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University of California vs. Lecturers: The fight to go from precarious to participatory 
This coming Halloween, the contract between the University of California and its thousands of lecturers, represented by the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT, who also represent UC librarians), will expire. For over a year the two sides have been locked in negotiations over the expiring contract, which has already been extended once. The administration considers lecturers "at will" employees (like McDonalds workers!) and has refused to accept that the precariou...
Posted: Wed, Oct 21, 2015 9:47am PDT
Cal State U. faculty to mark start of a Strike Vote with Picketlines, Theater, Rallies 
A Strike Authorization Vote by the faculty who teach in the 23-campus California State University system begins online and in person at 9 am on Monday, October 19. The vote continues through 5 pm October 28....
Posted: Mon, Oct 19, 2015 8:03pm PDT
Call for Witnesses to a Reported Saturday Police Shooting If anyone else took additional video or audio of the police confrontation with a homeless man on Saturday around 5 PM at Branciforte Ave. near the Hiway 1 bridge or was a witness to the events, please contact me at 831-423-4833 or post your account here on line....
Posted: Mon, Oct 19, 2015 1:02pm PDT
Rolling Rallies for UC Lecturers in Santa Cruz 
1:15 at Quarry Plaza, UC Santa Cruz
2:30 at UC's off campus HR building, 1200 Shaffer Road., Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 1:15pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Oct 18, 2015 1:31pm PDT
Local ACLU Appeals for Legal Assistance to Challenge Camping Ban ACLU of Northern California Considering Request for Legal Resources...
Posted: Fri, Oct 16, 2015 11:58am PDT
Escalated Protest May Be Under Discussion for Upcoming Freedom Sleep-Out's The Santa Cruz City Council’s continued hostility to basic human rights by the City Council and relentless police and ranger ticketing for homeless survival behavior has raised proposals that Freedom Sleepers and other protesters bring sleeping bags and blankets to the next City Council meeting and sleep indoors....
Posted: Fri, Oct 16, 2015 3:30am PDT
Watsonville Council voted unanimously to pass CNA RNs Safe Staffing Resolution 
On October 13 2015, the Watsonville City Council voted unanimously to pass CNA RNs’ “Safe Staffing & Patient Care Resolution.” This victory took several months of one-to-one meetings, 3 powerful Speak Outs, and some difficult groundwork by many of our leaders and activists, but the outcome is no less historic. Watsonville nurses have built an important alliance and were successful in educating elected officials that we all have a shared responsibility in safeguarding and ensuring quality heal...
Posted: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 12:54am PDT
Oct. 15th is Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation Day Turtle Island Restoration Network Calls for Action to Safeguard California Leatherback Sea Turtles from the Driftnet Fishery off California, Hawaiian Longline Fisheries & Gear Entanglements...
Posted: Wed, Oct 14, 2015 4:49pm PDT
Nurses Urge Watsonville City Council to Stand Up for Safe Patient Care 
Registered nurses are urging the Watsonville City Council to pass a resolution Tuesday night that calls on Watsonville Community Hospital to comply with California's safe patient nurse-to-patient ratios law and immediately rectify chronic short-staffing at the hospital....
Posted: Tue, Oct 13, 2015 2:11pm PDT
Who Runs TBSC And What Are They Up To? 
A deeper look into a secretly run local non-profit whose focus claims to be on safety but whose goal in reality is to change the local political and ideological composition of our community....
Posted: Mon, Oct 12, 2015 4:26pm PDT
Safe Sleeping Zone at Freedom SleepOut #14? Why not make it official! 809 Center St.--In and Around City Hall During and After the Tuesday City Council Meeting
The actual time will be Tuesday afternoon, evening, and Wednesday morning--with coffee to be available in the morning....
Event Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2015 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 12, 2015 1:24am PDT
Vacation Rentals, the Beach Flats Garden and Homeless Shelters. Wow. One particular City parkland that is getting a lot of attention is the Beach Flats Garden, after the Seaside Company (which owns the Boardwalk and much of the Beach Flats) announced plans to close the garden after allowing it to operate on their land for 20 years.
[O]ver two thousand people have signed a petition asking the City to intervene in keeping this little oasis of green open in the midst of one of our densest and poorest neighborhoods....
Posted: Sun, Oct 11, 2015 11:25pm PDT
Monterey Police Officer Who Killed Man Posted "Cops First" Themed Memes on Facebook 
Donald Thomas Miller II, age 39, was shot and killed on October 6 by Zach Reed, an officer with the Monterey Police Department. According to police reports, Miller was acting irrationally in downtown Monterey, police were called, and Reed killed him because Miller was in possession of a weapon. A look at Monterey police officer Zach Reed's Facebook page reveals some disturbing posts in the context of the killing, including memes that state: "Be A Warrior, Not A Worrier" and "The Brave Do Not ...
Posted: Sun, Oct 11, 2015 7:01pm PDT
Victory for Monarchs in California! 
This week Governor Brown of California signed into law a bill authorizing the state to “take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration.”*...
Posted: Fri, Oct 9, 2015 5:39pm PDT
Monarch Scientists Release Statement Highlighting Concerns with Butterfly Releases 
ST. PAUL, Minn., October 8, 2015—Today, a group of ten monarch researchers and conservationists from across the U.S. issued a statement highlighting concerns with the release of commercially raised and other mass-reared monarch butterflies and recommended against the practice. Wild monarch butterfly populations have declined by an estimated 90% in the past two decades, due to habitat loss primarily in the Midwestern U.S., where these migratory butterflies spend the summer months. Monarch butt...
Posted: Fri, Oct 9, 2015 4:00pm PDT
7 plaintiffs sue County of Santa Cruz for neglect of Homeless Santa Cruz county Superior Court
701 Ocean St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Dept 5...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2015 8:30am PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 7, 2015 6:22pm PDT
Conversation about the case of death row prisoner Bomani Shakur 
703 Pacific Ave. (downtown Santa Cruz)...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2015 4:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 7, 2015 1:36pm PDT
Contra Costa County begins counting Richmond anti-rent control petition signatures Oct. 5 [[[Apparently, recently Therrence James who is a signature gatherer (independent contractor) collecting signatures for Alex Arsenault, stood before the Richmond City Council and gave testimony that he was instructed to lie to people about the petition that blocked renter protections, as a way to trick them into signing it!]]]...
Posted: Tue, Oct 6, 2015 7:37pm PDT
Peace and Unity March Watsonville City Plaza...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 7, 2015 9:00am PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 6, 2015 5:20pm PDT
Take Back Santa Cruz accountability Take Back Santa Cruz continues to use tactics of spreading fear in the community based on rumors. Typically , our homeless neighbors are targeted. TBSC has learned nothing from the expensive arrest and 18 day jail time of an innocent homeless "flower thief" who eventually was released and charges dismissed. The group admin continue to post unsubstantiated rumors, stories, and photographs of people sleeping, if it achieves their goal of spreading fear and stirring emotions....
Posted: Mon, Oct 5, 2015 6:12am PDT
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