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DESCRIPTION:FREEDOM SLEEPERS TO RETURN FOR SLEEP-OUT #16\nAfter a success bannerwalk in 
 the UCSC Slug parade on Sunday, Freedom Sleepers will return to City Hall 
 in support of the Beach Flats Garden.  \n\nSee "March to City Hall to 
 Support Beach Flats Community Garden" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/25/18779243.php . \n\n\nCOUNCIL 
 TO VOTE ON PARTIAL RESTORATION OF SERVICES\nWe will also be watching agenda 
 item #18 in the afternoon involving partial restoration of drips-and-drabs 
 homeless services   The proposal is to keep the Paul Lee Loft open--but 
 only to those who have a "pathway to housing".  \n\nMeanwhile Council is 
 ok-ing the shut down of meals, laundry, and bathroom access for the general 
 homeless population. There is no provision to restore them in spite of 
 conversations with Councilmember Posner on this subject three months ago.  
 \n\nEven the restored shelter proposals still leave the overwhelming 
 majority of unhoused folks outside in the face of Sleeping Ban harassment 
 and an El Nino winter.    \n\nSee the Staff Report at under Item #18 of the 
 City Council Agenda at 
 http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=683&doctype=AGENDA 
 .\n\n\nMY PERSONAL VIEWS ON ITEM #18\nAll these barely-more-than-token 
 homeless shelter options are being presented as the usual cosmetic (and 
 legal) cover for the holiday season.  The venomous impact of Take Back 
 Santa Cruz, NIMBY neighborhood bigots, and the Terrazas-Mathews Council 
 majority seems to have had its destructive impact.  \n\nThe Council has 
 provided a steady stream of anti-homeless laws over the last five years as 
 well as stepped of enforcement of the Sleeping Ban, the "in the park after 
 dark" Ban, and other nasty ordinances.\n\nHOPE ON THE HORIZON?\nOn the 
 positive side, apparently  the Northern California ACLU with help from 
 fighting lawyers from Southern California as well as the D.C.-based 
 National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty are considering a lawsuit 
 on behalf of the Santa Cruz homeless (though they may choose another 
 California city). \n\n\nBRING YOUR SLEEPING BAGS\nThere has been vigorous 
 discussion in the Freedom Sleepers movement, whether to step up the 
 pressure on City Council during their meetings and what to do with them in 
 and outside Council chambers.  \n\nFolks are invited to bring their 
 Sleeping Bags on the march from the Beach Flats Garden and Raymond and 3rd 
 at 5 PM.  Blankets and signs can be carried on the march and brought into 
 City Council.  \n\nThe proposed support recommendation for the Garden and 
 extensive correspondence is at 
 http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=683&doctype=AGENDA 
 --Item 1 in the 7 PM agenda. \n\nCouncil will vote on whether to stop the 
 Seaside Company's proposed November 13th eviction deadline.  After we have 
 all supported the Beach Flats Garden survival,  folks may decide what to do 
 regarding the failure of Council to restore shelter, civil rights, and 
 basic dignity to the unhoused folks outside.  \n\n\nANOTHER NIGHT UNDER THE 
 STARS ON THE SIDEWALK\nEither inside or outside, there will be a Freedom 
 SleepOut at City Hall.  There will be modest food and coffee support (Food 
 Not Bombs chefster Keith McHenry may be spicing things up with his usual 
 flurry of cooking).\n\nLast week's Freedom Sleep-Out increased its numbers 
 where several dozen found a tolerated (but not legal) spaceIncreasing areas 
 of exclusion?\n\n\nWHILE SANTA CRUZ MAKES VEHICLE SLEEPERS CRIMINALS, 
 COURTS IN L.A. MOVED A YEAR AGO THE OTHER 
 WAY:\nhttp://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-homeless-vehicle-ban-overturned-20140619-story.html\n\nFor 
 more historical background on Freedom Sleepers, go to 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/17/18778977.php and follow the 
 links. \n\n\nDISCLAIMER\nThis description of events represents my views and 
 may or may not represent the position of others in the Freedom Sleeper 
 Movement.  There are varying shades of opinion in the group and among its 
 allies.\n\nCome anyway.  Do what you think is right!  Support the Freedom 
 Sleepers and the Beach Flats Garden.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/26/18779269.php
SUMMARY:City Council Chatter, March, & Safe Slumber Event #16
LOCATION:Inside City Hall (809 Center St.) demanding restoration of real homeless 
 services at the afternoon Council Meeting (3-4 PM or so).  Then assembling 
 at Raymond and 3rd at 5 PM to support the Beach Flats Gardeners in a March 
 to City Hall. Solidarity with the Gardeners 7 PM meeting to forestall the 
 November.    \n\nHomeless refugees and their housed allies will then 
 reassemble at the de facto Safe Sleeping Zone in the Courtyard (and after 
 10 PM on the sidewalk)  for the rest of the night outside City Hall. 
 \n\nThere will be coffee and crunchables sometime after dawn.\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/26/18779269.php
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