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10-29-2011, 07:57 PM
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Santa Rosa reverses course, OKs occupation campers
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20111029/ARTICLES/111029437/1350?Title=City-reverses-policy-Occupy-Santa-Rosa-gets-OK-to-camp
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Demonstrators turned out Saturday for Occupy Santa Rosa, as the local movement tied to protests nationwide entered its third week.
KENT PORTER/The Press Democrat
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ ([email protected])
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Published: Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 2:56 p.m.
Hundreds of Occupy Santa Rosa protesters outside City Hall cheered Saturday as they heard the news that city officials would allow them to erect tents on the lawn.
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The announcement was made to the crowd by Julie Combs, a member of the city's community advisory board.
It was a dramatic turnaround from a city policy that had prohibited protestors from setting up tents or laying out sleeping bags overnight since the first demonstration by 2,500 people downtown two weeks ago.
Combs said that City Manager Kathy Millison had instructed the police department not to remove tents put up by protesters.
“These folks have very cooperative, and we didn't want to have the type of violence they had in Oakland,” Combs said.
Legal observer Marty McDonald from the ACLU said their organization had sent a letter to Millison and other city officials addressing tents.
“I think it's favorable, and I think it shows a wise approach to the situation,” McDonald said.
After the announcement, the group estimated at 300 to 400 marched down Fourth Street with demonstrators filling the eastbound lane from Santa Rosa Avenue to E Street.
Organizer Brice Davis, a photographer from Santa Rosa, jumped on a planter. “Whose streets?” he yelled. “Our streets!” came the reply.
On Friday, organizers of the local Occupy movement said they were preparing to erect an illegal tent city even as police officials warned they would take them down.
The decision to step back from a showdown in Santa Rosa came at a time when key Occupy movements around the country are entering new ground, becoming increasingly confrontational, particularly in Oakland, where police in riot gear used tear gas and other non-lethal munitions against Occupy demonstrators earlier this week.
Santa Rosa reverses course, OKs occupation campers
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20111029/ARTICLES/111029437/1350?Title=City-reverses-policy-Occupy-Santa-Rosa-gets-OK-to-camp
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Demonstrators turned out Saturday for Occupy Santa Rosa, as the local movement tied to protests nationwide entered its third week.
KENT PORTER/The Press Democrat
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ ([email protected])
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Published: Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 2:56 p.m.
Hundreds of Occupy Santa Rosa protesters outside City Hall cheered Saturday as they heard the news that city officials would allow them to erect tents on the lawn.
Photo Galleries
The announcement was made to the crowd by Julie Combs, a member of the city's community advisory board.
It was a dramatic turnaround from a city policy that had prohibited protestors from setting up tents or laying out sleeping bags overnight since the first demonstration by 2,500 people downtown two weeks ago.
Combs said that City Manager Kathy Millison had instructed the police department not to remove tents put up by protesters.
“These folks have very cooperative, and we didn't want to have the type of violence they had in Oakland,” Combs said.
Legal observer Marty McDonald from the ACLU said their organization had sent a letter to Millison and other city officials addressing tents.
“I think it's favorable, and I think it shows a wise approach to the situation,” McDonald said.
After the announcement, the group estimated at 300 to 400 marched down Fourth Street with demonstrators filling the eastbound lane from Santa Rosa Avenue to E Street.
Organizer Brice Davis, a photographer from Santa Rosa, jumped on a planter. “Whose streets?” he yelled. “Our streets!” came the reply.
On Friday, organizers of the local Occupy movement said they were preparing to erect an illegal tent city even as police officials warned they would take them down.
The decision to step back from a showdown in Santa Rosa came at a time when key Occupy movements around the country are entering new ground, becoming increasingly confrontational, particularly in Oakland, where police in riot gear used tear gas and other non-lethal munitions against Occupy demonstrators earlier this week.