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DESCRIPTION:However, the Louden Nelson bathrooms remain closed to the poor unless they 
 can prove to the satisfaction of the staff there that they are "part of a 
 program" there--something that has never been required in the decades long 
 history of the Center.\n\nAlarmed visitors have suggested this results in 
 discriminatory action against poor people, particularly impacting the most 
 needy--those outside without shelter, the disabled, and the elderly.\n\nThe 
 closure prompted the local ACLU (never the most forthcoming in opposing 
 anti-homeless measures) to publicly denounce the bathroom and other 
 recently-instituted abusive policies there (like the iron fence, new 
 "unattended property" rules, and roaming "security" guards). And to move 
 its meetings to the Resource Center for Nonviolence.\n\nSee "ACLU Statement 
 of Opposition to Anti-Homeless Measures at Louden Nelson Center and Park" 
 at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/06/09/18815564.php\n\nAbsurdly 
 and abusively, an elderly woman forced to pee outside because denied access 
 prompted six police officers to arrive.   \n\nSee 
 http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/social-affairs/20180530/louden-nelson-center-another-santa-cruz-public-bathroom-under-lock.\n\n(For 
 those unable to access this article, see the comment following this story 
 for its full text.)\n\nHUFF (Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom) 
 voted to begin tabling at Louden Nelson to maintain the focus on the 
 original focus of Conscience and Action's first series of protests.\n\nOur 
 goal: to sample public opinion, determine Louden Nelson exclusionary policy 
 in action, gather signatures opposing the closing of the Louden Nelson 
 bathrooms, and alert the community to the situation and possible 
 alternative solutions...\n\nWe'll be tabling at 1:30 PM Tuesday July 17th 
 in back of the Louden Nelson Center (and registering voters as well). 
 Anyone interested can join us.\n\nRecently, after four delays, Parks and 
 Recreation finally forwarded a mass of e-mails, which I'm beginning to go 
 through to determine what the justification (other than prejudice and 
 gentrification) is for closing the bathrooms.\n\nFolks who want to check 
 through these documents on their own can go to 
 https://cityofsantacruz.sharefile.com/share/view/1751d6623671456d\nhttp://huffsantacruz.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/07/14/18816456.php
SUMMARY:Pee & Poo Protest: Reopen Essential Bathrooms for the Public and the Poor
LOCATION:At the edge of Louden Nelson (Laurel) Park where the Park meets the porch 
 of the Louden Nelson Center.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/07/14/18816456.php
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