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On Saturday, Youth Spirit Artworks, or YSA, in partnership with over 15 non-governmental and interfaith organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Temple Beth El, began building a prototype for its Tiny House Village – a project that will eventually provide shelter for 100 homeless young people in the East Bay.
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On July 25, several statewide officeholders endorsed California state Sen. Scott Wiener’s More HOMES Act, or SB 50, according to a press release from California YIMBY, an organization whose name stands for “Yes In My Back Yard.”
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This, of course, begs the question — is it problematic and dangerous for the media to wield so much power over relief efforts?
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Twenty-five of Berkeley’s homeless youth will live in miniature residences in a community with on-site access to vocational programs by the start of the fall 2018 semester.
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In the conclusion of a weeklong symposium on poverty and homelessness, students from a diverse coalition of campus service groups rallied at Sather Gate Friday for minimum wage reform.
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Anna Bachman, a UC Berkeley alumna pursuing her master’s degree in urban planning and policy, died Jan. 12 after falling from a cliff in San Diego. She was 25 years old. Returning to California after her fall semester at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Bachman decided to spend the
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