top
Santa Cruz IMC
Santa Cruz IMC
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

Jam with the Freedom Sleepers--34th Week

Date:
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Time:
5:00 PM - 5:00 AM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Toby Nixon (posted by Norse)
Email:
Phone:
408-582-4152
Location Details:
Rebellious music and performers of all sorts have been invited to the Freedom Sleepers Sidewalk Siesta in front of Santa Cruz City Hall at 809 Center St.

Tuesday night will be the 34th Community Sleep Out with a web page at https://www.facebook.com/events/244215129245260/

Second-hand accounts suggest lead Freedom Sleeper Troubleshooter Toby Nixon has invited numerous street musicians and performers to join the Sleep-Out.

It begins Tuesday afternoon and runs through a modest coffee breakfast on Wednesday morning. Activists and participants are invited, as ever, to quaff a second (and third) cup of coffee at the Sub Rosa Cafe at 11 AM while discussing other actions fighting homeless discrimination in Santa Cruz.


ACTIVISTS INVITED TO WEIGH IN ON PROPOSED LAW CHANGES AS WELL AS PLAN FUTURE STRATEGY

A proposed revision of the Camping Ordinance, eliminating sleeping as a crime, but maintaining a ban against laying out bedding (i.e. covering up with blankets or in a bag), has aroused skepticism and controversy among activists.

Councilmember Don Lane's amendments are due to hit City Council on March 8th at the same time Freedom Sleepers celebrate their 35th week outside. Food Not Bombs activist Keith McHenry has promised to serve food at that event, braving a hostile City Council and city staff.

HUff old-timer Robert Norse has arranged with Councilmember
Posner to air concerns and suggest future actions 11 AM Thursday March 3 at City Hall (Councilmember's offices).

Norse interviewed Posner for Free Radio last Sunday. It's archived at https://www.facebook.com/events/244215129245260/ .

Steve Pleich has written a defense of the proposed ordinance and general survey of surrounding activism at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CFABSC2/ .


ANTI-HOMELESS BIGOTRY RAGES UNABATED
County Supervipers will join the City Council homeless hate gang March 8 in a final reading of a County-wide anti-homeless RV measures: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/government-and-politics/20160223/santa-cruz-county-supervisors-ticket-rvs-parked-overnight

The City Council passed its own "no RV parking at night law without a permit" (and homeless folks are not permitted to get permits even if Santa Cruz is their long-term home) last fall. Please pass on reports of harassment and ticketing to HUFF at 423-4833.

ELSEWHERE

San Francisco homeless continue to resist bigotry-based sweeps on their only housing--tents and bags. See http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2016/0226/Tent-city-evictions-highlight-San-Francisco-s-homelessness-problem-video .

There is no indication that Vancouver, WA, in spite of heavy negative criticism from the Oregonian has stepped back from its decision to allow nighttime camping, given the shelter emergency. (see http://www.oregonlive.com/homeless/2015/11/vancouver_tries_legal_camping.html#incart_2box )
Added to the calendar on Mon, Feb 29, 2016 5:10PM
Listed below are the latest comments about this post.
These comments are submitted anonymously by website visitors.
TITLE
AUTHOR
DATE
Pat Colby
Wed, Mar 2, 2016 11:14PM
Razer Ray
Wed, Mar 2, 2016 11:44AM
G
Wed, Mar 2, 2016 11:36AM
TBSC Warrior
Wed, Mar 2, 2016 9:07AM
Razer Ray
Wed, Mar 2, 2016 8:06AM
Capital Karl
Wed, Mar 2, 2016 6:39AM
just facts
Tue, Mar 1, 2016 6:12PM
Razer Ray
Tue, Mar 1, 2016 2:09PM
Razer Ray
Tue, Mar 1, 2016 1:43PM
Petra
Tue, Mar 1, 2016 11:41AM
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$155.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network