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OAKLAND – The Oakland waterfront office suite that FBI and IRS agents raided last week wasn’t just home to the Duong family’s recycling company — but also an obscure homebuilder that ties the influential family to a political operative with a checkered past that includes controversial campaign tactics. Evolutionary Homes LLC, which sells shipping container homes, enjoys far less name recognition in Oakland than its owners’ other business, California Waste Solutions. The Embarcadero suite the companies use was among four addresses stormed by federal agents June 20 in a surprise investigation that also saw the homes of David Duong, Andy Duong and Mayor Sheng Thao raided.

Both businesses are owned and run by the Duongs, the Vietnamese business leaders and political donors who have spent years under a cloud of accusations that they orchestrated an illicit campaign donation scheme across Alameda and Santa Clara counties. It’s unclear if Evolutionary Homes is a subject of the feds’ investigation — so far, no arrests or charges have been announced against anyone. But state business filings show that the Duongs partnered with Mario Juarez, a two-time Oakland council candidate whose recent campaign dealings have drawn the attention of Alameda County prosecutors and the state’s political watchdog.



In a shocking turn of events, Juarez was assaulted at the Evolutionary Homes building — one of two attacks that included a shooting at his home in the weeks before the Jun.

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