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HUFF cools it with calm but chaotic colloquy at the usual 703 Pacific (Sub Rosa Cafe) 1:30-3:30 PM next to the Bike Church

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Robert Norse
Thu, Aug 28, 2025 5:25 AM
                                          Agenda Suggestions for HUFF 8-28-25

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.  This is also a rough draft with additional items to be added at the Thursday [8-28] 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:
++++  Handouts: Agenda, TBA;  Passarounds HUFF Notes, Gaza Petition        Available on Request:  Shelter/Sweep Questionaire
++++  This Morning’s Coral Crackdown (if anyone went) & Pajaro Demolition
++++  MHCAN Closure—Response?
++++  Successful Protest at Tuesday’s Board of Supervipers; Follow-Up
++++  Wednesday’s Keeley Backslapping Affair
++++  Other Protests: 8-14 Thur Red Line on Beach; 8-20
++++  Other 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
++++  Meetings Upcoming
++++  216-8239 Sick Sweeps and Property Seizure Reports Accumulation
++++  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 august 28  5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room
Saturday august 30 11 AM- 12:30  PM Ocean & Water anti-war  All Out for Palestine: Gaza is Starving  Palestine Justice Coalition          Summer Show Fund-raiser for Palestine 5 PM-9 PM Barrios Unidos  1817 Soquel Ave.  Could be free.
Saturday august 30 and Sunday august 31 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 1  8:30 AM- 11 AM  “Workers Over Billionaires” Protest  13190 CA-9, Boulder Creek
Monday september 1 Noon-2:30  PM Barbecue & Fish
fry  sc vets Hall  746 Front St.
More events  T B A
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;
++++    Temperate cloudy weather for the next week (says on-line weather report)
++++  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.: legislative updates
++++  Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces?  Small Claims Court?
++++  (if by popular demand) Wes White’s phone report on Pajaro Camp Demolition

New Media Stories  : Next week perhaps

Old Standbyes
++++  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"

Agenda Suggestions for HUFF 8-28-25 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. This is also a rough draft with additional items to be added at the Thursday [8-28] 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: ++++ Handouts: Agenda, TBA; Passarounds HUFF Notes, Gaza Petition Available on Request: Shelter/Sweep Questionaire ++++ This Morning’s Coral Crackdown (if anyone went) & Pajaro Demolition ++++ MHCAN Closure—Response? ++++ Successful Protest at Tuesday’s Board of Supervipers; Follow-Up ++++ Wednesday’s Keeley Backslapping Affair ++++ Other Protests: 8-14 Thur Red Line on Beach; 8-20 ++++ Other 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 ++++ Meetings Upcoming ++++ 216-8239 Sick Sweeps and Property Seizure Reports Accumulation ++++ 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 august 28 5-6 PM Food Not Bombs meeting El Rio Mobile Home Community Room Saturday august 30 11 AM- 12:30 PM Ocean & Water anti-war All Out for Palestine: Gaza is Starving Palestine Justice Coalition Summer Show Fund-raiser for Palestine 5 PM-9 PM Barrios Unidos 1817 Soquel Ave. Could be free. Saturday august 30 and Sunday august 31 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 1 8:30 AM- 11 AM “Workers Over Billionaires” Protest 13190 CA-9, Boulder Creek Monday september 1 Noon-2:30 PM Barbecue & Fish fry sc vets Hall 746 Front St. More events T B A 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; ++++ Temperate cloudy weather for the next week (says on-line weather report) ++++ 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.: legislative updates ++++ Check-in’s: anti-ICE, pro-Palestinian local forces? Small Claims Court? ++++ (if by popular demand) Wes White’s phone report on Pajaro Camp Demolition New Media Stories : Next week perhaps Old Standbyes ++++ 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"