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DESCRIPTION:THREADBARE "POOR FOLKS COFFEE" ON SIDEWALK\nVS. CITY COUNCIL'S 
 BEGGAR-BEGONE! BANQUET INDOORS \nFreedom SleepOut #22 will begin with 
 Sidewalk Coffee and Snacks on Pacific Avenue where the City Council will 
 have their annual public meal.  They then return to City Council at 7 PM to 
 crown their new Mayor (Cynthia Mathews), give speeches, and go home to 
 their beds for the Xmas vacation.\n\nUnder the state "Open Meetings" Brown 
 Act, the Council's chowdown at the Palomar where all the Council is 
 gathering is required to be open to the public.   Freedom Sleeper activists 
 will be on the sidewalk to invite the public to sign petitions and 
 volunteer lists as well as speak to the Councilmembers informally on 
 survival issues for those outside.\n\nThe "Feed the Fat; Freeze the Poor" 
 event will follow likely passage of a  final reading of two harsh 
 anti-homeless laws attacking those whose housing is an RV.   \n\n\nGOOD 
 MEAL FOLLOWS BAD LAWS\nThe two laws criminalize RV parking in Santa Cruz 
 from 8 PM to 8 AM  (Item #20) and empower the traffic engineer to eliminate 
 all larger-than-car-sized parking spots throughout the City (Item #17).  
 \n\nAway on vacation until its return January 12th after this meeting, City 
 Council has refused to authorize opening of public buildings during the 
 winter, nor to join a county task force regarding safety for unhoused women 
 recommended by its own Commission for the Prevention of Violence to 
 Women.\n\nOffers to place the City’s anti-homeless Sleeping Ban on the 
 agenda made this summer by Councilmember Posner and (inferentially) Mayor 
 Lane have not been carried out.  Sleeping at night after 11 PM on any 
 public property or in your vehicle remains a $159 crime as does being in 
 any park at ngiht.\n\n\nBERKELEY’S FREEDOM SLEEPER-INSPIRED PROTEST VOWS 
 RETURN\n“Liberty City” is the 20 day homeless protest outside 
 Berkeley’s Old City Hall demanding restoration of civil rights for its 
 unhoused community.  It suffered three arrests on December 4th.  Its 50 
 participants reportedly retained their tents and withdrew anticipating a 
 return this week perhaps as a local Nativity scene. \n\nThe night-by-night 
 protest served as a model showing unhoused folks could peacefully run a 
 protest camp (and by extension a longer-term survival encampment).  \n\nSee 
 http://www.contracostatimes.com/my-town/ci_29207421/berkeley-liberty-city-occupiers-vow-return 
 \n\nFree Radio interviews with Berkeley activists Michael Lee and Carol 
 Denney are at http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb151206.mp3 \n\n\nLAWYERS & 
 ACTIVIST HUDDLE TO DISCUSS LEGAL CHALLENGES & FURTHER WINTER PROTESTS \nOn 
 December 13th 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM, Freedom Sleepers will present Tristia 
 Beauman, Senior Attorney for the National Law Center on Homelessness and 
 Poverty [NLCHP], homeless San Jose "Jungle" survivor Robert Aguirre, and 
 Food Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry.  \n\nThey will discuss strategies 
 for fighting laws and police practices that seize homeless property and 
 steal homeless sleep.   The NLCHP is reportedly considering supporting 
 lawsuits in California challenging Sleeping Bans which the Department of 
 Justice has declared are "cruel and unusual punishment."\n\n\nSAN JOSE 
 REPORTS A HYPOTHERMIA HOMELESS DEATH 
 \nhttp://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Jose-Homeless-Man-Apparently-Freezes-to-Death-360638051.html 
   \n\nBackground:  http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/51970 "How Silicon 
 Valley Created America’s Largest Homeless Camp "\n\n\nAT THE 
 PROTEST\nLight snacks and coffee will be available at various times 
 throughout the night.  We encourage donations of food and clothing.  
 \n\nThere will be no portapotty on the site, nor have the Mayor and City 
 Manager agreed to open the bathrooms at City Hall.  But there is a 24-hour 
 bathroom at the Soquel Avenue garage across from New Leaf Market naar 
 Pacific Avenue.\n\n\nUSE YOUR PHONES TO AUDIO/VIDEO--OR MAKE VERBAL 
 REPORTS\nWe encourage those harassed by the police or security guards 
 before, during, or after the protest to file a verbal report at 
 423-4833.\n\nAt last report, police had still not returned survival gear 
 and personal medicine taken from Enrique Oriarti or Michael Knox at two 
 previous events.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/07/18780715.php
SUMMARY:Council Wines and Dines; Freedom Sleepers Chart City Hall & Pacific Ave. Protests
LOCATION:The event will start at 6 PM at 1336 Pacific in front of the Palomar Hotel 
 & Restaurant and then continue on the Sidewalk in front of City Hall at 809 
 Center St. across from the Main Library throughout the night .  \n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/07/18780715.php
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