UPDATED: Occupiers Say They Will Sit Down With City

“We're having a historic event,” says Chris Doyan, who is wearing a three-cornered hat and is sitting on the steps of the Santa Cruz County Courthouse. “Occupy Santa Cruz is going to have joint meeting with the City of Santa Cruz.” Vice Mayor Don Lane could not be reached for comment, but occupiers say he came by yesterday and agreed to schedule a joint meeting with the camp, which will be held 10:30 a.m. today (Monday, Nov. 14). Occupier Andy Moskowitz says Lane might bring officials from parks and recreation, police, or the city council. “In the 15 years I've been in Santa Cruz I've never seen the city meet with any group like this,” says Doyon, who also goes by “X.” He says he's Commander X, a mastermind behind the anarchist group Anonymous. It's unclear what the meeting might produce, but Doyon says both sides will be for looking common ground—if they can find any. Another protester, Dennis—who, like many in the movement, only gives his first name—chimes in. “We're not going to make an agreement. We're not going find any common ground because that's going to compromise the entire movement,” he says. “Dennis talking about his own opinion!” Doyon clarifies loudly. Regardless of what position the city does (or doesn't) take on the camp, Santa Cruz County Sheriffs are the ones irking occupiers, who say the sheriffs have been making regular appearances on the courthouse steps. Moskowitz says sheriffs came by last night and confiscated some tents and have issued an ultimatum that the city leave the county steps today. Doyon says they confiscated a number of items, including a generator. April Skalland, a spokesperson for the Sheriff's Department, could not immediately confirm that report Monday morning. “I'm not sure about a generator,”says Skalland”I haven't gone over all the stuff.” Update: Vice Mayor Lane and two parks employees met with a working group of about 50 Occupiers on Monday. “It seemed clear that both the city and the occupiers want to put some port-a-potties next to the tents,” says Lane. He and Moskowitz both say the hour-and-a-half-long meeting made little progress on anything else—like trash collection, law enforcement, damage to the park, and whether or not the city should lift its injunction against the camp.