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Court Halts Bay Area Biofuel Megaproject Operations Refinery on Hold Until County Addresses Community, Environmental Harms...
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2023 2:36pm PDT
Updated Santa Cruz Free Guide Downloadable in Hard Copy 
After an exchange of ,e-mails and phone messages, the creators of the Santa Cruz Free Guide [SCFG] released an updated edition. I reprint the hard copy sent me a week ago. The update may not be a finished one. In any case, I encourage readers to share their experience accessing these services to save weary future folks in need unnecessarily futile efforts....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2023 9:15pm PDT
Thousands March in Sacramento to Demand End of Fossil Fuels 
As Governor Newsom Sues Oil Companies, a "Greener", nicer oil industry will not do...
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2023 1:20pm PDT
Striking Back at Brutal Bullies: Russell Files Claims Against the City 
Barton Russell Jackson recently filed two Claims against the City for sweeps resulting in property destruction and false arrest. The claims were heard behind closed doors last Tuesday. Since the City Administrator/Clerk suppressed the language of the claims, I present then here in his own words....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 3:44pm PDT
Street Shit Sheet #172: Update the Outdated SC Free Guide ! 
A few more blurbs from the byways along with a reprinted copy of the badly outdated Santa Cruz Free Guide on the reverse side. Guide manager Evan Morrison and his staff, have so far maintained silence around concerns that their "Guide" is leading folks to closed services, full waiting lists, and other dead ends--truly needing updating....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 2:13pm PDT
Tenant Union to Picket Berkeley Landlords’ Eviction Party Today Tenant union members to protest Berkeley Landlords’ eviction celebration happy hour today, September 12, from 5:15 pm to 7:30 pm, in front of 2700 Bancroft Way in Berkeley, CA....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2023 1:13pm PDT
Garry Tan Takes Down Video Calling Out His Anti-Semitism (video/mp4 88.2MB) Garry Tan did a YouTube DMCA takedown of this video that called him out for using anti-Semitic tropes when referring to Jewish politicians....
Posted: Tue, Aug 29, 2023 4:30pm PDT
Return of the Santa Cruz Street Shit Sheet 
Absent for nearly fifteen years, the Santa Cruz Street Shit Sheet is back with issue #170. The Shit Sheet published pretty frequently in the late 80s and early 90s, and sporadically since in the early 2000s. Whether it will continue to regularly appear is still an uncertain and open question, but here is a contemporary sample of the kind of news and views it covers....
Posted: Sat, Aug 26, 2023 9:43pm PDT
Violence, Sweeps, and Seizure--Escalating SCPD Policy 
In spite of court decisions and massive COVID-era appropriations as well as decades of protests and petitions, police have continued and seem to be escalating "drive 'em out of town" sweeps with new cruelties and illegalities. Yesterday at the Mime Troupe, I passed out a flyer denouncing unusually explicit and recent threats, seizures, and citations attacking each encampment as it arises....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2023 12:16pm PDT
Exposing the affordable housing “lottery” application fee scams 
Exposing The Affordable Housing Lottery Scams:
As recent as March 7, 2023, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge sent out a nationwide notice in opposition to excessive rental application fees that may be duplicative, unnecessary, and may be a blatant rip off scam, affecting low-income renters and people of color....
Posted: Fri, Aug 11, 2023 5:36am PDT
Stop Burning Us Out & Destroying Our Healthcare! Kaiser SEIU UHW Workers Speak at SF Kaiser 
San Francisco Kaiser hospital workers protested the dangerous health and safety conditions at the hospital, lack of enforcement of health and safety regulations and blatant union busting by management. Eighty eight thousand workers are negotiating for a new contract....
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2023 9:00am PDT
Initiative for March Ballot Needs Signatures and Signature Gatherers 
Over the last year many of you have asked what you can do to help citizens regain a voice and some control over the massive developments planned for our town in the next few months and years. Well, here it is: WE HAVE A PETITION ON THE STREETS right now called Housing For People - Not Unaffordable Luxury Towers....
Posted: Wed, Jul 26, 2023 10:04am PDT
Jeffrey Tumlin: our buses aren't jails This is an open letter from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) employees regarding the events of July 8th, 2023 at the annual Dolores Park Hill Bomb, where Muni buses were used by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to transport detained teenagers to SFPD’s Mission Station....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2023 8:31am PDT
Street Spirit comeback party and fundraiser! Tamarack, Oakland (1501 Harrison Street)...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 15, 2023 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2023 9:07am PDT
"Unite to Fight!" is the Cry at People's March 
Moving away from the commercialization of the regular Pride parade, 2023 year is the 4th year of a rally and march that calls for justice for the LGBTQ community....
Posted: Wed, Jun 28, 2023 2:03am PDT
Big Oil's outsize influence on CA and US politics expands to journalism dinners and awards 
The following is a speech I gave at a climate rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 10 sponsored by the Sacramento Climate Coalition, Sacramento 350, Third Act Sacramento, Oil and Gas Network and other climate groups. The event was part of a national week of action June 8 to 11 sponsored by People vs Fossil Fuels, Fridays For Future U.S., and more. The organizations demanded that President Biden use his executive powers to end the era of fossil fuels and declare a climate emergency...
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2023 12:46pm PDT
Moms and Playaz Demonstrate on the Golden Gate Bridge to Stop Gun Violence 
National Gun Violence Awareness Day was marked on June 4 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hundreds of protesters in orange crossed the Golden Gate Bridge....
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2023 4:27am PDT
Blind African American Section 8 tenant fears budget cuts may harm him 
Image Of Blind Man Using A Cane...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2023 2:30am PDT
Graffiti Writers Paint Over Pro-Police “Street Art” Campaign Backed by a Tech Billionaire 
A “street art” campaign backed by Welsh tech billionaire and venture capitalist Michael Moritz is being targeted by graffiti artists in San Francisco, California. The campaign features posters and even wheat-pastes which call for a “law and order” approach to homelessness and fentanyl related deaths in San Francisco....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2023 1:03pm PDT
Three Meetings This Month For Concord's Homeless Strategic Plan The city of Concord (California), will be holding three meetings this week-and-a-half, regarding the development of a homeless strategic plan. Service providers and concerned residents are urged to participate....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 2:25pm PDT
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