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3 (More) Strikes Against the Homeless at the Public Works Commission

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Date:
Monday, November 17, 2014
Time:
6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Robert Norse
Email:
Phone:
831-423-4833
Address:
309 Cedar PMB 14B Santa Cruz, CA
Location Details:
City Council Chambers at City Hall (809 Center St.)

Coffee and company at 6:45 p.m. outside City Council chambers to steel ourselves against the cold without and within.
The Public Works Commission Meeting is scheduled to start at 7 PM.

Coming up are two agenda items (##6 and 7) covering three issues

Establish Permit Parking Around the Circles Church at Woodrow and California. This is designed to restrict homeless access to the church by neighborhood bigots. [Staff report, letters, and proposal below]

A New Ordinance Banning Night-time Parking of RV's between 2 AM and 6 AM unless Permits (with restrictive requirements) are paid for. The measure is city-wide. Permits will only be issued for city residents and only for the block they're living on. Living in the RV is specifically criminalized.

Another ordinance allows the city to restripe parking places so as to exclude all large vehicles except those they authorize.

The agenda is at http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6825/30?backlist=%2fdepartments%2fpublic-works .

I append the two proposed anti-RV ordinances as well as the staff report. More is available by checking the agenda above.
Added to the calendar on Sun, Nov 16, 2014 9:10PM
§Squeeze In or Get Out!
by Robert Norse
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This removed the current provision allowing oversized vehicles to park in smaller spots and authorizes restriping.
§No Permit? No Parkee !
by Robert Norse
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This bans parking city-wide for RV's between 2 AM and 6 AM unless (a) you buy a permit, (b) you're a resident, and (c) your vehicle is parked on the block where you live. Good luck, RV dwellers!
§Staff Report for Eliminating Parking Except by Permit Around the Circle Church
by Public Jerks Dept. (posted by Norse)
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The Circles Church (at Woodrow and California) has (hopefully temporarily) abandoned the only Warming Program in the City--the Sunrise Hangout. It provided coffee and company from 4 AM to 9:30 AM Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Still the attack on homeless vehicles nearby hasn't stopped.

In spite of a questionable petition, which Pat Colby reports, had names from folks outside the area involved, and a hold-up in getting the public records, Public Works is chugging ahead with this latest Railroading the Wretched plan.
§Letters in favor...
by Bigots on Parade (posted by Norse)
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...of "no parking at night except by permit" proposal.
§Letters Opposing...
by The Sane Majority (posted by Norse)
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...the "No Homeless Parking" gang.

Comments (Hide Comments)
by wanderer
3 of the transportation and public works commission members are TBSC drones. The chair of the commission is newly elected SC City councilmember Richelle (let's get rid of recycling centers because homeless people might also use recycling centers) Noroyan. Also notable on the commission is Michael Becker--cofounder of TBSC and always pretty hostile to ....well...anyone who isn't well situated. Lastly is Brook Crumpton, Clean Teamer and anti needle advocate. http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/home/showdocument?id=31573


This is the crew who are convinced that hiding in RV's are not homeless people but rather mobile meth labs mobile drug dealers and other equally dangerous and unsavory types that should be run from town ASAP.

Know who you are talking to because no amount of logic is going to persuade them and no amount of appeal to compassion or humanity will sway them b/c they appear to have none as it relates to poor people.
by G
It is difficult to imagine there is so much exploitable hate in Santa Cruz, that TBSC isn't powered by other sinister elements, but perhaps it is so.
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