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DESCRIPTION:FIGHTING THE SLEEPING BAN\nWarmer days, but still cold nights for those 
 outside and without basic human rights. One of these is the right to sleep 
 legally without fear of police harassment not anywhere and everywhere--but 
 somewhere. This is the aim of the Freedom Sleepers.  With no shelter 
 available, \n\nWe're hoping that those fed up with the current system, on 
 the right and left, will support the right of poor people to be free of 
 this kind of state abuse.   Many hundreds, perhaps thousands, attended a 
 Bernie Sanders rally today. We call upon those same folks to support a 
 restoration of civil rights locally.\n\nFolks sleeping outside should also 
 consider giving a call to the River St. Shelter at 459-6644 to put their 
 name on the waiting list, with a renewal call every three days.  Being on 
 the waiting list supposedly means all 6.36 (camping, blanket, and sleeping 
 tickets) will be automatically dismissed by the City Attorney.\n\nTHE 
 COMING CRACKDOWN\nLast week, City Council expanded the anti-homeless laws 
 there to include many traditional vendors of handicrafts and jewelry, as 
 well as banning face painting, oil painting, beading, sewing, and many 
 other innocent and unobstructive behaviors on Pacific Avenue completely in 
 a very restrictive interpretation of the 1st Amendment.\n\nThe suffocation 
 of street culture on Pacific Avenue and surrounding streets downtown 
 impacts unhoused and poor people.  Many vendors there live in their 
 vehicles.  Peaceful sparechangers will now have to compete for space with 
 guitarists, tablers, and others.  Having a human or cat companion is 
 illegal, as well.\n\nThe number of "exempt" zones (the areas demarked with 
 blue brackets on the sidewalk) have been reduced, the requirements 
 tightened, and the highly unpopular "move every hour" law made more severe. 
  No warnings are required before the giving of $250 citations after 61 
 minutes, even if you agree to move along. \n\nRUMBLINGS OF 
 RESISTANCE\nCraft artists like Featherlady continue to vow resistance to 
 the new ordinances when they go into effect around June 24th. Shindig, Sam, 
 James and other craftfolk continue to display and sell their wares. On 
 Sunday previously jailed painters Alex and Joff were still displaying their 
 work outside the exempt zones (also called blue boxes) and being ignored by 
 police (who previously gathered in groups of more than 70 to arrest them a 
 month ago). \n\nVendors, performers, and supporters can join SAFE 
 (Sidewalks Are For Everyone) by contacting HUFF (Homeless United for 
 Friendship and Freedom) at 831-423-4844 or e-mailing rnorse3 [at] 
 hotmail.com. \n\nAll are invited to drop by the Freedom Sleepers from 5 PM 
 Tuesday to 9 AM Wednesday.  Or check out the HUFF meeting at 11 AM at the 
 Sub Rosa Cafe at 703 Pacific Ave.\n\nMore information on the Council's 
 "Vanish the Vendors" law: 
 \nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/24/18786813.php \n“Mathews 
 Council Crushes Handicraft Vendors; Freedom SleepOut #46 Soldiers On” 
 \n\nRobert Norse wrote up this event description.  \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/31/18787091.php
SUMMARY:Protest Slumber Time at City Hall Grounds...Again...with Freedom SleepOut #47
LOCATION:Around ye olde Santa Cruz City Hall, with slumber to be likely pushed to 
 the sidewalk, though sleepers may choose to spead out to different (all 
 legally forbidden) locations.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/31/18787091.php
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