Planning the Pushback: Sip Soup and Coffee outside City Council

Gathering of civil rights and housing activists with particular focus on homeless civil rights.

Hot Vegan Soup, Tasty Brownies, and Ever-Perky Coffee will be available.

Issues Up For Discussion: Simple Housing for 1000, Copwatch, Homeless Encampment Protection, Downtown Discrimination, New Permit Parking Crackdown on the Circles Church Warming Program, Attacks on Tenants and ADU Residents.

At 5 PM, speakers will talk to the Councll and Community during Oral Communications about these issues.

Audio and Video Recording of the Council Events will take place until disrupted by Mayor Robinson. (See "False Arrest ...for Audio Recording..." at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/03/18755258.php


Background:

Simple Housing: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/08/18761293.php

Copwatch: Sounding Out Volunteers in Santa Cruz: https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/09/08/copwatch_volunteers.pdf

Homeless Encampment Protection Volunteer Sheet https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/09/08/homeless_survival_volunteer_petition__modified_.pdf

Downtown Discrimination: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/08/24/18760624.php

Permit Parking Potshots at the Warming Program: to be posted

ADU Discrimination--The Crackdown on Paul's Cottage: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/03/18761093.php

Shutting Down Audio Recording at City Council:

Also on the City Council Afternoon Agenda (starting at 2:30 PM), more rubberstamping of the "Jail the Homeless at Coral Street" with security gate and ID cards (#4), return of the Public Hysteria Task Farce Recommendations (#22) and more money for the undefined "Chronic Offenders" "Downtown Against the Poor" DAP program (#23)http://scsire.cityofsantacruz.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=566&doctype=AGENDA

Background: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/26/18756293.php