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Protesters Demand Newsom Keep Health Care Promise 
Signs, slogan and local politicians at Lake Merritt Amphitheater...
Posted: Sun Aug 1, 2021 8:35AM
Santa Cruz County Jail Inmate Dies Following "Medical Emergency" 
Felipe Herrera, a 57-year-old inmate at the Santa Cruz County Jail, died on Tuesday, July 27....
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 2:59AM
Victory in Sonoma County 
JULY 28TH, 2021 - Wellpath, one of the nation’s largest providers of prison healthcare services, has grown accustomed to securing no-bid contracts for its services in California. But NUHW members who work for Wellpath at the Sonoma County Jail this month successfully blocked a five-year contract extension that Wellpath thought was a done deal....
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:47AM
SF March to Pass Medicare For All Now 
Protesters vow to take issue to UN as human rights complaint if M4A is not passed...
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:24PM
Protest for Better Treatment of the Homeless Held at Fresno City Hall 
Homeless people and supporters of the homeless joined in two demonstrations at Fresno’s City Hall July 20 and 23. They demanded better alternatives to being on the streets....
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:59PM
Novato Victory: Kudos to the California Homeless Union and Attorney Anthony Prince 
In mid-July Attorney Anthony Prince of the California Homeless Union successfully applied for a restraining order to stop enforcement of a thinly-disguised anti-homeless Novato city Camping ban designed to work around the Martin v. Boise decision. Perhaps activists in Santa Cruz can take similar action, long promised by the Santa Cruz Homeless Union, either with or without an attorney....
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:24PM
Domestic Violence in Watsonville is Representative of Many Communities Around the World 
Watsonville, CA - Last week we learned of a murder that occurred on the evening of Tuesday, July 13th, which has had a deep impact on our Watsonville community. Robin Kern, a 32-year-old mother, was killed due to domestic violence and we are in solidarity with the calls for justice. We hope that her family finds peace in this challenging time....
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:05PM
Fisher, STOP THE GREED! ILWU 10 & Community Activists Speak Out To Protest Port Theft 
A press conference was held at the Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland to oppose the sale of the terminal to billionaire John Fisher, owner of GAP and the A's for a stadium and 3,000 condos....
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:24PM
Resistance at Sausalito Camp Eviction 
An encampment near Dunphy Park was destroyed and residents evicted as the city of Sausalito forced residents out of their community. Resistors fought bravely but were told their new home would have to be an area that is muddy and close to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ debris yard, where boats are taken from the water for destruction....
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:43AM
Free Commander X aka Christopher Doyon - Nonviolent cyber activist defending the rights of the homeless 
Free Commander X aka Christopher Doyon - Nonviolent cyber activist defending the rights of the homeless has court appearance
Join the protest outside the Robert F. Peckham Federal Court House, 280 S. 1st Street, San Jose, California on on the day of his court appearance, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at noon...
Event Date: Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:00PM
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:16PM
The Chico Decision-Hope for the Homeless in Santa Cruz The grim news of sweeps removing homeless-run encampments in Sausalito and San Rafael, as well as the RV rousts in Seaside, in recent weeks is now counterbalanced by a ray of light from a federal court in the Warren v. City of Chico case, which I transcribe here....
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:44PM
How the Sackler family got away with mass murder, and avoided prison in the process 
Big Pharma Gets Away With Mass Murder:...
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2021 10:19PM
Affordable Community Housing: A Guide for Electeds and Office Seekers 
Creating a Housing Plan...
Posted: Sat Jul 3, 2021 11:53AM
Sounding a Warning in the Benchlands and the Broader Community 
On Tuesday, the Federal magistrate Susan Van Keulen ended federal protection of the Benchlands surivival campground for the last 6 months by dissolving the Injunction issued in January. I've been passing out flyers there regarding upcoming meetings to resist the dispersal order City authorities that will inevitably follow in the months ahead replete with false promises....
Posted: Sat Jul 3, 2021 9:25AM
Judge Dumps Benchlands Survival Camp, Ignores Shelter Emergency 
The federal court ignored the City Manager Bernal's failure to fulfill the terms of the modified Preliminary Injunction to meet regularly with the Homeless Union to improve Benchlands conditions. Magistrate Susan Van Keulen lifted the Court's protection of the encampment Tuesday afternoon, discarding more than several hundred people into the City's predatory "care"....
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:08PM
TechSoup’s Jim Lynch is retiring at the end of June 2021 
April 8, 2017 drawing of Jim Lynch by Lynda Carson....
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:49PM
Unhoused and Supporters Demand "Support not Sweeps" at Caltrans HQ 
Street theater, song and dance in protest in Oakland at 111 Grand Ave....
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:37AM
Real Struggle to Support Survival Camps While Council Gentrification Juggernaut Grinds On 
Community focus must shift from the prefabricated public-excluded City Council meetings to direct action and legal support to defend the many survival encampments (Meyersvilles) that have sprunt up around Santa Cruz as emergency housing....
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:28PM
Stop the Sweeps: Felker Street Camp 
Felker Street Camp, Felker Street at San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz (See Photo for Map)...
Event Date: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:30AM
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:38PM
PG&E power outages affect Juneteenth celebrations in Alameda County 
PG&E Power Outages Affect New Federal Holiday Juneteenth Celebrations:...
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:29PM