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. _ SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT - c 0 e T h e vanguard of thousands of ybuiig activists who are expected to converge upon San Diego for protest demonstrations a t this s u m m c r l s - Republican Convcntidn h a s begun drifting into the city's already crowded "hippisland" along t h ocean frfnt. *a. - -. Reportedly, thcre is open hostility towards the new arrivals f r o m the citizens of San Diego, including the co,mmunity of s t r e e t people who reside t h e r e permanently. peaceful demonstrations, thereby creating problems for them. e r t y owners have been organizing protest rallies and collecting peti- office to set up "crash pads" in p u d i c recreation areas with sleeping accommodations and sanitary facilities for the hippie visitors. A s s i s t - ant City Manager John Lockwood announced t h a t a dollar-a-night "crash pad" would be opened this month and continue to operate through the convention at the Santa C l a r a Point'Recreatlon Center in Mission Bay. This center i s three miles north of the San Dicgo Sports Arena where the republicans will convene. - - - They fear the activists will not conduct P r o p - - t.4 tions urging the city council to ove,rFule efforts by thc city manager's &=a - --- 7 e- The Missibn Beach town council, responding to protests f r o m local civic groups, urged tlic San Diepo -45- city council to override Mr. Lockwood's decision. Other neighboring - s e a s h o r e communities fear the Santa C l a r a Point P r o j e c t might lead to the activists setting up campsites in recreational areas all along San Diego County's 70 m i l e s of beaches. The San Qicgo city council has not yet taken action on the petitions signed by 800 s e a citizens. , . t . 1 - /srs/.. 7 7 . Lonnie Powell, housing chairman for the C mmunity Congress, (a group'whi;h has in-the past displayed g r e s t e t interest in social re- f o r m than in politics), recently introduced the idea of the recreation area "crash pads" to Lockwood. /--:) 7 ? /'. i. _.' .I * The San Diego Park and Rc-crcation Btrsrcl awl tlic Mission r\c..rch Prccisr! Plan and Itnplnmcntation Doarrl, a < ity-spnnsorvrl i t i i - plrovcmcnt groud, havc g a m an rccord against tlic lwstcl. OpponcnLs have urged that the youths be lodged at the Marine Corps Depot o r the . (' 4-,-2;, ,: ;*-*< ' :.I. c - 'x ~ T i?,T /G I & - . 7.2 G I %