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Coffeetalk and occasional new news at the weekly HUFF meeting Thursday September 4 at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific, next door to the Bike Church, in search of restoring local human rights

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Robert Norse
Thu, Sep 4, 2025 3:15 AM

RUF Agenda Suggestions for “Loose Cannons” HUFF meeting 9-4-25
For those wearied or impatient with the repeated Agenda, most of them except those flagged as action or discussion items might be limited to 1 minute presentation unless the group wants more info.  The point is to maintain the real narrative not the one the City/County staff claims.  This is also a rough draft with additional items to be added before & at the Thursday [9-4] meeting

Top of the Agenda
++++  Reports on Current Projects; Time Available for next week;  Needs and Wants
++++  Follow-Up on Last Week’s Projects
++++  Flag Possible Action Items That Require Immediate Planning and/or Action: MHCAN Closure; County RV law;
++++  Handouts: Agenda, TBA;  Passarounds HUFF Notes, Gaza Petition        Available on Request:  Shelter/Sweep Questionnaire
++++  Street Sweeps in Last Week and Coming Up
++++  Shelter reports from 1220, Overlook, Housing Mutters
++++  Court cases past and future; 5150’s
++++  Follow up’s on Trump, Newsom, and Keeley-Huffaker Edicts
++++  Meetings of Interest Upcoming
++++  216-8239 Property Seizure Reports Accumulation + FNB Poll Report
++++  Clanging pots and pans rally against U.S. Funding Gaza Starvation and Local Unhoused Refugee Harassment

Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet
Thursday Sept 4  5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5  8:30 AM- 4 PM “Know Their Names”—Honoring Martyred Gazan Children  12 PM – 1 PM Press Conference  4 PM Silent March from Ocean & Water    4:30 Town Clock Name Reading, Signs    5:15 PM Silent March  5:30 PM-7:30 PM Silent March to Cooper St.    7:30 PM- Late Evening  Visual Images
Saturday sept 6  11 AM- 12:30  PM Ocean & Water anti-war  All Out for Palestine: Gaza is Starving  Palestine Justice Coalition
Saturday sept 6 and Sunday sept 7 noon-3 PM FNB gathering and meal Town Clock; Street Spirits available; leave off or pick up polling sheets with Drew; Bulletin Board for posting notices.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8 4:30-5:30 PM  Indivisible  Protest        Indivisible Civil Rights Group        Corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz
More check-in’s + Info
++++    Info Tabling:  Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested…Poll for Armory
++++    Armory complaints to (408) 761-9930 as well as evan@peoplefirstscc.org  or  peoplefirstscc.org as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699;
++++  Initially sunny then sunny/cloudy for the next week (says on-line weather report—good luck)
++++  Tips & Lifelessons for and from Thomas’s Tipzine and other Urban Nomad Sagacity
++++  Reggie & Gaia’s report on Selective Ticketing for Homeless “Crime”:
++++  Laura C.: legislative updates
++++  Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces?  Small Claims Court?
++++  Attorney Kate Wells death: Check out HUFF site Descriptions or Flashbacks for more herstory
++++  (if by popular demand) Wes White’s phone report on Pajaro Camp Demolition
Old Standbyes
++++  Hard Older Copies of Street Spirit available Saturday/Sunday meals at Town Clock 12-3 PM—ask Drew at the Food Not Bombs.  Both want stories & news accounts: contact paper directly or Robert Norse (423-4833).    Pick up or leave off Armory polls with Drew as well.
++++  Street Spirit archives on line: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&sort=-date
++++    Recent stories on a variety of unhoused issues:  https://invisiblepeople.tv/
++++    Overview: https://endhomelessness.org/resource/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights
++++    Wes White's Video Work: Go to You-Tube then Check out "John Doe13K"

RUF Agenda Suggestions for “Loose Cannons” HUFF meeting 9-4-25 For those wearied or impatient with the repeated Agenda, most of them except those flagged as action or discussion items might be limited to 1 minute presentation unless the group wants more info. The point is to maintain the real narrative not the one the City/County staff claims. This is also a rough draft with additional items to be added before & at the Thursday [9-4] meeting Top of the Agenda ++++ Reports on Current Projects; Time Available for next week; Needs and Wants ++++ Follow-Up on Last Week’s Projects ++++ Flag Possible Action Items That Require Immediate Planning and/or Action: MHCAN Closure; County RV law; ++++ Handouts: Agenda, TBA; Passarounds HUFF Notes, Gaza Petition Available on Request: Shelter/Sweep Questionnaire ++++ Street Sweeps in Last Week and Coming Up ++++ Shelter reports from 1220, Overlook, Housing Mutters ++++ Court cases past and future; 5150’s ++++ Follow up’s on Trump, Newsom, and Keeley-Huffaker Edicts ++++ Meetings of Interest Upcoming ++++ 216-8239 Property Seizure Reports Accumulation + FNB Poll Report ++++ Clanging pots and pans rally against U.S. Funding Gaza Starvation and Local Unhoused Refugee Harassment Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) [more TBA at HUFFmeet Thursday Sept 4 5-6 PM Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 8:30 AM- 4 PM “Know Their Names”—Honoring Martyred Gazan Children 12 PM – 1 PM Press Conference 4 PM Silent March from Ocean & Water 4:30 Town Clock Name Reading, Signs 5:15 PM Silent March 5:30 PM-7:30 PM Silent March to Cooper St. 7:30 PM- Late Evening Visual Images Saturday sept 6 11 AM- 12:30 PM Ocean & Water anti-war All Out for Palestine: Gaza is Starving Palestine Justice Coalition Saturday sept 6 and Sunday sept 7 noon-3 PM FNB gathering and meal Town Clock; Street Spirits available; leave off or pick up polling sheets with Drew; Bulletin Board for posting notices. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8 4:30-5:30 PM Indivisible Protest Indivisible Civil Rights Group Corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz More check-in’s + Info ++++ Info Tabling: Weekends Town Clock; Any Day Water St. Bridge Bus Stop: Call 423-4833 if interested…Poll for Armory ++++ Armory complaints to (408) 761-9930 as well as evan@peoplefirstscc.org or peoplefirstscc.org as well as 216-8239 (Google complaint record); Jeremy shelter line: 359-5996; Emergency Shelter: 325-2699; ++++ Initially sunny then sunny/cloudy for the next week (says on-line weather report—good luck) ++++ Tips & Lifelessons for and from Thomas’s Tipzine and other Urban Nomad Sagacity ++++ Reggie & Gaia’s report on Selective Ticketing for Homeless “Crime”: ++++ Laura C.: legislative updates ++++ Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces? Small Claims Court? ++++ Attorney Kate Wells death: Check out HUFF site Descriptions or Flashbacks for more herstory ++++ (if by popular demand) Wes White’s phone report on Pajaro Camp Demolition Old Standbyes ++++ Hard Older Copies of Street Spirit available Saturday/Sunday meals at Town Clock 12-3 PM—ask Drew at the Food Not Bombs. Both want stories & news accounts: contact paper directly or Robert Norse (423-4833). Pick up or leave off Armory polls with Drew as well. ++++ Street Spirit archives on line: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&sort=-date ++++ Recent stories on a variety of unhoused issues: https://invisiblepeople.tv/ ++++ Overview: https://endhomelessness.org/resource/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights ++++ Wes White's Video Work: Go to You-Tube then Check out "John Doe13K"