On Thursday night, the only place protestors could occupy was the front of the county building for their usual general assembly meeting.
"People will absolutely continue to assemble and to assert free speech," says Occupy Protestor Tobias Aguirre. "We will collectively decide where we want this country to go, so yes we will continue to come together."
On Thursday night, the former occupiers of San Lorenzo Park plotted their next move and complained about police kicking them out Thursday morning.
"This was a non-violent protest," says Occupy Protestor Chris Brown. "Why did they come with sticks, guns and shields? We never fought back."
After exactly two months in the park, police said occupiers were a public nuisance. Once they cleared the park, there was 8 tons of trash as proof.
"We don't support the trash," says Zach Friend of Santa Cruz Police. "We don't support the takeover of the banks, the drug use, the prostitution or the issues we faced down there."
"There's no where else to go," says Brown.
Brown is one of dozens of homeless people who joined the Occupy movement. On Thursday night, he plans to sleep under a bridge, waiting for the next camp to be put up. Police said they're ready.
"Moving forward if they want to continue expressing themselves in a first amendment way, there is a way to do that," says Friend. "Hopefully, they don't go back to the old ways they were doing."
