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Toward a Fuller Discussion of Grand Jury Resistance In follow up to my post two years ago which some people misconstrued as advocating partial grand jury cooperation:...
Posted: Wed, Mar 4, 2015 4:00am PST
SB 608 "Right to Rest Act" introduced in California State Senate Q&A About the Right to Rest Act...
Posted: Mon, Mar 2, 2015 11:11am PST
An Open Letter to the Santa Cruz City Council Dear Councilmembers:...
Posted: Sun, Mar 1, 2015 12:40pm PST
Amnesty International USA Calls on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to Investigate Chicago “Black Site” CHICAGO — Amnesty International USA called on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to investigate allegations published in The Guardian newspaper of a Chicago Police Department facility in Homan Square, including beatings and disappearances of people detained there....
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2015 6:26pm PST
CBP Unveils Body-Worn Camera Testing Locations WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection today unveiled the locations where it will begin its pilot testing of body-worn cameras. The pilot marks the latest effort by CBP to respond to the concerns of border residents about the alarming trend of excessive use of force incidents by its officers and agents....
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 2:54pm PST
Amnesty International USA Urges Obama to Address Torture by Chicago Police CHICAGO – On the eve of his visit to Chicago, Amnesty International USA sent a letter (see PDF) to President Obama today urging him to support reparations for those tortured while in the custody of Chicago Police over a span of decades....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2015 5:38pm PST
Groups Applaud U.S. Dietary Guidelines' New Sustainability Focus WASHINGTON— A broad coalition of 49 health, environment and animal-welfare groups urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to embrace the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s sustainability recommendations that were submitted to the agency today....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2015 4:32pm PST
Police Injury of Homeless Man Still Unresolved Nearly two years ago, a Santa Cruz police officer injured a homeless man who was already in handcuffs, slamming him face-first into the ground. Caught on video by a bystander, the incident got a lot of attention and the SCPD promised to do a formal investigation. However the results of that investigation have been kept secret, and meanwhile the offending officer is still on the job with no apparent consequences....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 7:41pm PST
San Luis Obispo City to Send Letter of Opposition to Phillips 66 Oil Train Project SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—The San Luis Obispo City Council authorized city staff Tuesday night to send a letter opposing the Santa Maria Phillips 66 rail spur project, which would bring mile-long oil trains carrying 2.5 million gallons of crude nearly every day through San Luis Obispo. The letter will be sent from Mayor Jan Marx to the San Luis Obispo Planning Commission on behalf of the city, urging it to reject the project....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 4:56pm PST
Western Regional Advocacy Project Calls for Support of "Right to Rest Act" Act Would Protect Basic Human Rights of People Experiencing Homelessness...
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 1:21pm PST
USDA Approves GMO Apples Despite Opposition from Apple Industry and Consumers The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the Okanagan Specialty Fruits’ genetically engineered Arctic Apples. These apples are engineered to resist browning when sliced. The USDA’s environmental review received 73,000 comments that overwhelmingly opposed the commercialization of Arctic Apples. This decision marks the first approval of an aesthetically-improved genetically engineered food and will expand the reach of GMO products into the produce aisle, which currently only offers a small n...
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 10:50am PST
City Bicycle Program Dysfunction Continues For years the City used to give away unclaimed bicycles to youth in need through any qualified nonprofit, with the Bike Church hosting the distributions. In 2012 the City secretly terminated the program, with bikes going for a while to a for-profit business, later being auctioned off in LA. Responding to public pressure, City Council agreed to reinstate distributions to youth, but schemed to keep the Bike Church out of the picture. Ironically, the new program managers are having a hard time a...
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2015 10:40am PST
Eshoo Introduces Bill to Designate Coast Dairies Ranch as a National Monument FEBRUARY 12, 2015, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) introduced legislation (H.R. 908) today to designate Santa Cruz County’s Coast Dairies property as the Santa Cruz Redwoods National Monument, permanently protecting all 5,800 acres of this pristine coastal land....
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 11:14pm PST
Local Activists Continue to Press the Issue on the BearCat and Militarization Community Concern Over BearCat Purchase Continues to Grow...
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 3:14pm PST
Mexico: Forensic evidence suggests disappeared students investigation a ‘whitewash’ FEBRUARY 9, 2015 - The Mexican government must urgently address serious flaws in its investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 students after forensic experts cast major doubts on the Attorney General’s inquiry, said Amnesty International today....
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2015 2:01am PST
Sierra Club Condemns State Injection Well Practices, Calls for Investigation SACRAMENTO—On February 6, the Associated Press reported that more than 2,500 injection wells that put aquifers that are federally protected or provide drinking water at risk in California have been permitted by a California agency. At least 46 percent of those—or 1,172—have been permitted in the last four years....
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2015 1:50am PST
Stop Us From Organizing at the Jail? We Say NO WAY! Only three days after hundred of people attended the the Cages Kill - Freedom Rally, the Sheriff along with other County bureaucrats have proposed an ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor to be within "designated security perimeters" around the jail....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 4:34pm PST
Dear City Council, Santa Cruz Does NOT Want a BEARCAT Sin Barras, Without (Prison) Bars, wants the Santa Cruz Police Department to rescind its agreement to purchase a Bearcat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck)....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 3:12pm PST
Ukraine: Debaltseve’s residents reaching breaking point Residents of the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve are reaching breaking point, with thousands desperately sheltering from heavy shelling and lacking running water, food, electricity and basic medical supplies, Amnesty International said....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2015 7:10am PST
Walk a Night in Their Shoes But in Santa Cruz You Also Have to Sleep in Them Opening Remarks at Camp of Last Resort Forum...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2015 12:27am PST
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