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Police Brutality Claim Highlights City Council Censorship
Rhonda Reyna accused the SCPD of abusive violence & kidnapping against a minor last summer. City Administrator/Clerk Bonnie Bush refused to post the full text of this Claim on the twice-monthly Santa Cruz City Council agenda for its 2-4 meeting, leaving the community in the dark before the upcoming Council meeting. But then, this may have been the whole point....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2022 9:20am PST
Denied City and County Parking Lots, Food Not Bombs is back at the Town Clock
Denied City and County Parking Lots, Food Not Bombs, Keith McHenry reports, is now serving regularly at the Town Clock noon to 4 PM Daily. In spite of initial apprehensions, County Health has apparently backed off its "Get a Permit or Perish" strategy--okaying FNB's daily use of the Calvary Episcopal Church kitchen at a cost of a mere $4000/month....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 1:34pm PST
California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Measure Z Oil, Gas Protections Case
Court Will Determine Fate of Local Ordinance Restricting Oil Extraction, Pollution...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2022 6:08pm PST
Deadline, Background, and Significance of Latest City Attack on Food Not Bombs
With less than a week remaining at their brief respite spot at 440 Front St., Food Not Bombs [FNB] activist Keith McHenry outlines the dark history of the City's attempt to crush the daily meal. With City Council rubberstamping the declared and seemingly endlessly renewed City Manager's powers during the 'COVID emergency" FNB has provided meals which the City and Housing Matters have cut off....
Posted: Sat, Jan 22, 2022 3:29am PST
Execution Delayed But Not Reversed: OVO Up for Rubberstamping 1-12
A new "hearing" for the OVO [Oversized Vehicle Ordinance] will be held on January 12th at 10 AM by the Zoning Administrator to confirm the ouster of "Oversized", i.e. homeless vehicles, from a large segment of the City....
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2022 10:41am PST
A Sneak Play Past the Community and Coastal Commission...Again
City staff is urging the Zoning Administrator to authorize and sanctify the reactionary City Council's latest RV ban (the Oversized Vehicle Ordinance). The hearing is being zoomed at 10 AM on Wednesday January 5th. Oppose it in writing now and prepare for an appeal!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 3, 2022 2:54pm PST
Mental Health Services for the Homeless: Where Are They?
This piece discusses how mental health services for the homeless are an important part of housing the homeless population, yet it is usually overlooked. I believe that these services need to be available in order to help the homeless population and help get them off the streets....
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2021 6:42pm PST
Santa Barbara Commission Vote Puts Exxon Oil Trucking Plan on Thin Ice
Commissioners Vote 3-2 Against Project, Citing Public Safety, Oil Spill Concerns...
Posted: Wed, Nov 3, 2021 2:53pm PDT
Animals Recognized as Legal Persons for the First Time in U.S. Court
An international fight to protect Pablo Escobar’s hippos from slaughter results in a U.S. federal court order recognizing animals can be “interested persons”...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2021 11:20am PDT
California Delays Some Dungeness Crab Fishing to Protect Whales
Announcement Comes After Humpback Entanglement in Crab Gear...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2021 11:02am PDT
Rushed RV Ban on Tuesday City Council Agenda
City Council's reactionary majority is likely to pass a measure likely to further expose the already unhoused population whose current home is their vehicle. The after-midnight oversized parking ban on "oversized" vehicles is a redo of Richelle Noroyan's failed 2016 nighttime RV ban which failed to meet Coastal Commission standards....
Posted: Mon, Oct 25, 2021 12:07pm PDT
Santa Barbara County Planning Commission Rejects ExxonMobil’s Plan to Restart Offshore Platforms, Truck Oil
Commissioners Vote 3-2 Against Project, Joining Strong Community Opposition...
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 11:14pm PDT
San Luis Obispo County Approves Disputed Drilling at Arroyo Grande Oilfield
Hearing Comes After Discovery of Covert Drilling Approvals...
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 11:09pm PDT
Early signs of hope as monarch butterflies return to California overwintering sites
Western monarchs are showing up along the California coast in greater numbers than last year’s historic low....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 10:52pm PDT
Our Downtown, Our Future
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* October 21, 2021
Group Announces Voter Initiative For Santa Cruz....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 3:22pm PDT
Court Strikes Down Oil Industry Pollution Protections in Monterey County
Decision Increases Pressure on Gov. Newsom to Stop New Oil Wells...
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2021 12:42pm PDT
Santa Barbara County Staff Recommends Approval of ExxonMobil’s Plan to Restart Offshore Platforms, Truck Oil
Planning Staff Reverses Opposition to Using Hazardous Highway 166...
Posted: Mon, Sep 20, 2021 3:44pm PDT
Google algorithms suppressing small websites
Google and Facebook are increasingly unfriendly for small publishers. The latest round is that Google no longer takes you to the URLs typed in search...
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2021 10:37pm PDT
S. C. Community Credit Union members fight sale to NY developer for luxury hotel!
Movement to stop the Santa Cruz Community Credit union from selling valuable land zoned for housing to a NY developer to build a 228 room luxury hotel. A call for credit union members to attend an online meeting Friday from 12-2 and information about the situation for non-members....
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2021 8:40am PDT
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 PDT