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DESCRIPTION:ANOTHER NIGHT IN THE COLD\nContinuing an unbroken chain of protest 
 sleep-out's against Santa Cruz's "cruel and unusual punishment law" for 
 being poor, visible, and asleep:  MC 6.36.010a.   \n\nThe Sleeping Ban 
 which bans sleeping on any public property, in any structure that's not a 
 residence, in any vehicle on public property within Santa Cruz City 
 limits.\n\nThe $158 fine is usually unpaid by homeless people, who are 
 almost the only ones who get cited.  Unpaid citations result in an 
 additional $300 Failure to Pay fine, which is then sent to "Collections" 
 and can impact driver's license, child support, credit, and other 
 necessities.  \n\nHundreds of such tickets have been written this year.  
 Though in response to the weekly Freedom Sleeper protests, police seem to 
 be using other ordinances to accomplish the same expulsion of the poor 
 objective.  \n\nRADIO SHOW DISCUSSION\nFree Radio Santa Cruz talkshow host 
 John Malkin will be doing a guest hosting KZSC (88.1 FM) Wednesday night on 
 John Sandidge's Talkabout show where the 7-7:45 PM topic will be the 
 Sleeping Ban.  Call-in at 831-459-4036.\n\nSTRATEGY MEETING\nFreedom 
 Sleepers will have a preprotest public meeting on the sidewalk outside City 
 Hall at 809 Center St.  (On Center between Church and Walnut) at 4 PM 
 before the Tuesday protest.  Alternate strategies involving flooding the 
 offices of abusive City departments may be the focus of daytime 
 demos.\n\nSLEEPING BAN REFORM?\nFormer mayor Don Lane will reportedly be 
 announcing language to amend the Sleeping Ban on January 4th.  Preliminary 
 reports suggest that amnesty, reparations, and the right to sleep in one's 
 legally parked vehicle will not be a part of the reform.  \n\nCALL 'EM UP 
 AND DRESS 'EM DOWN! \nContact Councilmembers to demand changes:  
 \n420-5023:  David Terrazas   \n420-5022:  Don Lane   \n420-5024:  Pamela 
 Comstock  \n420-5025:  Richelle Niroyan   \n420-5026:  Cynthia 
 Chase\n420-5027: Mayor Cynthia Mathews   \n420-5028: Micah Posner   
 \n\nEach of the Gang of 7 can be contacted by e-mail; first letter of their 
 name, full last name, followed by cityofsantacruz.com  (e.g. 
 dterrazas@cityofsantacruz.com )   \n\nThe whole City Council can be reached 
 at citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com .\n\n\nBULLIES BOW TO THE BROWN ACT: NEW 
 DISPLAY ON SIDEWALK\nIn an earlier (2010) move to crush homeless protest, 
 the City "closed" City Hall grounds after 10 PM.  Police repeatedly gave 
 unconstitutional citations for this "offense" in the last six months, which 
 some of us are challenging in court.\n\nCity bosses have recently 
 apparently acknowledged that excluding people from the posted agendas 
 outside the City Council chambers is a violation of the Brown Act.   This 
 Public Meetings law requires that agendas be accessible 24 hours per day 
 for a period of 72-hours before each meeting.   A new display has been 
 constructed on the sidewalk across from the Civic Auditorium which is 
 accessible 24 hours a day.\n\nCity Manager Martin Bernal was advised of 
 this fact back in August, but responded with klieg lights, parking bans and 
 increased First Alarm Security thuggery.   See "Silence from the City 
 Manager on the Eve of the 11th Freedom Sleepers Protest" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/22/18777951.php\n\nHe and the 
 City Council as well as City Attorney Anthony Condotti violated the law 
 again on December 15th by holding a closed dinner with all 7 Council 
 members and their friends which we protested.  See "Freedom Sleepers 
 Confront City Council at el Palomar" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/09/18780826.php.\n\n\nADDITIONAL 
 INFO AND RESOURCES\nBring your own warm clothing.  Donations of food, 
 clothing, tents, blankets, and sleeping bags are welcome.  Even brief 
 visits can cheer the hearts of the Freedom Sleepers--who are now almost 
 entirely unhoused--the earlier housed activists having retreated indoors 
 for the winter. \n\nToby Nixon will be livestreaming some of the event.  
 More info about his Homeless Advocacy and Action Coalition (HAAC) at 
 https://www.facebook.com/Hoacad/?fref=photo .\n\nIf you have video, 
 cameras, or audio devices--they can be useful for keeping the armed and 
 uniformed Sleepbusters aware they are being watched. \n\nBrent Adams' 
 Warming Center Project will be open the night of the protest. See 
 https://www.facebook.com/warmingcenter/ .\n\n\nThis posting was written by 
 Robert Norse.  I encourage any additions or corrections.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/28/18781280.php
SUMMARY:Cold Sidewalk & Warm Spirits: Freedom SleepOut #25
LOCATION:On that cold hard sidewalk in front of City Hall across from the Main 
 Library and whereever else nearby that people can shield themselves from 
 the cold winds of night (temperatures expected to drop to 35 degrees),
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/28/18781280.php
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