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California's growing population, the 2017 year in transportation, is container housing the future?
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Dec 26, 2017
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California's growing population, the 2017 year in transportation, is container housing the future?

CA now has 39.6 million residents—300,000 more than last year, the biggest transportation stories affecting SoCal in 2017, shipping containers as a housing solution.

A large crowd of people gather at Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, California, June 30, 2011, amid the heat wave gripping the southwest US.  AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN ALCORN        (Photo credit should read JONATHAN ALCORN/AFP/Getty Images)
A large crowd of people gather at Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, California, June 30, 2011, amid the heat wave gripping the southwest US. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN ALCORN (Photo credit should read JONATHAN ALCORN/AFP/Getty Images)
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CA now has 39.6 million residents—300,000 more than last year, the biggest transportation stories affecting SoCal in 2017, shipping containers as a housing solution.

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