Homeless, Vets' Standoff in Humboldt County
	  id JAA17116; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:35:32 -0400


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source: sananda@hotmail.com (Dr. Ruben Botello)
  in soc.history.war.vietnam


Veterans' Stand-off in California

Over 300 homeless men, women and children were given notice by the
County of Humboldt (CA), to leave the unused federal property on the
South Spit peninsula some of them have lived on for years, or be
forcibly removed, Oct. 2 (next week).

Protests are planned throughout this and the following week, while
some of the disabled homeless war veterans on the Spit and their
supporters are vowing to fight to their deaths for the rights they
have earned, to live on the federal property.  No one is permitted in
or out of the federal property without an ID BRACELET identifying you
as homeless and subject to the illegal eviction by the County of 
Humboldt.

As everyone knows, local government cannot act as the "landlord" of
federal property, and the federal government has never complained
about the homeless living on the Spit.  A Veterans Stand-Off is 
planned, Oct. 2, at the barricade the County of Humboldt has built, to
block outsiders from helping the homeless on the Spit.

Additionally, we are having a religious service, at the South Spit
spiritual center, this Sunday, SEPT. 28, at 11 AM.  People from all
religions, faiths and creeds are invited to the spiritual gathering,
to share our prayers, love and support for the South Spit homeless.

Those of you who cannot attend are urged to help us in a mighty way by
FAX protests ALL THIS WEEK, to the Humboldt County board of
supervisors, at:  707-445-7299 AND by Phone Call protests, to ANN
LINDSAY, the person who instigated this inhumane eviction, at:
707-822-7041.

PLEASE LET THEM KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT YOU WILL HONOR AND
SUPPORT THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC BOYCOTT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, UNTIL THIS
MATTER IS SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED.  For more information on 
the boycott, visit:  

http://members.tripod.com/~sananda/homeless/boycott0.html

Thank you in advance for your kind consideration and support.

Dr. Ruben Botello, Founder
AMERICAN HOMELESS SOCIETY

 
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