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DESCRIPTION:BACK TO THE BRICKS\nIn spite of internal disputes, activists will return to 
 City Hall today (Tuesday 4-19) to challenge impervious and abusive City 
 Hall authority backing the endless low-intensity War Against the Homeless.  
 \n\nInstead the homeless remain outside--the target of police, security 
 guards, and NIMBY's who use them.  They are free, even encouraged, to 
 harass those without shelter under the City's Sleeping Ban (MC 6.36.010a), 
 the "Closed Spaces" ordinance (MC 13.04.011), and other laws designed to 
 make Santa Cruz a "less welcoming place" to the poor. \n\nMore info at  
 http://freedomsleepers.org/index.php/actionsevents/ .With the closing of 
 the Winter Armory Shelter earlier this month, there is no walk-in emergency 
 shelter whatsoever and getting on the River St. Shelter waiting list is the 
 only option.  To do that, call 831-459-6644.  Ask to be put on the waiting 
 list (even if you only reach a recording).  \n\nEven if you have no 
 intention of ever going in the shelter, signing up is a good idea (and has 
 to be renewed ever three days by phone).  Citations given under MC 6.36 
 must be automatically dismissed by the City Attorney short of court 
 according to MC 6.36.055.  Section A of that law also states " A person 
 shall not be in violation of this chapter if, at the time of his or her 
 citation for a violation of this chapter, either: the winter shelter at the 
 Santa Cruz National Guard Armory is filled to capacity; or the person is 
 currently on the waiting list for shelter service through one of the 
 shelter programs offered by the Homeless Services Center or the River 
 Street Shelter in Santa Cruz."\n\n\nEARLIER READ AND FEED\nFood and flyers 
 will be available earlier in the afternoon with Food Not Bombs organizer 
 Keith McHenry and local FNBers.    There's no regular City Council meeting 
 until April 26th when the Vanish the Vendors ordinance will reappear [See 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/11/18785162.php] .  McHenry feels 
 it's important to maintain a persistent presence at City Hall to remind the 
 community that it's the people not the politicians who are the legitimate 
 authority.\n\nScott Collins, Assistant City Manager and one of the movers 
 and shakers of the proposed VtV law,  has not yet responded to questions 
 about the law or agreed to meet.\n\n\nBUMRUSHING BLUE BRACKET 
 ARTISTS\nMeanwhile last Saturday, two street artists were arrested and 
 hauled away in handcuffs after refusing to sign their citations, as they 
 had previously done in the past. [See "Pigs Repress Free Speech on Pacific" 
 at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/16/18785295.php].  It was 
 unclear whether the initial charge was "refusing to move along after an 
 hour" or "displaying outside the blue boxes"--the small segregated segments 
 of the sidewalk set aside for public use, with the rest reserved for 
 commercial activity.  In violation, of course, of the public right to use 
 the sidewalk for a broad range of purposes.\n\nAlex Skeleton and Joff had 
 previously won a trial against being "outside the blue boxes" [the 
 bracketed and/or dotted areas on Pacific Ave. that "allow" artist 
 activity].  They have been displaying and selling their artwork downtown 
 for the last 9 months with no threats of citation recently.  For more 
 extensive background:  
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/16/18785295.php?show_comments=1#18785363 
 .  \n\nMore info at http://freedomsleepers.org/index.php/actionsevents/ .  
 \n\nSUPPORT THE RIGHT TO SLEEP, THE RIGHT TO USE PUBLIC SPACE, AND THE 
 RIGHT TO BASIC DIGNITY FOR EVERYONE.  KEEP THE PRESSURE ON CITY HALL.  THE 
 RIGHT TO SLEEP IS THE RIGHT TO LIVE.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/19/18785365.php
SUMMARY:As Cops Handcuff Artists on Pacific, Freedom SleepOut #41 Raises Its Sleepy Head
LOCATION:Bricked area next to the sidewalk in front of City Hall Courtyard across 
 from the main library.   The event begins around 5 PM with a prior 
 flyer-and-feed prologue from Food Not Bombs.  Keith McHenry will be 
 reminding City Hall that "we're still here" and "the abuses have not gone 
 away."
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/19/18785365.php
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