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Demands of the New Police Chief and His Initial Response In a letter to me, Police Chief Andy Mills has responded item-by-item to a series of concerns I raised in response to Steve Schnaar's letter skeptically regarding the SCPD endorsement of Martin Luther King celebration. While I remain skeptical of his answers--and they are pretty general--I reprint them so community members themselves can judge. I also include follow-up correspondence, which isn't too encouraging. While Mills temporarily instituted an incrementally saner policy around the S...
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2017 1:07pm PST
Protect Monterey County to Appeal Decision on Measure Z's Ban on Harmful Oil Industry Practices MONTEREY, Calif., December 29, 2017 — Protect Monterey County and its attorneys announced that they will appeal yesterday’s Monterey County Superior Court decision that overturns portions of Measure Z. Last year Monterey County voters passed Measure Z, an initiative that bans hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), prohibits new oil wells and phases out oil-industry wastewater injection wells....
Posted: Fri, Dec 29, 2017 8:53pm PST
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Pacific Habitat for Humpback Whales Threatened by Fishing Gear, Ship Strikes, Oil Spills 
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation on December 11 filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect humpback whale habitat in the Pacific Ocean, where the animals face threats from fisheries, ship strikes and oil spills....
Posted: Fri, Dec 29, 2017 8:49pm PST
New Year to See Fuller Body Worn Camera Deployment 
Rialto and Las Vegas Studies Informative...
Posted: Thu, Dec 28, 2017 3:10pm PST
SCPD to Cosponsor MLK Event - Questions for Chief Mills An open letter to Chief Mills regarding the upcoming event on January 15th, "March for the Dream: Honoring the Past - Impacting the Future," which is co-sponsored by the NAACP and the Santa Cruz Police Department.
Martin Luther King called for a revolution of values, challenging the racism, militarism, and poverty central to American society. This letter asks how the SCPD might contribute to this struggle for justice, in light of its history which often has run counter to these goals....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2017 10:21am PST
Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers: Winter of Discontent 
December 6, 2017 marked the one-year anniversary of the teacher’s union contract campaign for a decent raise on our salary schedule and the removal of a cap on our health and welfare benefits....
Posted: Mon, Dec 11, 2017 8:49pm PST
Homeless Services Center and Calamity's Cupboard -- and Art Show! I went to TOUCHED BY HOMELESSNESS, an inclusive Art Show, in early November. Story reviews the art on display at HSC show, then through memories, I've explored HSC history and community engagement...
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2017 5:51pm PST
Santa Cruz City Council to Consider Rent Control 
Rent Freeze Also Deserves Serious Consideration...
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2017 1:31pm PST
Santa Cruz Downtown Association's Holiday Parade 2017 
Saturday December 2, 2017 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM...
Posted: Sat, Dec 2, 2017 6:47pm PST
Black in Aptos 
NextDoor provides just enough anonymity for white citizens to let their racism fly....
Posted: Mon, Nov 20, 2017 10:24pm PST
Time is Right for Community Court 
Clearing Records and Reducing Fines a Pathway to Employment and Housing...
Posted: Sun, Nov 19, 2017 9:53am PST
Too Many Sheltering Questions, Too Few Answers 
Time to Refocus the Conversation...
Posted: Sat, Nov 18, 2017 10:18am PST
California's Dungeness Crab Fishery Targeted With Petition, Lawsuit for Harming Whales as Season Opens 
SAN FRANCISCO, November 14, 2017 — As commercial Dungeness crab season opens Nov. 15 in California, the Center for Biological Diversity is petitioning the federal government to rank the fishery as one of the most dangerous to whales because of increased entanglements in recent years. Last month the Center also sued the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for failing to prevent imperiled whales and sea turtles from getting tangled up in crab gear and injured or killed....
Posted: Tue, Nov 14, 2017 8:22pm PST
New Guidelines for Protecting California’s Monarch Butterfly Groves 
Protecting and managing overwintering sites is essential if the monarch’s migration is to be sustained...
Posted: Tue, Nov 14, 2017 8:15pm PST
ACLU Santa Cruz Wins 2017 Dick Criley Activism Award 
Local Chapter Continues Tradition of Protecting Civil Liberties...
Posted: Thu, Nov 9, 2017 11:18am PST
Happy Ninth Birthday SubRosa! (and some Santa Cruz radical history) 
On November 1, 2017, SubRosa turned nine years old. SubRosa is an anarchist community space run by a collective of committed people from the Santa Cruz area, freely giving of our energy and time....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2017 11:13am PST
Intelligence Gathering in the Informational Age 
Preserving Liberty Requires Eternal Vigilance...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2017 5:25pm PST
Eviction Notice Posted for Santa Cruz Benchlands Hooverville 
After being rousted from downtown Santa Cruz and given San Lorenzo Park, homeless people are being told to move again....
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2017 11:40am PST
Support the farmworkers' union in Baja California 
Every box of strawberries from the San Quintín Valley sold in US supermarkets represents the blood and sweat of poor, indigenous migrant farmworkers earning "hunger wages" under repressive conditions....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2017 4:47pm PDT
David Duke campaign contributor Roger Grigsby reopens O’mei restaurant Reportedly last Friday in This Small Planet, during the past week there has been an “Open” sign at the O’mei restaurant in Santa Cruz, in addition to a “Now Hiring” sign....
Posted: Sun, Oct 15, 2017 11:34am PDT
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