Authorities Continue Raids On Occupy Santa Cruz

On Saturday, November 12, at approximately 10pm, eight deputies with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s department issued a lodging citation to an individual who had set up a tent at the courthouse steps occupation location of Occupy Santa Cruz. Earlier in the day on Saturday, 20 sheriff’s deputies raided the same location during the pre-dawn hours, and 17 deputies raided the site during the evening of November 11. The earlier raids resulted in the removal of the majority of the tents from the front of the courthouse, and the issuing of multiple lodging citations.