HUFF RUF Loose-Goosey Loose Cannons Agenda Suggestions 9-12-24
Note: Agenda is tentative and finalized in the meeting, depending on who's there and what priorities are decided on. Athena runs the "Loose Cannon's" meeting.
Top of the Agenda
++++ New September Street Spirits & 8-15 and 9-1 Street Sheets are here!
++++ Censorship & Banned Books Protest: Sunday 1-3 PM 9-15 Outside Bookshop Coonerty (aka Bookshop Santa Cruz
++++ Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm at the Morrisey Blvd overpass over hiway 1
++++ Saturday 11 AM-12:30 PM Ocean and Water Stop genocide and support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza now. No more tax dollars for Israel. End the occupation and the apartheid system. Free all hostages and prisoners. 11 am to 12:30 pm every Saturday. Help hold up banners. More info: call Laura at 831-247-5332.
++++ Cool & cloudy & no rain predicted for next week; sunnyish on 9-12
++++ Armory Visit Update & Coral St. Protest Assessment
++++ Public Records and Disruptions: Update
Standard Stuff: Procedures and Preliminaries
++++ Passarounds & Handouts TBA
++++ Street Reports with particular focus on recent police attacks at Golf Club Drive including Bag-and-Tag follow-up.
++++ A look back for newcomers: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/07/20/18868124.php
++++ https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/07/26/18868249.php
++++ Escalating creation of foreign homelessness in Gaza and Ukraine as well as Santa Cruz raids on survival encampments may be a way of uniting with other protests such as Hiroshima events and week long vigil against Pinetta’s pro-genocide posture.
Reporting Back
++++ Watsonville Survival Camp Destruction Salinas Bataan Park protest (7-27) update & Sacramento’s Camp Compassion
++++ Preliminary analysis of excuses used to destroy survival encampments locally such as the Camping Services and Standards Ordinance (“the Camping Ban”)
Closer Inspection
++++ Still searching out Surveillance Camera Location (thru direct inquiry, observation, and public records)
++++ Flyer suggestions for upcoming Tourist Train protest with Coral St. info.
++++ Any posted notices of impending raids on existing camps? Any court cases coming up?
++++ Examining MC 6.36 more closely—the Camping (Standards and Services Ordinance) Ban.
Possible Topics for Future Discussion
++++ Stop the War Against the Poor Sweeps/Raids + Gaza Genocide Lanyards?
++++ New Strategies for Documenting Property Loss: Case #, Receipts, Audio recordings
++++ Tourist Train Strategy & Spectacle Update: Locations?
++++ Cooling Center when extreme heat threatens? Emergency gathering location
++++ Forming Specific Demands? (Stop the Sweeps, Reapportion funding to service existing camps)
++++ Govt. Reports: (City Council, Board of Supes, Mental Health Advisory Board)
++++ Incidents from PovertyPimp Palaces (Housing Matters, Armory) & Service Agencies (MH CAN, Grey Bears, FNB, etc.)
++++ Future Targets: Tourist Train…City Mangler’s office…Police Station…Coastal Commission Office… City Hall…Emeline/TelcCare/Supes