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Santa Cruz City Council votes down change to sleeping ban law 
The Santa Cruz City Council voted 5 to 2 against a change to the law that would decriminalize public sleeping, covering with a blanket, and sleeping in a vehicle....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 10:29am PST
Closing Arguments in Police Shooting Death of Alex Nieto Today 
The Jury has been given instructions as closing arguments take place in the shooting death of Alex Nieto....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 10:08am PST
Alicia Garza Warns of the "Moderate Oppressor" On February 12, 2016, Alicia Garza, the social activist who created the Twitter hashtag #BlackLivesMatter in 2013, emphasized to the audience that MLK had warned members of the civil rights movement of the moderate oppressor....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 5:51pm PST
One Small Step Against the Surveillance State - Help Us Make the Case! Help stop the surveillance state. Help the Oakland Privacy Working Group and the ACLU make the case that surveillance methodologies and equipment must be overseen by the people, who have the right to make decisions on what is permissible - not the police.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION: https://action.aclu.org/secure/stop-unchecked-police-surveillance-santa-clara-county...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 4:26pm PST
Sleeping Ban at City Council; Freedom Sleepers in 35th SleepOut Food outside City Council in the late afternoon; Council activity through the afternoon and evening starting at 3 PM; Freedom Sleepers on the scene throughout the afternoon and evening fairly later. The event continues until mid-morning Wednesday. City Hall 809 Center St....
Event Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 3:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2016 11:45am PST
First-Hand Account of Alex Nieto Trial Protest 
Written with the sass and humor of a real life activist, this is an account of the beautiful protest in solidarity with Alex Nieto's family. Alex Nieto was a 28-year-old man murdered by SFPD in March of 2014. This past Tuesday marked the start of the civil lawsuit against the SFPD...
Posted: Sun, Mar 6, 2016 2:23am PST
SFPD Caught On Camera Brutally Beating Man 
Cops CAUGHT ON CAMERA brutally beating man. When they realize they've been FILMED they try to confiscate the camera and ID the guy recording them. WATCH the video lower down on the page and see how well that went for them.
SPREAD THE WORD! THIS IS HOW YOU RESPOND when a VIOLENT COP tries to take your camera!...
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2016 7:33am PST
Stop The SF Police Murders - Community and Labor Rally For Alex Nieto 
Supporters of justice for Alex Nieto and others who have been murdered by San Francisco police rallied and spoke at the San Francisco Federal Building on March 1, 2016 where a trial was to start on the case of the death of Alex Nieto...
Posted: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 5:21pm PST
Jam with the Freedom Sleepers--34th Week Rebellious music and performers of all sorts have been invited to the Freedom Sleepers Sidewalk Siesta in front of Santa Cruz City Hall at 809 Center St....
Event Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 5:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 29, 2016 5:10pm PST
Take Back Santa Cruz leader pulls no punches 
The Facebook group is a closed dialogue. According to the Facebook policy link " We initially created this Facebook presence as a closed group to minimize spam and encourage frank speech. As we have grown, we have come to realize the need for gentle reminders to stay on point. The goal of public safety should remain at the center of all page activity." The following thread is an example of just some of the "frank" speech and personal attacks on any voice of dissent. In addition to marking the...
Posted: Sat, Feb 27, 2016 7:21am PST
Individuals Displaced in Downtown Homeless Sweeps Join Freedom Sleepers Protest 
On February 23, the Freedom Sleepers held their 33rd community sleepout at Santa Cruz City Hall. Attendance at the sleepout increased shortly after 3:30 am, following the police sweeps and move-alongs of homeless individuals sleeping at the Main Branch of the Santa Cruz Library and at the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church, which are located across the street from city hall. At least one individual sleeping outside of the library was issued a citation by police. Those joining the Freedom Sle...
Posted: Thu, Feb 25, 2016 6:45pm PST
In SF Demonstrators Say Apple Should Not Be Forced to Help FBI Hack iPhone 
Dozens of people rallied in front of Apple’s flagship store in San Fransisco on February 17. They were there to protest the U.S. government’s unlawful attempt to force the company to help the FBI hack into an iPhone, which would set a dangerous precedent and threaten the safety and security of millions of iPhone users worldwide....
Posted: Thu, Feb 25, 2016 2:08am PST
Dr. Angela Davis comes to the University of San Francisco 
Last week, the University of San Francisco’s Black Student Union had the honor of presenting author, educator, and activist Dr. Angela Davis.
Dr. Angela Davis has spent over forty years dedicating her life to activism and scholarship in an attempt to combat inequality and systems of oppression to achieve social justice. Drawing on her experience as a member of the Communist Party USA, the Black Panther Party, and an eighteen-month prison sentence after being placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most W...
Posted: Tue, Feb 23, 2016 10:55pm PST
Proposed Camping Ban Amendment Set for March 8 Council Hearing Proposed Amendment Would Create the Right to Sleep in Santa Cruz...
Posted: Tue, Feb 23, 2016 11:41am PST
Justice for Amilcar Perez Lopez On Folsom Street between 24th and 25th Streets...
Event Date: Fri, Feb 26, 2016 5:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 9:13pm PST
Ceremony, rally and march at Opening of Alex Nieto trial Federal Court: 450 Golden Gate Ave. (one block from Civic Center)...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 8:00am PST
Posted: Sun, Feb 21, 2016 11:41am PST
New California Legislation Increases Transparency in Law Enforcement Records 
The California Police Bill of Rights as it is known today could be on its way out if California SB1286 becomes law, shining increased light on police misconduct in the state. Police "unions" and lobbyists like the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) are expected to fight vociferously to maintain the secrecy that currently shields their bad behavior — and legislators historically tend to kowtow to their wishes. The public, however, clearly wants greater access to police...
Posted: Fri, Feb 19, 2016 12:11pm PST
Take Back Santa Cruz - Needles Solution Team 
Take Back Santa Cruz has a long history of disdain for needles found in public and the people who use them. Dating back to 2013 Samantha Simon Olden and Lisa Sokolowski have been ardent critics of the former volunteer run Syringe exchange program, in particular mobile van services and today, will comment on and encourage conversations that call for shutting down the Syringe Program....
Posted: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 5:45pm PST
Santa Cruz Police Target Homeless Sleepers Downtown 
This month the downtown post office in Santa Cruz was cleared by police of what had been a large and regular presence of sleepers at night. The post office had been used as shelter for 6-12 people a night for some time. A homeless man who was sleeping outside of Bookshop Santa Cruz and cited with two other sleepers for trespassing this month said he thought the police were ticketing at increased rate recently to get homeless people to move along before the next rains arrived. [Top photo: SCPD...
Posted: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 6:30pm PST
Under Increasing Threat Of Legal Action, Beach Flats Gardeners Sign City Letters 
Under imminent threat of legal proceedings against them, the gardeners of Beach Flats have decided to sign a city letter acquiescing to temporarily leaving the garden plots they have tended so carefully over the past two decades....
Posted: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 2:08pm PST
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