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Community Remains in the "Shadow of Bell v. Boise" 
Inadequate Shelter Space Continues to Expose Santa Cruz to Litigation...
Posted: Sun, Oct 15, 2017 10:20am PDT
O'Mei To Re-Open? Will Santa Cruz Patronize A White Supremacist Restaurateur? O'Mei, a Chinese restaurant in Santa Cruz, CA. closed after it was revealed the owner was a white supremacist who gave $500 to David Duke.
The owner now wants to re-open the restaurant.
Will the boycott continue?...
Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2017 9:24am PDT
Monarch butterflies disappearing from western North America New study reveals that western monarch decline is more severe than decline in East...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2017 1:32am PDT
Lawsuit Targets California's Dungeness Crab Fishery for Harming Endangered Whales, Sea Turtles 
Wildlife Agency Sued Over Record-breaking Whale Entanglements...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2017 1:03am PDT
Many Thanks to Our MHCAN Supporters 
Very Grateful For Community Support in Our Time of Need...
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2017 8:19am PDT
Homeless Washed Away at the Santa Cruz Post Office 
This morning police rousted the people at the Santa Cruz Post Office Hooverville and ordered them to vacate....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2017 9:54am PDT
Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival 9-24-2017 
Sunday was a beautiful day in Felton CA at the annual event. Yesterdays show followed Saturdays show that headlined Michael Franti & Spearhead....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2017 1:44pm PDT
ResistFest Santa Cruz 2017 
ResistFest, another event for justice when we most need a change!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2017 10:43pm PDT
Comprehensive Housing Strategy Must Be Supportive 
Common Language Must Also Include Housing as a Human Right...
Posted: Sun, Sep 17, 2017 8:36am PDT
Time to hit ‘pause button’ on brain-harming pesticide, farmworker communities say 
Frustrated residents of agricultural communities packed a Sacramento hearing room Friday to urge the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to order an immediate suspension of chlorpyrifos while the state’s potentially lengthy scientific review takes place....
Posted: Sat, Sep 16, 2017 3:19pm PDT
Tenants Fight Back rally in front of Santa Cruz City Hall 
Tenants Fight Back held a rally in front of City Hall on Tuesday September 12, 2017. They gathered and spoke to make clear the need for residents of Santa Cruz to pick a side in the housing crisis: people or profit. As this rally went on, the council approved a new development on Pacific with no affordable housing units. Seems like the city council has picked a side. Tenants will continue to fight....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2017 8:29pm PDT
Stacked Deck Stay-Away Law Expansion Promises More Pain for Poor Outside Coming up today at City Council on the noon agenda (unusually early) is Item, #14. It may come up within an hour by 1 PM if not before. MC 13.08.100 exponentially expands the time a cop or ranger can unilaterally order a person to leave an area and not return. The vastly expanded area includes the Pogonip, Arana Gulch, and Moore Creek. The law is billed as a "School Safety" law, though the vast majority of the area covered is much further than 300' from a school....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2017 9:41am PDT
Workers of outed David Duke campaign contributor may be eligible for unemployment benefits This may possibly mean that unemployment benefits exist for the workers of O'mei restaurant in Santa Cruz, who quit their jobs after a boycott occurred because their boss Roger Grigsby was outed as a campaign contributor to David Duke's failed 2016 Senate campaign!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2017 4:18pm PDT
Santa Cruz ROLLING FAST to Repeal Sleeping Ban ROLLING FAST to Repeal Santa Cruz Sleeping Ban. The anti-homeless Sleeping Ban in Santa Cruz has been challenged since its inception some two decades ago. Endorsing winning candidates has not worked. The right for the homeless to sleep legally is what the ROLLING FAST is about.
Simple, take one calendar day, let us know which day; call city council that day and tell them who you are and that you are fasting to REPEAL Sleeping Ban....
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2017 1:26pm PDT
Santa Cruz protests against Trump's bold move to end DACA 
The Trump Administration called for an end to immigration policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), on September 5, 2017. Quick mobilization brought DACA supporters out to Santa Cruz to express their outrage over this shocking administrative move....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2017 9:28pm PDT
Rehire HOPE Services for Downtown Salinas 
We want the Salinas City Center Improvement Association (SCCIA) to re-hire Sheila's HOPE Services Team to clean Downtown as well as provide extra cleaning on weekends....
Posted: Wed, Sep 6, 2017 7:34pm PDT
We March Together, We Stand Together: 2nd Annual Pajaro Valley Pride Festival 
The 2nd Annual Pajaro Valley Pride Celebration, held on August 20, 2017, was a lively event complete with a blessing ceremony, parade, and performances from drag queens, burlesque dancers, and musicians!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2017 7:36pm PDT
Santa Cruz County Cannabis EIR Update and Important Meeting Dates 
A draft Environmental Impact Report on establishing a regulated cannabis trade in the County concludes that a more permissive approach is an “environmentally superior alternative” to either a ban or a more restrictive proposed ordinance under consideration....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2017 6:32pm PDT
Recommendations for Action in the MHCAN Crisis 
MHCAN (Mental Health Clients Action Network) has faced a crisis for the last several years with police and city agencies breathing down its neck. The management of MHCAN and its Board of Directors has chosen to pursue, largely a low-profile work-behind-the-scenes approach. There's been little publicity about the upcoming Special Use Permit meeting of the Planning Commission which Board Chair Steve Pleich says is slated for 9-28. A month ago, I wrote the following suggestions to the community....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 6:06pm PDT
Support Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) for City and County License 
WAMM is the longest continually running Medial Cannabis Collective in the nation....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 3:56pm PDT
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