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How Private Housing Additions Are Creating a Back-Alley Market

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Private additions offer a feasible solution to an inadequate housing supply in densely populated areas, but despite their growing prevalence, backyard housing falls into a legal gray area. Cities including Los Angeles and Long Beach have also created new ordinances that clear the way to legalize unpermitted units in apartment buildings.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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Major maritime shipping hubs including Los Angeles/Long Beach, Seattle/Tacoma and Oakland are ready to service the huge post-Panamax containers. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to issue a final report on the feasibility of the project in April 2014. The project must then be presented to U.S. Congress for authorization. “As

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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California FTZs are located in San Francisco, San Jose, Long Beach, Oakland, West Sacramento, San Diego, Palmdale, Los Angeles, Port Hueneme, Merced/Madera/Fresno counties, Stockton, Palm Springs, Santa Maria, Victorville, Eureka and Imperial, Butte and Riverside counties. HAWAII SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (SBIR): A $2.2

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