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DESCRIPTION:The abusive edicts of Martin Bernal and police chief Andrew Mills seizure 
 of homeless survival gear on 12-21 are well-documented and 
 well-known.\n\nSee "Santa Cruz Left: Eviction is Violence..." at 
 https://dsasantacruz.org/articles/eviction-is-violence/?\n\n""Clear 'em 
 Out" Cruelty as Usual: Deportations Slated from San Lorenzo Park" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/21/18839039.php\n\n"Missing 
 Documentation on San Lorenzo Camp Extermination to Remain Missing" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/23/18839067.php\n\nWe'll be 
 trying a bit of tabling, ducking the rain today, initially in front of the 
 Bookstore Santa Cruz hopefully with some coffee to warm folks up.\n\nWe'll 
 be circulating a petition and a sign-up sheet for those wishing to oppose 
 either electronically or in person the police sweeps in San Lorenzo 
 Park.\n\nThe main problem is that police make and get paid for their time 
 and trouble.  So showing up at their scheduled time of eviction doesn't 
 really phase them.  They just come back later when housed volunteers have 
 gone home.\n\nWHAT'S NEXT?\nI don't have any answers.  Perhaps taking over 
 a vacant building and defending it would be a better way to go.  At least a 
 more permanent presence could be established.  And people shelter 
 themselves against the rain and the cold in the interim.\nThat, of course, 
 involves willingness to risk more likely citation and/or arrest.\n\nAnother 
 possibiilty is a broader coalitions with other groups strongly opposed to 
 government policies--some of whom we don't agree with who are  (such as the 
 anti-shut down folks).  What's needed are the numbers that returned the 
 anti-homeless fences at the Town Clock and Post Office back to the perps at 
 the police station.\n\nBut folks with NOMAD, Copwatch, YAR, Food Not Bombs, 
 the SC Homeless Union, the DSA, and other groups are increasingly active.  
 Even Brent Adams, though he can't resist denunciations of other activists, 
 has posted strong videos denouncing Bernal's actions. \n\nFor the first 
 time, a majority of the letters hitting the reactionary Sentinel highlight 
 Bernal's decrees as pointless and counterproductive.  The issue is finding 
 a way to unite our power--or at least work parallel rather than at 
 cross-purposes.\n\nThe threat of police action and the economic/health 
 crisis prompt fear--which is contagious.  But then, so can courage be--when 
 folks begin to stand up to injustice.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/26/18839089.php
SUMMARY:Spread the Word Gather Forces Stop the San Lorenzo Evictions!
LOCATION:In front of the Bookshop Santa Cruz at 1520 Pacific Avenue\n(weather and 
 scanty pedestrian traffic may have us moving to the sidewalk in front of 
 the main Post Office)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/26/18839089.php
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