HUFF continues to cluster at Abbott’s Square, at the back entrance to the Museum of Art and History 705 Front St.

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Ruf HUFF AGENDA 8-6  2026

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/05/18887831.php (“Double-Time Sweeps by SCPD–Thursday AM Threatened”)

** indicates fairly new additions

IN BRIEF:  HUFF Passarounds… **Mime Troupe Wreckage audio archive soon…**Henry’s Updates….Street Reports….**The 7-30 Coral St. Sweep Updates & Follow-Up… HUFF archive still not yet up….Legislative Updates….Middle East War & Protest Report… SCHU Update…Shigella, Sun Shower Update…Last Sunday’s show…[No shit Survival Shitter Spotlight]… Live Oak Landing Visit… Morrison/People Someday Update?…. MHCAN stall/Psych Deportations update … [No update on collating citations/Reggie M. Update/216-8239 Meisler update]  …Jail, Court ….Equal Rights for Every Neighbor Report… new Wes White posting/phone call… Clear and cooler (high 60s) likely thru the week..

FREE EVENTS         (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)

Anytime on line  Free Radio-on-the-net Archived Shows at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html(Sunday shows have recent material; Thursday shows are Flashbacks)

Thur Aug 6  7 -10 AM Volunteer to Aid, Witness, Document this morning’s Coral St. sweep.  More info at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/29/18887752.php and https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/24/18887646.php (Sped Up Schedule of Cop Crackdowns on Coral Street Encampment Community)           

1:30-3:30 PM  HUFF meets at Abbott’s Square on Cooper St. between Front and Pacific in the back.  Bring your own snacks.           

5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, end of N. Pacific Street

**Late Thursday night   Sweep Support  Possible advance notice of  a Coral St Survival Encampment  sweep coming within the next 3-4 days  Resist Police Abuse Learn when and if.    Witness and assist Coral St Survival Encampment  Limekiln & Coral  (police raid threatened at 8 AM)  bring cameras, phones, friends….contact 831-423-4833 for confirmation

Fri Aug 7   10:30 PM – 12:30 PM Talk Lawfare at Homeless Persons Legal Assistance [HPLA] Shingle 903 Pacific (UN Association) with Steve Pleichcall 466-6078 to confirm/contact                        

2PM-?  till food gone  Boulder Creek  13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the taqueria
                      4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton

Sat Aug 8   11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.  703 Pacific  Still no peace with U.S. practice of ceasefire then firing

Sat Aug 8  & Sun Aug 9 noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office;  NEW Street Sheets & Street Spirits; leave off or get forms for shelter and police abuse; Bulletin Board for posting notices; Hand in Shelter/Sweep reports to Drew

Sun Aug 9   10:30-12:30  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services at Green Gate on Golf Club Drive. Possibly Solar Showers in action.

Mon Aug 10 10:30 PM – 12:30 PM  More Maybe HPLA Help (see July 10th above—call Pleich at 466-6078 to confirm)(let us know if you get help)

*Late Monday night  Sweep Support Another possible advance notice of Coral St Survival Encampment  sweep on Thursday or thereabouts  Sign up for Signal or call 423-4833

Tues Aug 11 thru Thurs Aug 13  10 AM until the food’s gone   Bread & Roses chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot

Wed  Aug 12  10:30 AM – 12:30 PM  more ?? Legalish Help  (see above)             3:30 PM  Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Fireside Room                 

Thur Aug 13  1:30 PM – 3:30 PM  Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Location to be announced.  Likely the back of the MAH at Abbott’s Square
NEW STREET SPIRITS AND SHEETS WILL BE AVAILABLE.  AS WELL AS POLLING FORMS FOR SHELTER SURVIVABILITY.  A LONGER SERIES OF RESOURCES CAN BE HAD AT THE MEETING.

The 7-30-26 Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show presents a Flashback the May 13, 1996 show with Bobby Joyce of the SF Coalition and civil rights lawsuit; Ron Howard, direction of the SC shelter program, and Keith McHenry, fighting for food server rights

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The 7-30-26 Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show presents a Flashback the May 13, 1996 show with Bobby Joyce of the SF Coalition and civil rights lawsuit; Ron Howard, direction of the SC shelter program, and Keith McHenry, fighting for food server rights  

The Flashback to May 13, 1996 includes:

  • [5-3] The S.F. Coalition on Homelessness’s Bobby Joyce, lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against Mayor Jordan & Brown’s Matrix describes continued sleepcrime ticketing of homeless in a City with 11,000 to 15,000 homeless with 1200 shelter beds.
  • Bathrobespierre’s short blurbs on the City Hall Sleepout in its 76th day cop abuse all around the town.
  • [5-3] Ron Howard, Operations Manager of the Interfaith Satellite Shelter Program [ISSP] with capacity of 28 in Santa Cruz describes the current homeless  lack of shelter situation.
  • Bathrobespierre describes the then-recent conflict between the Cannabis Collective and Free Radio Santa Cruz
  • Katzenjammer Keith McHenry San Francisco update and Amnesty International’s describing a Food Not Bombs volunteer convicted of food-serving facing a 2 months jail sentence bound for jail as a potential “prisoner of conscience”.

HUFF wakes up in a brand new spot–behind the MAH at Abbott’s Square between Front and Pacific on Cooper 1:30-3:30 PM July 30, 2026 Thursday

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RUF HUFF AGENDA 7-30  2026

A longer modified agenda including HUFF Wish List, Older Stories, and Still Older Standby Resources will be available at the meeting on request.

* indicates fairly new additions

IN BRIEF:  HUFF Passarounds… HUFF’s current meetspace… *Volunteers for the Sunday Page memorial …Street Reports….*The 7-30 Coral St. Sweep Update & Follow-Up… HUFF archive still not yet up….Legislative Updates….Any Escalating War Impact… SCHU Update…Shigella, Sun Shower Update…Last Sunday’s show…[No shit Survival Shitter Spotlight]…possible Live Oak Landing Visit… Morrison Update?…. MHCAN stall/Psych Deportations report ….Posting at Armory bus pick-ups … [No update on collating citations/Reggie M. Update/216-8239 Meisler update]  …Jail, Court ….Equal Rights for Every Neighbor Report…Pleich’s HPLA Fact or Fancy?… new Wes White posting/phone call… Warm back to cool low 70s likely thru the week..

FREE EVENTS         (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)

Anytime on line  Free Radio-on-the-net Archived Shows at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html (Sunday shows have recent material; Thursday shows are Flashbacks)

Thur July 30  7 -10 AM Volunteer to Aid, Witness, Document this morning’s Coral St. sweep.  More info at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/29/18887752.php and https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/24/18887646.php (Sped Up Schedule of Cop Crackdowns on Coral Street Encampment Community)           

1:30-3:30 PM  HUFF meets at Abbott’s Square on Cooper St. between Front and Pacific in the back.  Bring your own snacks.           

5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, end of N. Pacific Street

Fri July 31   10:30 PM – 12:30 PM Talk Lawfare at Homeless Persons Legal Assistance [HPLA] Shingle 903 Pacific (UN Association) with Steve Pleich call 466-6078 to confirm/contact                        

2PM-?  till food gone  Boulder Creek  13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the taqueria
                         4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton

Sat Aug 1   11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.  703 Pacific  Expanding Mid-East War until U.S. stops bombing, bullying, and funding it

Sat Aug 1  & Sun Aug 2 noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office;  Street Sheets & Street Spirits; leave off or get forms for shelter and police abuse; Bulletin Board for posting notices; Hand in Shelter/Sweep reports to Drew                                                   

3  PM S.F. Mime Troupe’s Wreckage—A Musical Tragicomedy  London Nelson (Bathrooms previously banned to homeless) Center Park  301 Center St. Santa Cruz

Sun Aug 2   10:30-12:30  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services at Green Gate on Golf Club Drive. Possibly Solar Showers in action.                           Noon–?  Memorial speak out and meal remembering Gail Page at the Vets Hall next to the main Post Office

Mon Aug 3 10:30 PM – 12:30 PM  More Maybe HPLA Help (see July 10th above—call Pleich at 466-6078 to confirm)(let us know if you get help) *Late Monday night   Advance notice of  yet another possible Coral St Survival Encampment  sweep Resist Police Abuse  Learn when and if.    Witness and assist Coral St Survival Encampment  Limekiln & Coral  (police raid threatened at 8 AM)  bring cameras, phones, friends….contact 831-423-4833 for confirmation

Tues Aug 4 thru Thurs Aug 6  10 AM until the food’s gone   Bread & Roses chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot

Wed  Aug 5  10:30 AM – 12:30 PM  more ?? Legalish Help  (see above)             3:30 PM  Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Fireside Room                 

Thur Aug 6  1:30 PM – 3:30 PM  Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Location to be announced.  Likely the back of the MAH at Abbott’s Square

Update on Coral St.–Sweep Cancelled

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Sped Up Schedule of Cop Crackdowns on Coral Street Encampment Community

Date: Monday, July 27, 2026 Time: 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Event Type: Other Organizer/Author:(reported by) Robert Norse Email:rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com Phone:831-423-4833

Location Details: Limekiln and Coral St.–meet on Limekiln to cover Coral St., Limekiln, and adjacent streets depending on the police harassment radius.

Those wishing to help the unhoused lodging on Coral St. keep their belongings safe are urged to show up. The group also documents police behavior to deter abusive violence, property destruction, and unlawful arrest–though this seemed to be the heart and soul of what’s happening.

They meet at 7 AM, but those wishing to help can come at any time in the next few hours with cameras, cars, and vehicles to help transport deported residents & their property to safer spots. Earlier is better than later as police in the past have taped off the area and forbidden reintry as early as 8 AM.

In the most recent (7-22) Wednesday morning sweep, cops increased trespassing citations for entering normally public areas of Coral and adjacent streets.. The destructive raids are now increasing in frequency. That sweep caught some residents off guard who were used to thursdays.

This next “clean-up” was unexpectedly scheduled just five days after the last, leaving little time for residents to find new safe havens where they won’t be issued citations.and/or have survivial shelter and property destroyed.

The group needs volunteers and vehicles to help transport belongings, coordinate pickups, and do outreach throughout the week to help file American Disability Act reasonable accommodation requests. These are necessary to require police to provide people with disabilities with the time they need to deal with these traumatic sweeps.

A volunteer reports that one woman who could not move her belongings outside the multi-block sweep zone because she’s healing a spider fracture in her foot was confronted and harassed in a prior sweep.

Volunteers speculate that the purpose of the sweeps is not to cleanup the area, nor provide a “pathway to housing” but rather to increase stress and fear to terrorize survivors into not returning.and “shrinking” the visible homeless population.

I have visited around 10 AM during the last Wednesday sweep. I found SCPD cops harassing, threatening, and ticketing outside residents huddling near their survival gear. This was two streets away from Coral St.

I will be archiving an interview with a displaced resident on Sunday who I found three blocks away on Free Radio-on-the-net Santa Cruz. The audio file can be found at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html . Click on 7/19/2026 Sunday, July 26th 2026, part 1 where it will be the first interview played after introductory comments and music. For more information: http://www.huffsantacruz.org Added to the calendar on Fri, Jul 24, 2026 9:08PM Add Your Comments

Update: Punishment Extended and Postponed–Monday Sweep Cancelled by Robert Norse (rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com) Tue, Jul 28, 2026 10:39AM

MORE THREATS AND THEN POSTPONEMENT–THE PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT
Sidewalk residents at Coral St. told me on a visit earlier this morning that with very little notice (after dawn on the same morning) wrecking crews in trucks drove by to announce the sweep was cancelled.

Presumably postponed, the threatened sweep time (Monday 7-27 8 AM) had been posted on some tents along Coral St. near the Funding Matters poverty-complex entrance on Friday 7-24..

The “just kidding” cancellation announcement was after a number of the residents had packed up. Gathering their tents, clothes, and what they could carry,some of the local refugees either left or prepared to leave under threat of citation, and theft. This “process is the punishment” approach blasted more chaos and pressure into the community. Particularly difficult for those regularly denied water, toilet facilities, and other basic necessities.

STILL STARVING THE HOMELESS OF BASIC SERVICES–
Funding Matter’s April 1st cutoff of access to bathrooms, showers, drinkable water, trash cans, and mail in order to expand its construction and staffing budget.continues four months later, forcing people to bury their shit .

The City/County mask of compassion and shelter Gatekeeper, Jeremy Leonard, was reported on the scene. Of the five residents still there that I spoke with, none reported that they had been offered shelter or housing or even a legal place to move their possessions during the sweep. Restroom access, fresh water, trash cans, even portapotties and wash stations had not been seen there in the five months since Funding Matters cut off the services–perhaps shifting funding to buildings and expanded bureaucracy..

A GRIM FUTURE
The Destruction Schedule may be reverting back to Thursday mornings, though it’s occasionally been Monday or Tuesday, and last week was Wednesday. So in its campaign to drive the visible homeless out of Santa Cruz as part of a city-wide un-welcoming campaign these schedule changes may be intentional moves to create panic, fear, and instability. The main point–the process of continual flight and theft–being the punishment.

The iron fist is backed up by sunny statements from Mayor “Fast Lane” Fred Keeley and faux compassionate cover from shelter bosses Phil Kramer and Evan Morrison. The minimum security-prison-like “shelters” continue to receive funding, but no civil rights guidance from either government or clients.

PHONY CLEAN-UP PRETEXT
Some residents speculated the “clean-up” was simply intended to exhaust, discourage, and depopulate that Coral St. survival sleepers and put them to flight. When I asked why the area seemed odor-free, considering the intentionally withdrawn portapotties,

The primary need, said one of the women, was drinkable water. Funding Matters has, since April 1st and perhaps before, shut off its water access to those outside, perhaps to encourage folks to migrate. Perhaps to provide a more scenic vista for the regular Roaring Camp tourist train which runs by daily.

VOICES FROM THE STREET
To hear the other side of the story, check out some of the interviews I had with weary residents today. On August 2, 2026 soon after 9:30 AM I’ll post them on the HUFF website at http://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20FRSC%208-2-26.MP3 .

A crying need seems to be fresh water in case anyone feels charitable.

Give a call to 831-423-4833 for the date of the next scheduled sweep–if and when we get it.

PRIOR POSTINGS OF CORAL ST CRACKDOWN
Weekly Attacks on Sidewalk Residents Continue
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/20/18887578.php
More Sweeps of Survival Gear & Disabled Sidewalk Sleepers at Coral St.
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/15/18886242.php
In Response to “Housing Matters” Service Cut-Off on April 1st
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/04/06/18885442.php For more information: http://www.huffsantacruz,org

More Volunteers Needed: Sped Up Schedule of Cop Crackdowns on Coral Street Encampment Community

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Date: Monday, July 27, 2026 Time: 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM Event Type: Other Organizer/Author:(reported by) Robert Norse Email:rnorse3 [at] hotmail.com Phone:8314234833 Location Details: Limekiln and Coral St.–meet on Limekiln to cover Coral St., Limekiln, and adjacent streets depending on the police harassment radius.

Those wishing to help the unhoused lodging on Coral St. keep their belongings safe are urged to show up. The group also documents police behavior to deter abusive violence, property destruction, and unlawful arrest–though this seemed to be the heart and soul of what’s happening.

They meet at 7 AM, but those wishing to help can come at any time in the next few hours with cameras, cars, and vehicles to help transport deported residents & their property to safer spots. Earlier is better than later as police in the past have taped off the area and forbidden reintry as early as 8 AM.

In the most recent (7-22) Wednesday morning sweep, cops increased trespassing citations for entering normally public areas of Coral and adjacent streets.. The destructive raids are now increasing in frequency. That sweep caught some residents off guard who were used to Thursdays.

This next “clean-up” was unexpectedly scheduled just five days after the last, leaving little time for residents to find new safe havens where they won’t be issued citations.and/or have survival shelter and property destroyed.

The group needs volunteers and vehicles to help transport belongings, coordinate pickups, and do outreach throughout the week to help file American Disability Act reasonable accommodation requests. These are necessary to require police to provide people with disabilities with the time they need to deal with these traumatic sweeps.

A volunteer reports that one woman who could not move her belongings outside the multi-block sweep zone because she’s healing a spider fracture in her foot was confronted and harassed in a prior sweep.

Volunteers speculate that the purpose of the sweeps is not to cleanup the area, nor provide a “pathway to housing” but rather to increase stress and fear to terrorize survivors into not returning.and “shrinking” the visible homeless population.

I have visited around 10 AM during the last Wednesday sweep. I found SCPD cops harassing, threatening, and ticketing outside residents huddling near their survival gear. This was two streets away from Coral St.

I will be archiving an interview with a displaced resident on Sunday who I found three blocks away on Free Radio-on-the-net Santa Cruz. The audio file can be found at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html . Click on 7/19/2026 Sunday, July 26th 2026, part 1 where it will be the first interview played after introductory comments and music. For more information: http://www.huffsantacruz.org

Check out, inform, and get informed by HUFF Thursday July 23rd beginning 1:30 PM at the Sub Rosa Cafe 703 Pacific Ave…next to the Bike Church

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IN BRIEF:  HUFF Passarounds… Adrian Ban and HUFF move…Street Reports….Today’s (7-23) Coral St. Sweep Update & Follow-Up… HUFF archive still not yet up….Legislative Updates….Any Escalating War Impact… SCHU Update…Shigella, Sun Shower Update…Coral Street’s Mark Peabody Update…[No shit Survival Shitter Spotlight]…possible Live Oak Landing Visit… Morrison Update?…. MHCAN stall/Psych Deportations report ….Posting at Armory bus pick-ups … [No update on collating citations/Reggie M. Update/216-8239 Meisler update]  …Jail, Court ….Equal Rights for Every Neighbor Report…Pleich’s HPLA Fact or Fancy?/FRSC show…new Wes White posting/phone call… Warm to hot low 80s likely thru the week..Gail Page’s memorial Aug 1 or 2?

FREE EVENTS         (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)

Anytime on line  Free Radio-on-the-net Archived Shows at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html(Sunday shows have recent material; Thursday shows are Flashbacks)

7 AM  Resist Police Abuse Witness and assist Coral St Survival Encampment  Limekiln & Coral  (police raid threatened at 8 AM)  bring cameras, phones, friends

Thur July 23  1:30-3:30 PM  HUFF meets initially at the Sub Rosa Café 703 Pacific

5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, end of N. Pacific Street

Fri July 24   10:30 PM – 12:30 PM Talk Lawfare at Homeless Persons Legal Assistance [HPLA] Shingle 903 Pacific (UN Association) with Steve Pleichcall 466-6078 to confirm/contact        

2PM-?  till food gone  BoulderCreek  13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the taqueria
       4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton

Sat July 25   11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.  703 Pacific  Expanding Mid-East War until U.S. stops fueling it.

Sat July 25  & Sun July 26 noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office;  Street Sheets & Street Spirits; leave off or get forms for shelter and police abuse; Bulletin Board for posting notices; Hand in Shelter/Sweep reports to Drew

Sun July 26   10:30-12:30  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services at Green Gate on Golf Club Drive. Possibly Solar Showers in action.

Mon July 27 10:30 PM – 12:30 PM  More Maybe HPLA Help (see July 10th above—call Pleich at 466-6078 to confirm)

Tues July 28 thru Thurs July 30  10 AM until the food’s gone   Bread & Roses chowdown Dragons Head bridge across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot

Wed  July 29  10:30 AM – 12:30 PM  more ?? Legalish Help  (see above)             3:30 PM  Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Fireside Room                 

Uncertain late July    7 AM  Another possible Coral St Survival Encampment  sweep Resist Police Abuse Witness and assist Coral St Survival Encampment  Limekiln & Coral  (police raid threatened at 8 AM)  bring cameras, phones, friends….contact 831-423-4833 for confirmation             1:30 PM – 3:30 PM  Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Location to be announced.

Sat Aug 1 & Sun Aug 2   3  PM S.F. Mime Troupe’s Wreckage—A Musical Tragicomedy  London Nelson (Bathrooms previously banned to homeless) Center Park  301 Center St. Santa Cruz

HUFF Wishlist, OLDER Stories, & REAL OLD Standbyes will be available at the HUFF meeting.