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MIC CHECK! -- MIC CHECK!

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2012-02-26 -- HIGHLIGHTS:

26 Feb 2012 - Sun

  • (12:30p) Meditation teach-in at Freedom Plaza Bring a chair or a blanket with a cushion
  • (2p) Meditation teach-in at Childrens Park Bring a chair or a blanket with a cushion

Read more below...

NEWS


Occupy Walk converted the Cardiff Kook to become an Occupier

M11_San_Onofre_Flier-1up-fmclip.png Details: M 11 San Onofre Protest And Rally

OSD Forks
  • There are two groups meeting which are forks from the original OSD.
  • Freedom Plaza maintains a smaller group of perhaps 8 people.
  • Childrens Park has a much larger group of about 40 people or more.
  • Most of the information in the blast will be related to the OSD fork at Children's Park.
  • Please check meeting locations carefully as previous information may be incorrect.

Occupy the SEC
  • NEW An independent sub group of OWS did a great job addressing the Volker Rule, which is the proposed essential "fixes" to the fact that the Glass-Stegal Act was repealed in the Clinton Administration, which then allowed banks to participate in risky investment activities. The result of this working group is a 325 page letter as public comment during the standard rule making procedures. Comments from the public are requested, but the public has been so complacent in years past, these opportunities to influence our government are so rarely used that we have all but forgotten about them.
  • See http://www.occupythesec.org/ and read the letter!
  • This is a very productive project that shows the world that the occupy movement is more than just squabbling with police.

Occupy Walk I just talked to the walkers, Bill William Terzin. Mike and Jason had a near miss with a car on the 76, it's such a dangerous road. They have already reached the 15 freeway, making good time. Susan is picking them up and has food for them. Please continue to watch the live feed and please donate anything you can-no matter how small, all is needed and appreciated. I am trying to get Pauma or Pala casino to supply food for them tomorrow.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
  • NEW OSD endorsed!
  • Press Release on M11 San Onofre Protest sent to media and all lists Monday.
  • Contacted by KPFA -- They want to run our livestream along with many other protests happening on March 11 regarding the Fukushima disaster.
  • US News media has blacked out news about the continued full meltdown at Fukushima and the radioactive contamination of the area because most of the media is owned by companies who also have a stake in the nuclear industry. NBC which has the most left-leaning news station, MSNBC is wholly owned by GE, a nuclear industry leader.
  • FYI, Ray Lutz picked up the media box from Activist San Diego and will be refurbishing it for use at this rally, so we can run our PA system which needs power. The media box has a severe case of "Street Cred" -- It has been through a lot!
  • NEW Women from Fukushima have been confirmed for this event. This will make it extremely newsworthy -- you don't get visitors from Japan to tell their story very often.
  • Have ordered more flyers and 100 posters. Will need help distributing these to coffee shops, college campuses, gathering places, etc.

Legal Hearings, etc.
  • Benjamin Gasper's trial has been postponed to allow the defense to respond to new evidence brought forth by the prosecution. The newest court date is March 19th at 9:30 in department 50.

Media

UPCOMING EVENTS

Unless otherwise noted, we meet daily as follows:
  • 4 pm -- Finance Committee Meetings continue at the Activist Center, Mon. thru Fri. In the future, Saturday meetings may be resumed at Freedom Plaza or Children's Park.
    • Each committee should send a representative to this meeting!
  • 5:30 pm -- Committee meetings -- Each will schedule the days of their meetings.
  • UPDATED General Assemblies no longer meet daily. See listing below for upcoming GA meeting dates. When GAs fall on a Saturday, meetings will be at Balboa Park (near 6th and Laurel) at 2 PM
    • Weekly Saturday meetings will also be held at 2pm at Freedom Plaza.
    • GAs require 20 participants for a quorum.
    • Committee/Working-Group members: Please update any changes or additions as desired to osd-feedback (at) citizensoversight (dot) org. Also Facilitation maintains a website at http://osdfacilitation.wordpress.com/.

. But mark your calendars now for these!

NEXT 7 DAYS

  • (This list is automatically generated from the topic Occupy.Occupy San Diego Events). Scroll down the topic almost to the bottom or look at the Calendar for more events, not within the next 7 days.

26 Feb 2012 - Sun

  • (12:30p) Meditation teach-in at Freedom Plaza Bring a chair or a blanket with a cushion
  • (2p) Meditation teach-in at Childrens Park Bring a chair or a blanket with a cushion

27 Feb 2012 - Mon

  • (9a- 12p, 1:30p-4:30p) Jury Selection and possible opening statements starting at 1:30p Jury trial of Brother Hex (Curtis Williams). Supporters are encouraged to attend.
  • (2p) Occupy San Diego City College meets at Gorton Quad to work on planning for the March 1st Walkout
  • Occupy our Food Supply is a global day of action focused on the “externalities” of Big Ag, including environmental damage, that affect the 99%, and buying food locally sustainably. Click here if interested in organizing an event in the area.
  • (6p) Facilitation Committee meets at Childrens Park

28 Feb 2012 - Tue

  • (10a) San Diego City Council Meeting (includes Public Comment) at 202 "C" St (12th floor), San Diego, CA 92101
  • (10a) San Diego City Council Meeting (includes Public Comment) at 202 "C" St (12th floor), San Diego, CA 92101
  • (9a- 12p, 1:30p-4:30p) Opening statements, and prosecution evidence (i.e. cops on the stand), for the Jury trial of Brother Hex (Curtis Williams), who was arrested during the Port Shutdown action, in Department 15, (on the 2nd floor) of the San Diego Superior Court. Opening statments will likely begin this afternoon, after jury selection is completed. Hex would greatly appreciate any supporters at these proceedings. The trial is expected to take all day today, tomorrow, and possibly Thursday. Should you have any questions call Mitchell Sterling at 619-808-2199.
  • (7p-9p) David Cobb, national spokesman for Move to Amend.org (MTA now OSD endorsed) will present his talk "Creating Democracy & Challenging Corporate Rule." at the Church Of The Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA, 92105. FB Event
  • (7p-9p) - North County meeting of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will be held at 514 South Coast Hwy Oceanside, CA 92054
  • (7p) Chris Hedges will be speaking at Crill Performance Hall at Point Loma Nazarene University, ...as part of the Writer's Symposium. Purchase tickets at http://www.pointloma.edu/writers for $10.00 plus $1.25 fee.
    Chris Hedges was a war correspondent for over 20 years. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize with the New York Times for his coverage of global terrorism. His book “War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning”, draws upon his experiences covering conflicts in Bosnia, El Salvador and Israel. His Most recent book, “Death of the Liberal Class, explores the potential loss of democracy due to a culture enamored of corporate greed and capitalism
    Chris Hedges was one of the founders of October2011.org -- the planned “occupation” of Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. Find more information about their months of activity by going to that website and the website below.
    http://www.truthdig.com/chris_hedges#bio " - Peggy Budd
    Peggy has offered to buy tickets for any OSDers who want to attend!

29 Feb 2012 - Wed

  • (9a- 12p, 1:30p-4:30p) The Jury trial of Brother Hex continues at dept. 15 on the 2nd floor of the San Diego Superior Court. Supporters of Hex are encouraged to attend. Today defense attorney Laura Sheppard plans on making a motion for dismissal. Should the motion not be granted, defense evidence will take up most/all of today, and maybe into Thursday. Should you have any questions call Mitchell Sterling at 619-808-2199.
  • F29 - Shut Down the Corporations -- (OSD will be participating) Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent civil disobedience targeting corporations who are members of ALEC, one of the most successful mechanisms that the 1% uses to control legislation. We are asking people around the country to choose members of ALEC in their home towns and SHUT DOWN BUSINESS AS USUAL - Occupy Riverside is having an action at the largest WalMart distribution center in the country at 4155 Wineville Ave, Mira Loma, CA 91752 (thanks, Chris M). Chris McKay will be driving up there with a full carload of pessengers; If you're also driving up and can offer rides, or would like a ride from someone else who is driving up, conact Chris at 619-241-6826. There will be a bus leaving from Fullerton at 4:30 AM as well…ask Chris for details. Riverside FB event page Occupy Riverside page
  • (6p-8p - please try to arrive 15 min. early) Occupying San Diego County: Celebrations and Mournings Workshop will be held at the Peace Resource Center. No charge, bring food to share if you would like. Please RSVP to raffi_1970@yahoo.com. More info: Facebook event page
  • (2p) Occupy San Diego City College meets Wednesdays at Gorton Quad

01 Mar 2012 - Thu

  • National Day of Action For Education. See below for local actions:
  • (11a) -- San Diego City College - Walkout, rally and march at Curran Plaza All occupiers are invited to participate; bring signs, cowbells, drums, noisemakers. A rough timeline: 11 AM - Gather and rally at Curran Plaza. 11:20 - March through campus to meet at noon back at Curran Plaza for speakers from different local groups, open mic, musical entertainment, then at 1 PM or sometime thereafter march from Curran Plaza through Civic Center Plaza, then down to gather at Childrens Park at 2 PM, for food/water/refreshments. Anyone is encouraged to bring any sort of ready-to-eat dish and/or liquid refreshments to share. Later on a march up to the "Governor's Office", the state building at 1350 Front St., where Occupy South Bay San Diego will continue with a rally from 4:30 - 6:30 to protest budget cuts to education and call for the 1% to pay for their fair share of taxes.
  • (8a-8p) -- SDSU - 12 PM - 1 PM -- Walkout to Scripps Patio, check Facebook page for updates.
  • [8a-8p) -- UCSD -- Walkout begins at 11:30 ((converge on Library Walk at the Silent Tree), followed by a rally at noon, march at 1 PM, followed by a Declaration Of Demands And Reclamation (Bring a tent!), and teachouts on library walk all day. More details at March 1st Walkout & Day of Action!
  • (9a) The Jury trial of Brother Hex, who was arrested while jaywalking across the port entrance, continues and may conclude today at dept. 15 on the 2nd floor of the San Diego Superior Court. Supporters of Hex are encouraged to attend. Should you have any questions call Mitchell Sterling at 619-808-2199.
  • Occupier Tony leaves today from Freedom Plaza on a 15 mile per day walk/bicycle ride up to L.A., to proceed east along old route 66, to proceed north to arrive in D.C. on 9/11, then up to Zuccotti Park to make planned arrival during a (livestreamed) NYC GA.

02 Mar 2012 - Fri

03 Mar 2012 - Sat

  • (12:30p) Labor Solidarity Committee's Multi-Organization Planning Meeting for May Day 2012 and Outreach Day at Freedom Plaza
  • (2p) GA at Freedom Plaza. Agenda: May Day discussion on Direct Actions and planning, GA reform, the next Strategic Planning Meeting event [SD County-wide Inter-Occupy] in late March, and the local and global outlook for the Occupy Movement
  • (3p) GA normally scheduled for this group every other Saturday at 2 PM starts one hour later today at Balboa Park (northeast of 6th and Laurel) to accommodate travel time from Labor Solidarity Committee's planning meeting for the May 1st General Strike.
  • after the 3 PM GA concludes at Balboa Park there will be a Solidarity Social Dinner, welome to all Occupiers,
  • (9a-6p) UnitedGREEN: Empowering Sustainable Communities presents a two-day symposium at SDSU, room ENS280 on "Forging a Sustainable Future". The keynote speaker will be Robert F. Kennedy Jr, (at 3:30 PM today) with panelists and speakers Rep. John Garamendi, Rep. Susan Davis, Rep. Bob Filner, Dr. Heather Honea, Capt. Marko Medved, and Councilmember Marti Emerald. Also reps from NECA, Sierra Club, IBEW and others will be present. Complete agenda for both days is at http://unitedgreen.org/events. For more info contact Bob Hurley at 619-729-2283 or at phurley@heartlandfdn.org. To purchase tickets go to http://unitedgreen.org/
  • (1p) Women Occupy SD w/potluck at Childrens Park
  • (1p) Education committee meets at Childrens Park
  • (7p) "We the People" meets at the foot of Brighton Ave. at Ocean Beach For details ask Hex.
  • (1p-4p) Occupy Encinitas - 1 PM rally at the corner of Encinitas Blvd. and Coast Highway 101 followed by general assembly at 2:30 PM at Cottonwood Creek Park, corner of Encinitas Blvd. and Vulcan Ave. (GA meets at Leucadia Pizzeria if raining) More info: Facebook or Website

04 Mar 2012 - Sun

  • (11:00a-12:00p) - Teach-In at Civic Center Freedom Square: "Meditation Class", Nick Neild
  • (1:00p-2:00p) - Teach-In at Children’s Park: "Meditation Class", Nick Neild
  • (2:00p-3:00p) - Teach-In at Children’s Park: " Free Trade or Food Sovereignty ", Nicholas Paget-Clarke (2nd Part of 4-Part Series)
  • (3:00p-4:00p) - Teach-In at Children’s Park: "Demystifying Iran", Amir Shoja
  • (9a-6p) UnitedGREEN: Empowering Sustainable Communities presents a two-day symposium at SDSU, room ENS280 on "Forging a Sustainable Future". Panelists and speakers will include Rep. John Garamendi, Rep. Susan Davis, Rep. Bob Filner, Dr. Heather Honea, Capt. Marko Medved, and Councilmember Marti Emerald. Also reps from NECA, Sierra Club, IBEW and others will be present. Complete agenda for both days is at http://unitedgreen.org/events. For more info contact Bob Hurley at 619-729-2283 or at phurley@heartlandfdn.org. To purchase tickets go to http://unitedgreen.org/

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Mitchell Sterling (Regarding Saturday)
TY to Kali Katt for co-facilitating today's GA with me. For me it was a great learning experience, and I so appreciated all that Kali did in that capacity! Additionally TY to the more than 47 people that came in the spirit of Occupy to today's GA at Freedom Plaza. It is always encouraging to see so many people who are passionate about the goals of Occupy gather together to discuss them.

It is disappointing we could not accomplish our agenda today, as there are so many vital issues we need to address. I look forward to the next opportunity when we come together to do so. Also I was disappointed that after more than two hours work and nearly reaching consensus on today's first proposal, it was hard-blocked. Quite ironic as well, that the hard-blocks came from people who were so upset that after their work had been hard-blocked 3 or 4 weeks ago, they left the Plaza to meet separately as a splinter group in Children's Park.

I do look forward to when we come together and can work well and in unity once again to accomplish the vast amount of work that is needed to bring the message of Occupy to the public. Every day it becomes increasingly more apparent that economic reforms and social justice are greatly needed in our nation.

John Falchi
From what I have heard here since the most recent GA, it sounds like both Occupy Children's Park and Occupy Freedom Plaza have an interest in coming together, however there have been some difficulties in doing so. This would be important to follow up on as soon as practicable. There are a number of people who believe in Occupy Together who have not taken sides in this matter who might help to mediate this. You know there was an attempt to begin this process on the morning of 2/11/12 in Balb oa Park before the march arrived there in which Melissa for Children's Park and John K. for Freedom Plaza were both present. Joan of Occupy Los Angeles helped to facilitate this meeting. There were a few others present. It resulted in both sides agreeing to cooperate enough to help the SOCAL Inter-Occupy Gathering take place. What has been done, can be done.l If whole nations, like the Union of South Africa can bring the two sides together without a war, we in San Diego should be able to accomplish solving our differences, too. There is to be an already scheduled meeting at the Peace Resource Center of San Diego on Wed., 2/29/12, from 6-8 pm., related to this general subject, perhaps that is a neutral enough setting in which to begin. I suggest that each of these two fine groupings of Occupiers select at least one person to represent their grouping there to learn about ways and means of bringing some people from each of the groupings together to begin to work out their differences.. That may be a way to start some type of future formal mediation, on neutral ground, with trained mediators, to bring about some type of reconciliation between the two groups. Who are those among us who think that this would be practicable?

ANNOUNCEMENTS

See All Occupy San Diego Announcements to read all previous announcements about
  • Where we meet, how to recover confiscated property from the San Diego Police Department, information for people were arrested, etc.

POLICE COMPLAINTS

Have you been mistreated by the Police? Have your First Amendment rights been violated? Have you been arrested for nothing, only to have the charges "unfiled" but held over your head for up to a year?
  • NEW First read this document: http://www.2momslaw.com/police_misconduct.pdf
  • Make a Complaint: How to Make a Police Complaint
    • Use this form: Complaint Form
    • Forms also available in the lobby of City Hall.
    • Citizen's Review Board member says we do NOT need names & badge numbers. File the complaint & it's up to SDPD to determine who the officer was (But it is better if we have them, of course).
  • ALSO: By telephone or in writing to
    • SDPD Internal Affairs Unit, 1401 Broadway, MS 709, San Diego CA 92101, (619) 531-2801
    • Complaints made to the Citizens Review Board do not necessarily make it into the officers' personnel files
    • Read this: Making Police Compliants That Stick
  • Also, consider making a CLAIM against the city for your BOND money if charges were never filed. They have 45 days to reject the claim, then you file a lawsuit. It costs $400 to file unless you can claim low income.

Call for Witnesses:
Two occupiers are facing trial for criminal charges stemming from arrests at the Port Shut-down on December 12. Attorneys for Curtis Williams (aka Hex) and Bobby Uribe are looking for defense witnesses to dispute officer testimony and any photo or video footage of the arrests. If you witnessed Curtis's arrest, please contact attorney Laura Sheppard at lrsheppardlaw@gmail.com. If you witnessed Bobby's arrest, please contact attorney Adriane Bracciale at criminalandtrafficdefense@gmail.com.

  • Making Police Compliants That Stick -- Important info from Adriane of NLG
  • Anyone with information about arrests... Please, we need to continue to compile a complete list.
    • IF YOU HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, DETAINED, OR CITED... Please complete the form here: Occupy Legal Info Request and email to raylutz@citizensoversight.org.
    • If you can help compile the database from incoming emails, please let me know. It just takes a person who can carefully enter the data in to a web-based form.
  • Arrests At Balboa Theater 2012 Jan 11 -- This topic created to track arrests and progress fighting felony arrests at Balboa Theater
  • UPDATED Two items relevant to OSD mission were placed on the agenda of the City of San Diego Rules Committee. This committee is yet another example of a "do-nothing" committee because they hardly even treated the proposals as serious.

  • NEW TELL POLICE HOW THEY ARE DOING: Police host monthly meetings in the community to get feedback from community members.

  • Legal is asking: If you were at the South gate on the day of The Port Shut Down 12/12 and witnessed any of the arrests and are willing to testify...please contact HiAndrea on FB or haz_el_eyes@yahoo.com -- Tammy.

Lutz suing Civic Center Plaza building owners and operators Project Details
  • More on this project... Including collected media, documents, photos, videos, etc.
  • This is a VERY IMPORTANT project because we will directly engage wall street firms who own and operate the Civic Center Plaza office building.

Legal Resources
  • The National Lawyers Guild resources to protesters who have been arrested NEW 619-500-4486 occupylegalsd@gmail.com
  • 1st Circuit Rules Public Has Right to Videotape Police
  • What to say to cops if you're busted. What you say and do can hurt you in court -- This is what I advise my clients to say when confronted by a law enforcement officer: "Officer, please understand I refuse to talk with you until I consult with my attorney. I also refuse to consent to any search of these premises or any other premises under my control, or in which I have a possessory, proprietary, or privacy interest, including my car, my body, or effects. I hereby demand to immediately be allowed the reasonable opportunity to obtain the advice of my attorney by telephone. from: http://layon.net/busted.php
  • To check if someone is in jail check this website: http://apps.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx
    • It usually takes about 6 hours for someone who has been arrested to pop up here. This site will tell you their charges, bail, etc. Jail's number is (619) 615-2700. The jail won't tell you much if anything that is not on the website. Please check this website before saying someone is in or out of jail to avoid confusion.
  • FYI -- Penal Code 849.5. In any case in which a person is arrested and released and no accusatory pleading is filed charging him with an offense, any record of arrest of the person shall include a record of release. Thereafter, the arrest shall not be deemed an arrest, but a detention only.
  • http://www.constitution.org/uslaw/defunlaw.htm -- Your rights when you are being arrested falsely.

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