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DESCRIPTION:TO MAKE SLEEP LEGAL FOR THE POOR\nJumping off from last week's successful 
 Sidewalk Safe Zone Sleep-Out, Freedom Sleepers will resume their "make 
 Santa Cruz a safe and legal place for poor people who have no legal place 
 to sleep" campaign against the City's anti-homeless Sleeping and Blanket 
 Bans.\n\nLESS TICKETS, MORE SLEEPING\nAt the last Freedom Sleep-Out no one 
 was ticketed.  The infamous "sleep deprivation special" Klieg Lights, 
 though posted and 'guarded" by two (down from five) First Alarm Security 
 guards, were not turned on.  \n\n20-30 folks slept through the night on the 
 sidewalk or in vehicles nearby without getting MC 6.36. citations.  Cops 
 harass sleepers outside with these $149 tickets  elsewhere in the City.  
 Nearby other groups of sleepers also apparently slept without incident.  
 The Safe Sleeping Zone seems to be expanding.\n\nModest peanut butter and 
 jelly mini-sandwiches will be available later in the night and coffee the 
 next morning (and in limited quantities during the night).  \n\n\nEXPANDING 
 THE PROTEST\nUp for discussion will be plans to intensify and extend the 
 protest with secondary events such as teach-in's, skits, musical jams, and 
 other welcoming events.\n\nAlso provoking both hope and skepticism--Mayor 
 Lane's lengthy facebook lament which includes a specific offer to Amend the 
 current camping ordinance to remove references to "sleep" and "sleeping" 
 and "covering up with blankets." at 
 https://www.facebook.com/Don.Lane.SC/posts/1039891709365296 \n\n\nLEGAL 
 UPDATE\nMany Freedom Sleepers have received "in the park after dark" 
 citations from police with their "court trials" coming up shortly.\nLast 
 Friday, Max from Monterey to avoid losing more work and travel time, pled 
 "no contest' to two of such "no public assembly at City Hall after dark" 
 citations.  One of his cites was dismissed and a second got him 24 hours of 
 "Community Service".\n\nSteve Pleich, who has also received such a ticket 
 will be challenging the constitutionality of the law in a hearing in early 
 December.  Others will face court (no jury) trial in November.\n\nTristia 
 Bowman of the National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty may be 
 calling in at the Tuesday protest from Washington, D.C. in search of 
 prospective plaintiffs for a lawsuit against the City's anti-homeless laws. 
 \n\nAnd southern California Paul Cook may be on hand to consider distant 
 legal support for the Sleepers as well.  Cook was an adviser to an earlier 
 project to sue the city for sleep deprivation in Small Claims 
 Court.\n\n\nIN OTHER NEWS\nThe most recent director of the Homeless (Lack 
 of) Services Center [HLOSC] Jannen Thomas, has resigned and left town.  
 Poverty impresario Phil Kramer, former Section 8 Voucher Shuffler of the 
 180/180 program, has taken over the reins of the prison-like compound at 
 115 Coral St.  \n\nWinter shelter services this year are less than last 
 year, thanks to City Council's "fund the cops and freeze out the poor" 
 policies.  They have declined to restore meals, laundry, and bathroom 
 services out at the HLOSC unless you have a "pathway to housing".  
 \n\nWaiting list sign-up's by phone for the adjacent River St. Shelter are 
 still reportedly available.  Call  831-459-6644 to get subsequent camping 
 tickets automatically dismissed short of court (but call every three days 
 to renew your place on the list).  \n\n\nA LOOK BACK\nTo follow the history 
 of the Sleep-Out's go to "City Council Chatter, March, & Safe Slumber Event 
 #16 " at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/26/18779269.php\nand 
 follow the links.\n\nFor a list of earlier Freedom Slumbers, Scroll down to 
 find "Community Sleepouts Advance to 13th Week" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/santacruz/ \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/30/18779456.php
SUMMARY:17th Sleep Out Supports Safe Sidewalk Sleeping
LOCATION:In the forbidden zone outside City Council in the supposedly "public space" 
 around City Hall in the "Courtyard" area near the sidewalk across from the 
 Main Library at 807 Center St.\n\nThe event begins around 6 PM and goes 
 until 7 AM or 8 AM the following Wednesday.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/30/18779456.php
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