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DESCRIPTION:BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON BAD CONDITIONS IN SHERIFF HART'S JAIL\nFreedom 
 Sleeper Lucero Luna, many times arrested and jailed, for peaceful protest 
 against the Sleeping Ban on Pacific Avenue, reported her attempts to create 
 alleviation of bad conditions in the women's jail resulted in a "crazy" 
 designation.  Her report noted women were held on the men's side of the 
 jail; male jailers watched her while she was stripped; women were packed 
 into a cell like sardines; the floors covered with women trying to sleep;  
 She was wakened every half hour with a flashlight in the face for "suicide 
 checks".   Reportedly bunk beds were put in shortly after her departure in 
 possible response to Lucero's expose.\n\nFREEZING FREE EXPRESSION ON 
 PACIFIC AVENUE\nVisual artists Joff Jones and Alex Skelton were assaulted 
 with $1300 in fines for displaying their paintings "outside the blue boxes" 
 in the courtroom of Commissioner "Bash the Bums" Baskett.  She dismissed 
 and ignored all Constitutional arguments after making a show of keeping to 
 court protocol.  It's unclear whether two, who have (in my view unwisely) 
 kept their defense and their case under wraps, will appeal.\n\nRamini--an 
 Iranian musician and craftswoman--was fined $233 for having her artwork on 
 display without any evidence of sales as part of a cultural background to 
 her musical performing.  The City Attorney's office has refused to clarify 
 whether it now regards any display of handicrafts, even if handmade and not 
 offered for sale or donation, a crime.  \n\nA dozen homeless folks were 
 driven out into the rain, reports Jessica Nash, late Friday morning as they 
 took shelter under the trees across from the Civic Auditorium.  See "Police 
 and Ranger Raid on Homeless In the Rain Reported" at 
 \nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/14/18792238.php\n\nPOLITICAL 
 PALAVER WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES UNADDRESSED\nVocal Sleeping Ban Opponent 
 Steve Pleich has announced his withdrawal from the race and endorsed the 
 Brand New Council 4 (Brown, Glover, Krohn, and Schnaar).  They and their 
 even more reactionary opponents will be talking heads at the Tenants’ 
 Issues Candidates Forum   Wednesday, October 19   6:30 – 9:00pm   Louden 
 Nelson Theater.\n\nIssues include renters’ issues such as: creating a 
 city-sponsored tenant affairs department for this majority-tenant city, 
 passing tenant protection ordinances, eviction protections, rent 
 rollbacks/rent control, increasing affordable housing, limiting vacation 
 rentals, wage and rent discrepancies, etc.   Voter registration available 
 on site.\n\nACLU MEETS WEDNESDAY BUT WHAT THEN?\nPleich should have more 
 time for activism and I've urged him to present the ACLU (again) with 
 resolutions opposing anti-homeless and anti-activist laws presented 
 repeatedly to that group in 2012, 2013, and 2014.   See 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/21/18737162.php#18737164 ("ACLU 
 Chair Closes Monthly Boad of Directors Meeting, Homeless Issues Off the 
 Agenda").   And https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/10/18752404.php 
 “2013: A Nasty Year Heavy With New Anti-Homeless Laws”.\n\nThe local 
 ACLU Board of Directors meets Wednesday at 7 PM at Louden Nelson 
 Center--its meetings presumably open to the public if Pleich's majority 
 overrides ACLU Chair Peter Geldblum's exclusionary policies.  \n\nA HISTORY 
 OF HATRED AGAINST THE UNHOUSED\nMore recent City Council attacks on the 
 poor include the city-wide RV Ban--temporarily held in check by the Coastal 
 Commission, the toxic expansion of "No Homeless Vehicles at Night" Permit 
 Parking bans, collusion with the Homeless (Lack of) Services Center in 
 creating a prison-like scene including a cut-off of public meals, and the 
 militarization of Pacific Avenue replacing downtown "Hosts" with armed 
 Rangers empowered to issue citations and arrest for anti-homeless 
 ordinances on Pacific Avenue.\n\nWith the increasing threat of winter cold, 
 freezing rain, and sharp winds on the horizon as October turns to November, 
 some homeless activists are looking to the Tent Cities and Squats 
 established in Oakland, Ventura, Eureka, and elsewhere.  The Mathews City 
 Council has abandoned its responsibilities to the poor and the community.  
 It has instead funded and unleashed armed thugs in a program of homeless 
 demolition.\n\nSay yes to those who say no to thuggery.  Support the 
 Freedom Sleepers with food, funds, tents, blankets, video coverage, and 
 cheer.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/18/18792411.php
SUMMARY:Rain or Shine--Freedom SleepOut #67 Rolls On
LOCATION:Cityhall Land--where sleep for the homeless is banned and armed 
 Sleepbusters get their paychecks at 809 Center St.   After the First 
 Amendment closes down at 10 PM on the City Hall grounds, many will choose 
 to sleep along the Center St. sidewalk between Locust and Church Sts.  The 
 event goes on until Wednesday morning, after which houseless folks face 
 harassment at the whim of police, rangers, and security thugs for the rest 
 of the week.
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