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Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days

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Beyond the cities where Adobu’s ADUs have received pre-approval, the company has built across California in cities ranging from, Palo Alto, Millbrae, Orange County, LA and Oakland. Cutler wrote the book (or the equivalent of a book) on the housing crisis and its impact on the Bay Area and California broadly.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

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Trans*H4ck is based in San Francisco, but has held events in Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. LGBT MD was showcased at the most recent Caravan Studios Social Good Apps Breakfast.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

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I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Steve Williams: When I was in college I did a lot of service work around homelessness issues. Britt Bravo: Have you always done this kind of work?

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Feeding the Hungry in the Land of Plenty

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Boulder Food Rescue provides food to homeless shelters, working-poor families, schools, charities, low-income housing cooperatives, and other organizations in need. The prototype of the software is already being used in five cities, including Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California. Results That Matter.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. We are based in Oakland, but we do work nationally, and in many cases globally, but our funding is always under constraints.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

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Myself and Alissa Hauser, who was Julia Butterfly's Executive Director, and a Board member of Circle of Life, and Ina Pockrass, went to Rick Warren's church. If he wants to do a political campaign, he's going to say, "For the next 40 days, I want you to feed all of the homeless in Orange County." Their small group.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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The speakers were Alli Chagi-Starr, who is the Co-Founder of Art in Action ; Ilyse Hogue, the Campaign Director for MoveOn.org ; Melinda Kramer, the Founder and Director of Women's Earth Alliance ; and Reem Rahim, the Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Numi Tea. It's best to pick a topic that's sort of a niche topic, or.

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