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San Francisco, unofficially dubbed one of the homeless capitals of the U.S., counts nearly 6,500 homeless people in 2013, according to recent city numbers, with 4,300 people living on the street. Among the many problems the homeless face is little or no access to showers. San Francisco only has about 16 to 20 shower stalls to accommodate them. But Doniece Sandoval has made it her mission to change that. “Homelessness is something you can’t really miss in San Francisco,” the 51-year-old former marketing executive told ABC News. She started Lava Mae, a sort of showers on wheels, a new project…