PEACE CAMP 2010--a protest camp from July 4th 2010 to October 2nd 2010 where homeless people slept in the City of Santa Cruz on the courthouse steps or at City Hall to protest the Sleeping and Blanket Bans. Currently Peace Camp 2010 is in the judicial phase. Our goal is education, survival and change regarding the City's anti-homeless Sleeping Ban. We demand City Council repeal or suspend this law and grant an amnesty for all sleeping and camping tickets issued.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Free Speech Radio News: Protest over homeless rights brings issue to Santa Cruz’s City Hall
Report by Judith Scherr
August 27, 2010
found online at:
http://www.fsrn.org/audio/protest-over-homeless-rights-brings-issue-santa-cruz%E2%80%99s-city-hall/7391
In Santa Cruz, California a two-month long protest continues in front of City Hall.
Since July 4, a group of homeless people and their advocates have been holding “peace camp 2010” to protest a four-decades-old law prohibiting people from sleeping in public places and vehicles overnight. Groups say law enforcement is targeting the homeless and ticketing them for sleeping outside, even though they have no place else to go. FSRN's Judith Scherr has the story.
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