This testimonial was delivered at HGP’s October First Friday event, Hope Renewed, at the Downtown Store on October 7th, 2024, following a talk from Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keely. Hello, my name is Charles Ian Stange, a 43-year-old originally from Berkeley, California, born on September 17, 1981, at Alta Bates Hospital. My mother, Jill Marie Blough, was just 17 and …