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Reward Businesses That Support an End to the Anti-Homeless Laws

by HUFF

Mon, Jun 8, 2009 11:28PM

Everyone needs to sleep at night, homeless people perhaps more than anyone. Santa Cruz has harsh laws that criminalize homeless sleeping on public property, making it illegal to sleep on any public property between 11 PM and 8:30 AM. Reward businesses that support an end to these draconian laws!

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§Silver Lining in the Sleeping Ban Injunction

by Becky Johnson - HUFF

Mon, Jun 8, 2009 11:15PM

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Judge Paul Burdick has ruled that a homeless couple, Anna Richardson and Miguel
DeLeon, [also known as “Lito”] deserve to be enjoined from sleeping at night in the downtown area...

§Pledge to Downtown Businesses Supporting Rights of the Homeless

by HUFF

Mon, Jun 8, 2009 11:21PM

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We are encouraging tourists, shoppers, and residents to spend their money at businesses that do not discriminate and do not support discriminatory laws.

§Our Plege to Downtown Businesses

by HUFF

Mon, Jun 8, 2009 11:35PM

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We PLEDGE to give special attention and acknowledgment to those businesses that support a restoration of basic human rights for the homeless community. We will ask them to display in their store a brief statement to that effect.

Print a copy of this Plege, get it filled up with signatures, and then contact HUFF at 423-HUFF (423-4833) , or email us at rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com.

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§well done

by ex-resident

Tue, Jun 9, 2009 11:06AM

You know, Robert, I typically don't like many of your tactics, but I must say this is more of a positive and proactive approach than you've taken in the past. Good luck with this campaign!

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§maybe we should save the special attention for businesses that are waging war on the poor

by a

Thu, Jun 11, 2009 11:27AM

if you know what im saying. i dont know what you think this is going to achieve. more vote-with-your-dollars democratic-capitalist bullshit.

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§Never mind

by ex-resident

Sat, Jun 13, 2009 12:10PM

Forget what I said. I thought you were going on more of a positive track in terms of your relationship with businesses, but instead, you're using it as a smokescreen to continue your usual Gestapo bullshit.

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