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Today, on Christmas Day, Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs served a free vegan holiday meal to hundreds of community members outside of the downtown post office. The temperature was in the 70s, people played music, activists tabled, and the mood was celebratory. [top video: Keith McHenry, scroll down for photos]...
Posted: Wed, Dec 25, 2013 9:33pm PST
a vid of wut happenz there...
Posted: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 2:05pm PST
Recent rules or ordinances coming from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors suggests that the criminalization of the homeless is on the rise in San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 1:00pm PST
The Board of Supervisors has Supervisor Wiener's Park Closure bill on the agenda for today, November 5th. Their meeting begins at 2pm. The measure could come up at any time. The video below is from last Tuesday; when the meeting began last week, Wiener asked to postpone it to this week....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2013 12:13pm PST
"We need more services; not more citations."
Rally opposing Scott Wiener's bill held October 29th at San Francisco City Hall.
Three-minute QT-movie. 17MB....
Posted: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 3:11pm PST
Outside City Hall, homeless occupiers' unique protest tactics rule the sidewalk, while inside homeless advocates pack public comment against Supervisor Scott Wiener's Park Closure Proposal which would drive Unhoused San Franciscans from parks....
Posted: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:34am PDT
"I've had it with you fucking people!"...
Posted: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 2:17pm PDT
The City of Albany does not offer any housing services for it's homeless citizens yet in October 2013 it will evict all 60+ homeless people living on the Bulb....
Posted: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 12:22am PDT
At the most recent Santa Cruz City Council meeting on September 10, Pamela Comstock used controversial language once again when describing issues surrounding those members of the community who are less economically privileged. The recently elected council member and co-founder of Take Back Santa Cruz said the use of blankets on which to sell merchandise on Pacific Avenue sidewalks had made the area look like a "flea market." Comstock's comments (see video) were in response to the introduction...
Posted: Sat, Sep 21, 2013 10:17pm PDT
This is a 4 minute video about the homeless situation in Fresno....
Posted: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 7:37pm PDT
Tenants Together, California’s Statewide Organization for Renters’ Rights, held a Press Conference at Noon today in Fresno. They are taking action to fight dozens of illegal eviction notices that were delivered to tenants at the Fresno Inn last week. The Community Alliance newspaper attended the Press Conference where we shot this 7:30 minute video. For more information about Tenants Together, call (559) 426-5538....
Posted: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 6:21pm PDT
Public encampment against closure and privatization of historic Downtown Berkeley Post Office. Interview with David Walsh, retired letter carrier about the occupation and the historic 1970 wildcat postal strike....
Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2013 5:43pm PDT
Housing Can't Wait March.
Mission District - San Francisco
July 9, 2013...
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2013 3:21pm PDT
BART workers rally at 24th & Mission in San Francisco on June 25, 2012.
Sal Amanza, BART Employee Development Specialist in safety matters, and SF Supervisor David Campos speak.
Four-minute QT movie. 30MB....
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 2:56pm PDT
A study session on homelessness was held by the Santa Cruz City Council on April 30, 2013. When given a chance to speak at the end of the session, new council member Pamela Comstock explained that funding for homeless services comes from increasing the tax base, and that to help the homeless, the council should focus on "smart solutions for shoppers."...
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2013 4:07pm PDT
Frank Franken has a few words to say about DIY GMO labels and the March On Monsanto, May 25...
Posted: Tue, May 21, 2013 10:03am PDT
A week ago, writer Jeremy Leonard posted a video with faces disguised of a member of the Clean Team threatening and harassing a homeless camper as he and others did one of their regular "clean-up's". The video was only up very briefly before it was taken down. A few days ago it reappeared as part of a long interview Leonard did with former Clean Team founder T.J. Magallanes. The interview--still up as of this writing--provoked dozens of comments, and reportedly numerous threats against Le...
Posted: Wed, May 15, 2013 11:31pm PDT