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DESCRIPTION:COUNCIL CLOWNERY\nSince election day is Tuesday, November 8th, Mayor 
 Mathews and her Councilettes have decided to move up the regular Council 
 meeting , normally the 2nd Tuesday in the month, to November 1st.  There is 
 nothing on today's agenda addressing either anti-homeless police behavior, 
 failure to disclose audio and video of the SDPD's Sean Arlt shooting, 
 winter shelter, conditions at the prison-like Homeless (Lack of) Services 
 Center, or abolition of the Sleeping Ban.  \n\nOral Communications--which 
 Mathews reduced last time to 1 minute per speaker--is supposedly at 5 PM, 
 but happened much later last week, and much earlier several weeks before.  
 Mathews--who is running for reelection--apparently has no interest in 
 fixing a time certain for the only public input the community has for items 
 the Mayor does not want to put on the agenda.  Council members have also 
 threatened to expel and/or arrest those who show "disrespect" to the 
 Council by speaking at the podium with their backs to the Council, 
 addressing the audience. \n\nVoting continues through the week until polls 
 close on the night of November 8th.  Steve Pleich, a regular visitor to the 
 Freedom Sleepers has thrown his support to the "Brand New Council" group of 
 Glover, Brown, Schnaar, and Krohn, though none have been especially active 
 or vocal in opposing the Sleeping Ban.  Leftie activist Steve Argue has 
 given his analysis of the state Propositions on Free Radio (See 
 http://radiolibre.org/brb/brb161030.mp3 -- two hours and fifty minutes into 
 the audio file).\n\n\nPROTESTS AND MEETINGS\nA hitherto unknown group of 
 liberal-abroad, silent-at-home organizations called the Social Justice 
 Alliance of Santa Cruz (SJA) will be throwing a free and open public forum 
 at 6 PM today  at Peace United Church, 900 High Street, to chat with SCPD 
 Chief Kevin Vogel and other armed cops and "voice concerns" about the 
 slaying of Sean Arlt-shot dead in 20 seconds two weeks ago for wielding a 
 metal rake (and presumably not following orders).  See 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/28/18792821.php for a laundry 
 list of the "Social Justice" organizations involved.\n\nHUFF (Homeless 
 United for Friendship and Freedom) has announced new "Cop Corner" (corner 
 of Laurel and Center Streets)-- protests to begin 1:30 p.m. Thursday 
 November 3rd.  In the wake of the Arlt slaying and SCPD stonewalling, 
 HUFFsters plans to table, provide coffee, alert motorists with signs, and 
 seek community action.   The group calls for a strong community rejection 
 of numerous current police policies endangering the community generally and 
 the unhoused in particular.  See 
 https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2016/10/28/updated_2015_flyer.pdf 
 .\n\nMEANWHILE WHEN FREEDOM SLEEPERS ARE GONE...\nSanta Cruz police and 
 rangers are reportedly harassing sleepers inside and outside vehicles 
 around the library during non-protest days according to outdoor Copwatchers 
 Pat and John Colby, who now live outside in their vehicle.  \n\nSanta 
 Cruz's "roust the vehicular sleepers" policy is in sharp contrast to Santa 
 Rosa, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and San Diego--other coastal 
 California cities who have at least embryonic "Safe Parking" zones for 
 vehicle dwellers.  See 
 http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/08/local/la-me-santa-rosa-homeless-parking-20140309 
 .\n\nAfter a weekend of often wet weather, predictions are for a five day 
 break in the rain, though no break in the city-wide Sleeping Ban--the 
 target of the on-going protests.\n\n\nThis announcement and entry was 
 written by Robert Norse.   He is responsible for its content.  Keith 
 McHenry and others are organizing and providing direct food support for the 
 Sleep-Out\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/01/18792928.php
SUMMARY:Freedom SleepOut #69 Dodges Wet Weather, Electoral Illusions
LOCATION:Along the edges of power--the sidewalks adjoining Santa Cruz City 
 Hall--city staff conducts business as usual while homeless people hide and 
 shiver as winter deepens.  Our local 21st Century civil rights fighters 
 gather for their weekly Tuesday night protest, complete with hot soup, 
 (usually) hot morning coffee, and increasingly cold night winds.  The 
 gathering runs from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning as usual when 
 police, rangers, First Alarm Security thugs, and the newly-arrived Guardian 
 Angels are expected to resume harassment patrols around the library and 
 City Hall.  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/01/18792928.php
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