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DESCRIPTION:The likely election victory of three homeless-hostile City Council 
 candidates a week ago as well as the national Trump victory means continued 
 struggle to hold back the right-wing riptide against the rights of the poor 
 and those outside.  No Council meeting this week, though food, morning 
 coffee, and possibly blankets may be available for those snuggling up to 
 the sidewalk.\n\nThe basic right to sleep without harassment is the focus 
 of the Freedom SleepOuts.  Photographer Alex Darocy has captured the form 
 and the substance of the latest SleepOuts at "Attendance at City Hall 
 Sleepouts Remains High" 
 [https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/14/18793590.php] .  \n\nRANGERS 
 UNDER SCRUTINY\nRangers on the levee and deputies in the County are 
 reportedly seizing homeless property and even destroying it in violation of 
 state law and the federal Constitution.  However at the Freedom Sleepouts, 
 videoslinger Abbi Samuels and others are successfull fending off ranger 
 raids.  See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4Q7-ZUvw4 .  Rangerwrangler 
 Ricardo Lopez reports unhoused folks on the Levee sleep there nightly in 
 spite of ranger raids.  He sees a new militant spirit in the wake of the 
 Trump victory rousing "lazy leftists".\n\nAt Freedom SleepOut #70 last week 
 Freedom Sleepers wielding video and cell phones protected sleeping folks 
 from a quartet of rangers.  See  
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4Q7-ZUvw4\n\nRISING DEMAND FOR POLICE 
 REFORM\nBoth the Sentinel and an Indybay photographer covered the second 
 Cop Corner protest by a small band of HUFFsters and their allies demanding 
 release of the SCPD audio and video of their still anonymous officer(s)  
 killing the mentally disabled Sean Arlt last month.   See 
 http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/social-affairs/20161110/santa-cruz-protesters-call-for-full-disclosure-in-sean-arlt-shooting 
 and https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/11/18793373.php.  \n\nA third 
 protest demanding full disclosure and an end to abusive police practices 
 will be held Saturday November 19 1:30 PM at the Town Clock.  \n\nAUDIO 
 REPORTING\nAudio visits to the Freedom SleepOuts and street interviews are 
 a regular feature of Bathrovbespierre's Broadsides, Robert Norse's 
 twice-weekly Free Radio Santa Cruz [FRSC] show at freakradio.org.   Past 
 shows are archived at http://radiolibre.org/brb/index.html .  As of last 
 Friday, FRSC lost its transmitter site and is searching for a new one.  See 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/11/18793387.php .\n\nOUT OF TOWN 
 UPDATES\nThe Oakland encampment struggle goes on.  See 
 http://www.thestreetspirit.org/oaklands-evictions-of-encampments-hurts-everyone/ 
 & http://www.thestreetspirit.org/making-a-home-in-an-oakland-encampment/ 
 .\n\nBerkeley updates can be found at 
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999. 
 \n\nMeanwhile in San Francisco, courts are throwing out thousands of 
 "quality-of-life" harassment tickets--while Santa Cruz resists even the 
 most basic ("End the Sleeping Ban") reforms.  See 
 http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/SF-courts-ignoring-thousands-of-quality-of-life-10611766.php?t=e587d6e560&cmpid=email-premium 
 .  \n\nStreet Spirit, a homeless newspaper,  is regularly available at the 
 Sub Rosa Cafe and from those selling it around town.\n\nAs usual, this 
 series of updates is written by Robert Norse;  Keith McHenry and other 
 faithfuls do the sleeping out. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/15/18793620.php
SUMMARY:Fighting Trumpism Against the Homeless in Santa Cruz: Freedom SleepOut #71
LOCATION:Bunking down on the sidewalk next to City Hall as things get 
 chillier--weatherwise and otherwise.  Center St. between Locust and Church. 
  The event runs from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday mid-morning. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/11/15/18793620.php
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