At the last HUFF meeting, Sharon Paight arrived with a letter from Judge Akao apologizing for the mistaken sentence and acknowledging that Paight's "proper" sentence was 8 hours of community service.

Paight turned in 15 hours worth of Community Service work so as not to be penalized. Akao didn't attempt to refund or provide credit or give restitution for the extra 7 hours falsely requiried of Paight.

HUFF as of yet has received no reply from her.

Reports from the street indicate sleeping ban tickets continue to be issued capriciously at the whim of the officer without warning, without prior complaint, and in the absence of any legal place to sleep for more than 4% of Santa Cruz's nightly homeless population.

For more info, go to www.huffsantacruz.org and listen to the various interviews on the Bathrobespierre's Broadsides radio show, or tune in Sundays 9:30 AM to 1 PM, Thursdays 6 PM to 8 PM at 101.1 FM or www.freakradio.org .

If you want to help but haven't got the time to attend meetings, leave a message at 423-HUFF (4833).