The Santa Cruz City Council unanimously passed the repressive, redundant and ridiculous package of laws limiting street musicians, sitters of benches, peaceful panhandlers &
chronic alcoholics. I acted the squeaky wheel and secured the O'neill open area at
Cooper and Pacific Ave. protected for the endangered street musicians.
Robert Norse's comments at the beginning of last night's council session were quite
rousing.. unless you were with the freakishly myopic crowd who showed up in suppo... read more

Hi all,
I play in a street percussion group called Love Gutter.
We've been playing for several years honing our sound and have become local favorites. We are careful to keep our behavior within the various
downtown ordinances that limit when and where performers may play. Tomorrow the City Council will vote on a new set of laws that will affect
us and all of the other performers. If these laws are passed we won't be able to play in the few places we've been legally allowed to play.
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Sparks to loose caffine, taurine, gaunara & ginseng.

I know these tough economic times are affecting us all and certainly will in our future. It also robs city budgets of much needed tax revenue that is spent on
services we may take for granted; such as police and community centers. The Santa Cruz city council clearly favors one over the other.

In the coming budget the bloated Santa Cruz Police budget will increase. They are buying new urban assault vehicles and increased street presence. You may have
noticed that the downto... read more

Cheers!!
You'll be happy to know that the Santa Cruz Farmer's Market Drum Circle happened
without the expected police crackdown. Lots of happy people. Joe Schultz brought out
some really yummy soup and FoodNotBombs was there too.