s-department-of-justice-supports-homeless-rights-lawsuit 
 ]   \n\nThere homeless advocates sued cops and their bosses to end police 
 harassment of sleepers and secure restitution for past injuries and amnesty 
 for past false convictions.  The federal government's intervention is a 
 historic action and one we will urge them to do in Santa Cruz as well in 
 future lawsuits.\n\nSOAP-BOX AND SIP SOUP\nHomeless folks are invited to 
 speak out on the green outside City Council and inside at 5 PM during Oral 
 Communications. \nThe Council only allows 3 minutes, but we intend to 
 restore free speech outside. Bring your soapbox.\n \nAdvocates also plan a 
 Press Conference (probably after the City Council's Oral Communications 
 period at 5 PM).  There we'll update folks on the current situation and 
 announce future plans for actions to educate and activate the 
 community.\n\nThere'll be coffee and soup in the mid-afternoon, a 
 mid-evening snack later, and morning coffee at 7 AM after the sleep-in.  
 \n\nActivists will be gathering information on sleep deprivation cites, 
 medical turnaways, and other discriminatory behavior throughout the 
 afternoon and evening.  \n\nNO MORE WALK-IN SERVICES AT CORAL ST.-- NO 
 DISMISSAL OF TICKETS FOR "BEING ON THE WAITING LIST"\nUp to now, city law 
 (MC 6.36.055) has required dismissal of all camping tickets for those on 
 the Waiting Lists of the Paul Lee loft and the River St. Shelter.  HLOSC 
 Director  Jannan Thomas met with Freedom Sleepers today and announced there 
 is no longer a Paul Lee Loft Waiting List. \n\nFurther the HLOSC will not 
 be providing walk-in services at all to any homeless folks, except those 
 referred by other agencies.   Prior word from the River St. Shelter 
 indicates they only take people with a social worker, a referral, or out of 
 the hospital.\n\nWith no waiting list for the Paul Lee Loft and a highly 
 restricted list for the River St. Shelter, sleepers will no longer have the 
 protection of those lists and will have a harder task confronting these 
 cruel "drive the homeless out of town" tickets.\n\nThis essentially means 
 the end of all Emergency Services in Santa Cruz--other than those with 
 religious requirements or the limited help provided by Food Not Bombs and 
 other samaritans.  \n\nLAST SUNDAY\nLast Sunday's Sleep-Out resulted in no 
 citations for the 20-30 people at City Hall during the night in spite of 
 the angry demands of a zealous First Alarm security guard.   \n\nNor did 
 policed ticket activists reading posted agendas outside City Council though 
 they were standing "in a closed area".  Instead they drove them away with 
 threats.  \n\nHow City officials can allow police to ban people from 
 reading publicly posted city agendas at night is still a mystery to many of 
 us.   Particularly since state lazw requires the agendas be publicly 
 available 24-hours-a-day for 72 hours before any public meeting.\n\nGET 
 READY TO BED DOWN!\nJoin us in pajamas and bathrobes (teddy bears optional) 
 if you wish to support the Right to Rest.\n\nFor die-hards and a third 
 round of coffee, HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) will be 
 meeting at 703 Pacific at the Sub Rosa Cafe (next to the Bike 
 Church).\n\nMore info at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/01/18775639.php .  \n\nThis 
 description reflects my perspective and hopefully that of other activists.  
 Living it is better than reading about it.  Come and do your part.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/07/18775920.php
SUMMARY:Freedom Sleepers Outside and Inside City Council
LOCATION:The event will run from 3 PM on Tuesday to 8 AM on Wednesday.  Santa Cruz 
 City Hall Courtyard festivities begin around 3 PM, outside the first City 
 Council meeting of the fall (well, late summer).   It's across from the 
 Main Library and the Civic Auditorium. in the Council courtyard area
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/07/18775920.php
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