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DESCRIPTION:ANOTHER CONTENT-FREE COUNCIL CLUCK-A-THON \nThe 2:30 PM City Council agenda 
 ignores homeless and housing issues as well as abusive police practices, 
 local income equality, and discriminatory law creation and enforcement. 
 Will bathrooms adjacent to the area likely to be locked early, facilitating 
 staff smears of homeless folks as dirty and uncivilized in their toilet 
 behavior?  A safe bet. \nWill Parks and Recreation boss Mauro Garcia’s 
 department rope off large areas around the building to “ensure order” 
 inside as was frequently the case last year? Perhaps not. Will the Freedom 
 Sleepers again form their own community of mutual support, share food, and 
 resist police harassment?  Most likely. \n\nRECORDS STILL BEING WITHHELD 
 \nCops withheld records documenting their enforcement of homeless-hostile 
 laws criminalizing homeless survival behavior for over a year. On Monday, 
 the City Clerk released arrest and citation records, but removed all 
 mention of race of address. This editing makes it impossible to document 
 the specific selective harassment and heavy impact leveled against the poor 
 outside. In prior years, close examination of the records has shown 
 hundreds of $200 tickets being given out for such “crimes” as being in 
 a park after “closing” or sleeping after 11 PM outside or in a vehicle. 
 \n\nREPORTS FROM ELSEWHERE \nLocal Santa Cruz RV activist Julie, whose 
 facebook page Santa Cruz Fulltimers carries updated stories of RV 
 struggles, has posted stories of crackdowns in other cities. Will activists 
 there use Coastal Commission requirements to fight back as we have done 
 with some success in Santa Cruz? Hope so. \nSan Rafael City and County play 
 ping pong with homeless vehicle dwellers: 
 http://www.marinij.com/government-and-politics/20160905/san-rafael-vehicle-dwellers-fight-parking-ban 
 \nSanta Barbara bumbuster bureaucrats convene to remove poor-in-RV’s from 
 town: 
 \nhttp://www.noozhawk.com/article/santa_barbara_oversized_vehicles_enforcement_rv_parking 
 \n\nSTEPPED UP PROTESTS IN RAINY WEATHER \nLast week Food Not Bombs 
 soupstirrer Keith McHenry and weary copwatcher “Push Back” Pat Colby 
 reported repeated “wake up and get out” rousts by rangers and cops at 
 Freedom SleepOut #80. \nDreamcatcher, a long-time Freedom Sleeper, reported 
 Monday night that police told him he could sleep anywhere but at City Hall 
 if he’d abandon his protest. This, and more property confiscation, led 
 him to announce his departure from the protest. \nLawrence “the Viper”, 
 on the other hand, while also reporting police theft today, insisted he’d 
 be back to pitch his tent at Freedom SleepOut #81. His signature tent, 
 sleeping bag, and blankets are reportedly in lockup at police HQ, perhaps 
 to test his stamina against driving rain and near-freezing temperatures. 
 \n71-year-old Sharee—who said she slept on cardboard last week, also 
 reported being driven out from under the protective corridors of City hall 
 last week. \n\nWHISPERS OF MORE PROMIENT PROTEST ACTION\nThough some are 
 skeptical, others suggest the massive Trump-activated protests may swell 
 the ranks of local anti-poverty activists. One activists has spoken of 
 moving the Freedom Sleepers down to a more prominent post on Pacific 
 Avenue. Others have suggested making use of the heated City Hall buildings, 
 wastefully empty at night. “Vacant Buildings are the Crime”, noted one. 
 \nMeanwhile it’s still hot soup Tuesday night, police harassment 
 Wednesday morning, comforting coffee at breakfast time—all under the 
 friendly drizzle of irregular showers. Who could ask for anything more? 
 Bring tarps, blankets, sleeping bags, video devices, and high spirits. 
 \n\nTOO FRAIL, SICK OR SLEEPY TO JOIN THE PROTEST? THERE ARE OTHER 
 ALTERNATIVES. \nFor those not eager to trek to the edge of town to seek a 4 
 PM place in the 110 person Winter Shelter program, “Big Drum” Brent 
 Adams has announced a one-night Warming Center at the Red Church on Tuesday 
 night. \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/01/23/18795737.php
SUMMARY:Rain-Drenched and Dismissed by Mainstream Protest, Freedom Sleep #81 Won't Quit
LOCATION:Expect light rain at City Hall where Freedom Sleepers will gather both 
 under the eaves and later along the sidewalk after the likely midnight 
 police raids driving them out to get drenched. The protest runs from 
 Tuesday afternoon to mid-morning Wednesday. Thousands of Women’s March 
 protesters crowded the same area Sunday filled with righteous anti-Trump 
 anger but visibly indifferent to City Council’s abuse of unhoused and 
 unprotected women outside here.   Denounce nationally.  Ignore locally.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/01/23/18795737.php
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