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HUFF applauds the temperate summer weather, invites shadeseekers and sunlovers alike to HUFF 703 Pacific Thursday July 24 1:30-3:30 PM next to the Bike Church

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Robert Norse
Thu, Jul 24, 2025 4:16 AM

Suggestions for the loosey-goosey cannonfire at HUFF 7-24-25

Top of the Agenda
++++  Review Agenda (questions, additions)
++++  Flag Possible Action Items:
++++  Possible Handouts: Agenda, Revised Poll/Flyer, 216 Flyers;  Passarounds HUFF Notes, Stupes HUFF Resolution
++++  Street & sweep reports from the last week
++++  Shelter reports from 1220, Overlook, Housing Mutters
++++  Court cases past and future; 5150’s
++++  Federal and State Policing updates
++++  Protests/Gatherings Throughout the Last Week & Upcoming (e.g.Renter Union Launch, Indivisible Good Trouble protests)
++++  Various 216-8239 Flyers Prospect Meeting Report; Reggie, Athena, Venus Spread Sheet Updates or Phone Connects

Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)
Thursday July 24  Food Not Bombs meeting 5-6 PM  El Rio Mobile Home Community Room
Thursday July 24  7 PM London Nelson Rm 3 310 Center St. 40-minute Film “Gaza: Journalists Under Fire”  about 178 journalists killed in Gaza
Saturday July 26  11 AM- 12:30  PM Ocean & Water anti-war  “Free Palestine”
Saturday JULY 26 and Sunday July 27 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.

More check-in’s
++++    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;
++++    Cool weather…mid-60’s thru the next Week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_d9BFEzYA
++++  Tips & Lifelessons for and from Thomas’s Tipzine and other Urban Nomad Sagacity
++++  Reggie & Gaia’s report on Selective Ticketing for “Homeless Crime”: Volunteers?
++++  Laura C.: YES on SB 634 & other legislative updates
++++  Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces?  Small Claims Court?

New Stories
++++ San Francisco bans homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit
https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-homeless-rv-ban-parking-290eaeb7e6b03e43e866e5b1b914da3b
++++  Love Is The Drug - Interview with Heather Edney / Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/18/18878096.php
++++  Lawsuits Are Forcing Cities to Clear Homeless Encampments Even When No Shelter Exists
https://invisiblepeople.tv/lawsuits-are-forcing-cities-to-clear-homeless-encampments-even-when-no-shelter-exists/
++++  Coalition on Homelessness v. San Francisco
https://www.streetsheet.org/coalition-on-homelessness-v-san-francisco/
++++    S.F. Settles Longstanding Homeless Lawsuit for $2.8 Million
https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/sf-homeless-lawsuit-settlement/

Old Standbyes
++++  New Street Spirits available.  Current Street Sheet stories available on line https//www.streetsheet.org/ . Hard 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"

Suggestions for the loosey-goosey cannonfire at HUFF 7-24-25 Top of the Agenda ++++ Review Agenda (questions, additions) ++++ Flag Possible Action Items: ++++ Possible Handouts: Agenda, Revised Poll/Flyer, 216 Flyers; Passarounds HUFF Notes, Stupes HUFF Resolution ++++ Street & sweep reports from the last week ++++ Shelter reports from 1220, Overlook, Housing Mutters ++++ Court cases past and future; 5150’s ++++ Federal and State Policing updates ++++ Protests/Gatherings Throughout the Last Week & Upcoming (e.g.Renter Union Launch, Indivisible Good Trouble protests) ++++ Various 216-8239 Flyers Prospect Meeting Report; Reggie, Athena, Venus Spread Sheet Updates or Phone Connects Free Events (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying) Thursday July 24 Food Not Bombs meeting 5-6 PM El Rio Mobile Home Community Room Thursday July 24 7 PM London Nelson Rm 3 310 Center St. 40-minute Film “Gaza: Journalists Under Fire” about 178 journalists killed in Gaza Saturday July 26 11 AM- 12:30 PM Ocean & Water anti-war “Free Palestine” Saturday JULY 26 and Sunday July 27 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. More check-in’s ++++ 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; ++++ Cool weather…mid-60’s thru the next Week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_d9BFEzYA ++++ Tips & Lifelessons for and from Thomas’s Tipzine and other Urban Nomad Sagacity ++++ Reggie & Gaia’s report on Selective Ticketing for “Homeless Crime”: Volunteers? ++++ Laura C.: YES on SB 634 & other legislative updates ++++ Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces? Small Claims Court? New Stories ++++ San Francisco bans homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-homeless-rv-ban-parking-290eaeb7e6b03e43e866e5b1b914da3b ++++ Love Is The Drug - Interview with Heather Edney / Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/18/18878096.php ++++ Lawsuits Are Forcing Cities to Clear Homeless Encampments Even When No Shelter Exists https://invisiblepeople.tv/lawsuits-are-forcing-cities-to-clear-homeless-encampments-even-when-no-shelter-exists/ ++++ Coalition on Homelessness v. San Francisco https://www.streetsheet.org/coalition-on-homelessness-v-san-francisco/ ++++ S.F. Settles Longstanding Homeless Lawsuit for $2.8 Million https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/sf-homeless-lawsuit-settlement/ Old Standbyes ++++ New Street Spirits available. Current Street Sheet stories available on line https//www.streetsheet.org/ . Hard 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"