I sent the following Public Records demand to the City Administrator/Clerk on 12-17 regarding the abrupt and toxic shutdown of the San Lorenzo Campground displacing 150-200 people. I received a reply that City offices would be "closed for the holidays" until January 4th -but City Mangler Bernal has set January 6th as the date for completion of the destruction of the shelter-in-place camp....
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:56AM
An African-American mother has expressed outrage at the ongoing practice of illegal detention by the Sacramento Police Department after the City’s police officers detained and harassed her under aged son without provocation for the second time in fifteen months....
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:23PM
Community Asks Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Taskforce Members to Stand with City Residents and Defund Police...
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:46AM
Meet at La Playa Safeway (850 La Playa St.) at 9:30am, roll out at 10am. We'll be driving through some of the richest neighborhoods in SF....
Event Date: Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:30AM
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:08PM
City Manager Martin Bernal and Parks and Recreation Boss Tony Eliot are expanding an existing crisis in San Lorenzo Park. Staring Monday December 21st, they have announced they will begin removing unhoused survival camps there with no shelter destination. Community activists Alicia Kuhl and Peter Gelblum have published their responses to this latest insanity....
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:28AM
Pacific Grove Police Officer Michael Gonzalez's Parler account. Officer Gonzalez previously got in trouble in May for stickers he had on his truck which was parked in a City owned parking lot. The City has spent $23,000 defending him so far....
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:04AM
Tonight the Santa Cruz ACLU presents "Alternative Responses to 911" - a Zoom Webinar - Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 - 6:30 PM PST...
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:47AM
For those seeking more information regarding the questionable ticketing behavior of the SCPD towards those whose only home is their vehicle, check out the record of Santa Cruz Neighbors organizer and Nextdoor boss Deborah Elston below....
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:23AM
Oakland Privacy's Lawsuit Against the City of Vallejo Upholds 2015 Legislation...
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:31PM
A short re-cap of some obscure recent events...
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:36PM
Interview with Jonathan Gettleman and Elizabeth Caballero, two Santa Cruz attorneys filing a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Tamario Smith's family....
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:39PM
Martinez Detention Facility
1000 Ward St
Martinez, CA 94553...
Event Date: Sun Nov 22, 2020 2:00PM
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:41AM
Election day is here! We will be sending out alerts every day this week with various resources and other announcements associated with voter and election defense. Please be sure to share out these resources to your communities and beyond....
Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2020 7:35PM
Write-In Berkeley Mayoral Candidate Indigenous Elder Zachary RunningWolf on Day 4 of Hunger Strike protesting OPD's Illegal Election Interference for the Second Cycle in A Row. When you can't afford bail, it's GUILTY until proven INNOCENT....
Posted: Mon Nov 2, 2020 2:22PM
On the night of Friday October 23rd, Walnut Creek police shot a protester at close range with a projectile round. The protester made no threat to the officer. The projectile caused injury to the protester, who was fortunately wearing a ballistic vest....
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:36PM
Interview with Gina Dent, UCSC associate professor of Feminist Studies, on police and prison abolition....
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:57PM
Santa Cruz Clock Tower Plaza @ Water & Front...
Event Date: Sun Nov 1, 2020 4:00PM
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:48AM
809 Center St.
City Council Courtyard
(across from the main closed library)....
Event Date: Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:00PM
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:18PM
Women protest in cities throughout US...
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:27PM
Two demonstrations were held remembering the lives and deaths of Native people as well as the local homeless and poor on October 12th also known in settler-celebrator circles as "Columbus Day" and among others as Indigenous Peoples Day....
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:49AM