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It was late 2023 when Frances Robustelli found herself in the Oakland waterfront showroom of Evolutionary Homes. The company was converting shipping containers into housing for homeless people and attempting to sell them to local governments.
Robustelli, who was San Leandro’s city manager at the time, had been invited by two San Leandro city council members, Victor Aguilar and Bryan Azevedo, according to a lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the visit was part of an effort by members of the Duong family, who owned Evolutionary Homes, to lobby San Francisco Bay Area politicians to promote the establishment of tiny home developments in Bay Area cities…