Santa Cruz crackdown

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I saw an article in today's NY Times that described a law that takes effect on Aug. 24 that essentially eliminates musicians, panhandlers and others from the downtown streets. The city law was passed to deal with the problems of overly aggressive homeless persons; young punks who peed on buildings and public drug use.
Is anyone here affected?

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Downtown musicians propose self-regulation
"By DAN WHITE
Sentinel staff writer
SANTA CRUZ — Fiddlers and folkies, jugglers and punk-rock cellists are taking the law into their own hands.
Tired of outside attempts to solve their troubles, local street artists plan to form a self-policing, self-regulating Busker’s Guild downtown.
The guild would provide conflict resolution and develop a set of ground rules for street performers, supporters say. They say the
guild would interact with merchants and serve as a lobbying group."

The rest of the story can be found at:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2002/November/22/local/stories/02local.htm