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Santa Cruz ACLU Hosts Forum on Excessive Force 
Panelists Engage in Robust Discussion on Police Practises...
Posted: Wed, Oct 24, 2018 12:40pm PDT
Mother Calls Out Santa Cruz Police for Publicly Humiliating People with 'Serious Life Problems' 
Community members continue to complain about the Santa Cruz Police Department policy of allowing violent and vigilante types of comments from the public to remain visible on their social media accounts, however few avenues are available for them to pursue their complaints. Recently the mother of an individual targeted by SCPD spoke out on social media, accusing the department of bias for selectively posting mugshots and other photos of individuals they have arrested, which she says results in...
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2018 2:35pm PDT
Is the City of Santa Cruz Adopting Trump's Program of Hate? 
On October 17th, Sentinel journalist, Jessica York, reported that the River Street Campground will be shut down in November, with some of its members relocated into a scaled down Winter Shelter program at the VFW Hall on 7th Avenue. The VFW site will be available to 60 people and open only during evening hours, with a first-come, first-served model that does not allow pets and has limited possession storage....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2018 7:30pm PDT
Oakland and San Francisco Named As Human Rights Violators The Oakland conditions of discrimination and harassment of unhoused encampment residents and punitive denials of access to basic services constitute “cruel and inhuman treatment and is a violation of multiple human rights…"...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2018 3:57pm PDT
Pack the Courtroom for Whole Foods Suit! 1221 Oak St, Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2018 2:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 18, 2018 7:40pm PDT
BART Removes Benches From 16th Street/Mission Street Plaza Without public discussion or advanced notice, BART closed most of the southwest 16th Street/Mission Street Plaza from September 10, 2018 to September 20, 2018 for construction... BART removed the approximately six benches from the plaza and has not reinstalled them, denying people places to sit in a public space.
In a posting on his Facebook page, viewable only to people logged into their Facebook accounts, BART Director Bevan Dufty announced that BART will install new benches by November ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 8, 2018 9:31am PDT
ACLU Sues San Francisco Police Department for Unconstitutionally Targeting Black People for Arrest 
SAN FRANCISCO, October 4, 2018 – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the law firm Durie Tangri LLP, filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco for its police department’s racially discriminatory enforcement practices. In violation of the Constitution, the SFPD, which has a long and sordid history of racial discrimination, targeted Black people for arrest because of their race....
Posted: Sat, Oct 6, 2018 10:15pm PDT
Private Function Hosted by Palantir Co-Founder for U.S. Mayors 
Pier 5 Embarcadero
San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 3, 2018 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 1, 2018 3:44pm PDT
58 Arrested on Felony Charges as Activists Occupy "Free Range" Amazon Chicken Supplier 
Bond set at $20,000 each, over $1.3 million total...
Posted: Sun, Sep 30, 2018 12:39pm PDT
If You’re Going to Santa Cruz (audio/mpeg 5.7MB) Last night I was kicked out of a building for the first time in my 51 years. It happened in Santa Cruz, California. Here's my latest podcast....
Posted: Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:52pm PDT
Whole Foods Gets Restraining Order on Animal Rights Activists to Stop Protests at Berkeley Store 
Citing Investigations of Animal Cruelty, Activists Plan to Escalate Demonstrations Despite Court Ruling...
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 9:56am PDT
Heavy Police Presence at Global Climate Action Summit September 13, Two Arrested 
Photos of police pushing protesters and detaining two demonstrators in front of the entrance to the Global Action Climate Summit on September 13 in San Francisco. Photos may be reproduced by not-for-profit organizations, please credit Terry Scussel....
Posted: Sun, Sep 16, 2018 7:21pm PDT
Police Chief Mills Ducks Issue In the Wake of the Boise "No Jail for Sleep" Decision 
City Council Ringleader David Terrazas cut off Freedom Sleeper activist Abbi Samuels at the City Council mike on September 4th as she denounced unlawful police action attacking sleeping homeless folks. This on the same day the 9th Circuit Court ruled supporting the homeless right to sue Boise for "cruel and unusual punishment" because ticketing and arresting homeless folks there when there is no real shelter alternative....
Posted: Sun, Sep 16, 2018 2:13pm PDT
Interview with Analicia and Dexter Cube of Take Back Santa Cruz 
On September 12 (on the Santa Cruz Police Department Facebook page) the co-founders of Take Back Santa Cruz (TBSC) Analicia and Dexter Cube opened up with me for a candid, "on the fly" interview. Dexter answered questions about his past and his multiple brushes with the law, including being fined tens of thousands of dollars by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and losing his licence for defrauding his financial clients. He also discussed more minor brushes with the law, including ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 13, 2018 9:44pm PDT
Prison Strike Solidarity Graffiti in Oakland 
Large overhead letters on the side of a parking garage near I-980 in West Oakland....
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2018 5:54pm PDT
No DAC for BART: BART Proposes Facial Recognition Surveillance Dragnet Part 2 BART Board Conference Room, 3rd floor, enter behind CVS off Thomas Berkley Way
2040 Webster St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 13, 2018 9:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 4, 2018 8:12am PDT
No Arpaio. 
Palo Corona Regional Park
Highway 1, Carmel, California 93923...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 13, 2018 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 31, 2018 12:19pm PDT
Rally for Community Resilience in the face of Climate Disasters and Militarization 
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
1401 Lakeside Dr
Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 7, 2018 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 9:30pm PDT
Large turnout for San Quentin action in support of National Prison Strike 
A diverse crowd of around 500 mostly young activists turned out for a rally Aug. 25 at San Quentin Prison in Marin County, California....
Posted: Tue, Aug 28, 2018 7:21pm PDT
National Prison Strike Awareness March 
Start at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, 1 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113
March to San Jose City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113...
Event Date: Tue, Aug 21, 2018 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 15, 2018 3:55pm PDT
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