Agenda Suggestions for “Loose Cannons” HUFF 4-17-25 Http web addresses are for background reading or listening. Many items are really signposts & reminders of where we’d be going if and when we find the person power, time, interest, and resources. We are gathering information and evidence to challenge the Dominant (False) Police and City Manager Narrative on the streets, in print, and in court. Organize! If anyone has questions, please raise them. AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE; Athena will be running this “Loose Cannons” meeting with the usual outbursts from Bathrobespierre and others. Top of the Agenda (+ Quick Announcements) ++++ Possible Handouts or Handouts: Agenda Suggestions; more TBA; Passarounds: Updated “stop sweeps” flyer ++++ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZDTIt8Xu0w Wickey Two Hands Acquitted of Unlawful Camping, Avoids 1 Year in Jail & $1,000 Fine in Fresno, CA ++++ Gaia’s report on organizing tenants in Capitola at the mobile home park: http://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20FRSC%204-13-25.mp3 (121 minutes into the audio) ++++ Various legacy media stories: https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/31/belongings-lost-to-trash-compactors-as-cities-sweep-more-homeless-camps/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/illegal-camping-arrests-are-soaring-in-sf-what-does-it-mean-for-the-homeless-crisis/ar-AA1CUKGx https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate https://www.transittalent.com/articles/index.cfm?story=Can_New_BART_Fare_Gates_Lure_Back_Riders_4-14-2025 ++++ Free Events: Earth Day Saturday 8-19-25 https://scearthday.org/santa-cruz-events/ Cooper St. & Abbott Square ++++ Saturday 11 am- 1 pm Ocean & Water anti-war picket ++++ Next S.C. Shitty Council Meeting: 11:30 AM 4-22-25 (Agenda posted 4-18) ++++ Follow-Up on Justin/Athena TRO/trauma suggestion; ++++ Legislative followup on various state bills and local Stupe/Council crapola ++++ Evan Morrison meeting report/audio; next meeting slated for end of April; Forward complaints to (408) 761-9930 as well as evan@peoplefirstscc.org<mailto:evan@peoplefirstscc.org> peoplefirstscc.org<http://peoplefirstscc.org/> as well as 216-8238 (Google complaint record) ++++ Street and sweep reports from the last week; ++++ Low 60s today and thru the week; no rain ++++ Fremontlawsuit: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RsgvH2Gu8ow Background: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GZtMM4ZMlNE<https://www.youtube.com/watch?%20%20%20%20%20%20%20v=GZtMM4ZMlNE> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_d9BFEzYA ++++ Flyer update for next storm/sweep. ++++ Court and Jail reports. Others in court, at parole hearings, 5150ed ++++ Tips for and from Thomas’s Tipzine and other Urban Nomad Revelations ++++ Reggie & Gaia’s report on Citation for “Homeless Crime” ++++ Resolution & HUFF support for Fremont lawsuit & UCSC protesters ++++ Proposed statement anticipating protest actions against proposed U.S. war to back renewed Gaza genocide/ethnic cleansing: Vigil Against Wars Abroad and at Home ++++ San Lorenzo Creek Sweep Across Vacant Migrant Center Housing by King City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSL7dy8FPh4 ++++ Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces? Small Claims Court? Armory Visit? ++++ New Street Spirits and Street Sheets available Mid-month Street Sheet stories available on line at https://www.streetsheet.org/ Hard Copies of both may be available Saturday/Sunday meals at Town Clock 12-3 PM—ask Drew at the Food Not Bombs Both want stories & news accounts: contact ‘em ++++ People First Free Guides: https://peoplefirstscc.org/freeguides for S.C., Watsonville, SLV, Free Phones, Youth, Housing Waitlist, Pet Food, Addiction, Immigrant Storm Relief, SLE, Diaper Bank, and more (unchecked for usefulness) ++++ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ypAexFGyrU_kCoM3dByRDDrobyR9H8wA/view Latest SC Free Guide (Correction & updates needed) ++++ PeopleFirst: Rules and procedures written? Waiting list length for 1220 River St., 115 Coral St., or People’s First RV and Armory Programs on the SC Free Guide? Request public guidelines. ++++ SHOC (Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee)’s newspaper Homeward—archives: https://sxacshoc.org/homeward/ ++++ Street Spirit archives on line: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Street+Spirit%22&sort=-date ++++ Resources: https://www.fremontforeveryone.com/; https://endhomelessness.org/resource/why-criminalization-doesnt-work-research-policy-insights/ https://fresnoalliance.com/whats-wrong-with-fresnos-leaders/