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DESCRIPTION:For the fifth night this summer, a Coalition of Camp of Last 
 Resort/Homeless Dept, HUFF, Food Not Bombs, & Homeless Persons Legal 
 Assistance Project as well as others will be trying to spend a night near 
 City Hall.  \n\nCity Hall is where Santa Cruz City Council meets, where the 
 offices of the Mayor and City Councilmembers are.  The staff who runs the 
 City;s anti-homeless programs also work in buildings nearby.  Activists 
 will be protesting MC 6.36.010a--the City's Sleeping Ban.\n\nEMERGENCY 
 SERVICES SHUT DOWN\nThe Homeless (Lack of) Services Center has formally 
 acknowledged the wholesale, conscious, and systematic shutdown of all 
 emergency services from the City-County "Shelter Provider"   \n\nThis 
 eliminates all meals, showers, laundry, and toilet access except for 
 clients in programs, aborting the original purpose of 115 Coral St.   The 
 County's report can be seen at 
 http://sccounty01.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/BDS/Govstream2/Bdsvdata/non_legacy_2.0/agendas/2015/20150818-666/PDF/013.pdf 
  \n\nThere is no provision for opening up walk-in campgrounds or legal 
 places for overnight survival sleeping in cars.\n\n\nLAST COUNCIL MEETING 
 SHUTS OFF COMMENT\nMany speakers were cut off by Mayor Lane--and no 
 Councilmember offered to extend the Oral Communications time.\n\nThere'll 
 be a mid-evening snack later, and morning coffee at 7 AM after the 
 sleep-in.\n\n\n"PUNISHMENT FOR SLEEP" LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES\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\nIn addition they most avoid the safety of groups and well-lighted 
 areas.  They have no real option to call police for problems because they 
 face citations themselves.\n\n\n\nCOUNCIL STAFF PLOTS FUTURE ATTACKS ON 
 POOR\nLast Tuesday's City Council had no restoration of services nor 
 providing of any moderation of the harsh anti-homeless laws.  \n\nIn fact, 
 new laws have been proposed by the City Manager for next week involving the 
 banning RV parking 2 AM - 6 AM city-wide and elimination of "ovedrsized" 
 parking spots.  See 
 http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/home/showdocument?id=44947 \n\n\nWAITING 
 LIST UNCERTAINTY\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\nThe status of the River St. Shelter Waiting List continues to 
 be unclear.   Prior word from the River St. Shelter indicates they only 
 provide beds for people with a social worker, a referral, or out of the 
 hospital.  On Sunday night, Alexi, a disabled woman,  was reportedly denied 
 a bed there.\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\n\nPOLICE APPARENTLY TARGET PHOTOGRAPHERS; IGNORE 
 LAW\nPolice intensified their crackdown last Tuesday with citations for 
 four journalist/photographers there for "being in a park after hours".  
 \n\nIsrael Dawson was arrested for not getting his ID quickly enough and 
 charged with "resisting arrest".  Lauren Dawson and Robert Norse both 
 received 24-hour Stay-Away orders as well as $198 citations for being in a 
 park after dark.\n\nAll four of the journalists cited or arrested are 
 slated to return to report on the struggle to restore basic human rights at 
 City Hall and for the homeless community all around the City.\n\nPolice 
 ignored the clear wording of MC 13.04.011 which holds you can be on an 
 access pathway through the closed area.\n\nThey also ignored the more 
 fundamental right to be outside City Hall at night to petition for a 
 redress of grievanceds as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. and 
 California Constitutions.\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) 11 AM Wednesday morning the 19th.\n\nTo review last Tuesday's 
 protest, see "Santa Cruz Police Arrest Journalist and Issue Stay Away 
 Orders at Community Sleepout #5" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/16/18776253.php\n\nThis posting 
 reflects my perspective and hopefully that of other activists. Living it is 
 better than reading about it. Come and do your part.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/17/18776301.php
SUMMARY:Round 6: Freedom Sleepers Resume Protest at City Hall
LOCATION:In the courtyard at Santa Cruz City Hall at 809 Center St.\n\nThe event 
 will run from 5 PM on Tuesday to 8 AM on Wednesday. Santa Cruz City Hall   
 It's across from the Main Library and the Civic Auditorium.
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