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Table 2 Increase in warehousing activities in the City of Vernon 2002-2011
Business type Growth rate 2002-2011 (%) % of warehousing SIC

Garment warehouse +1300 From 0 to 56 %

Cold storage +136 From 64 % to 73 %

Produce distribution +130 From 0 to 22 %

General merchandise-warehouse +124 From 12 to 60 %

Food distribution +100 From 29 to 29 %

Garment wholesale +80 From 0 to 11 %

General merchandise/wholesale +35 From 24 to 55 %

Produce broker/wholesale +30 From 0 to 15 %

Storage +28 From 47 to 64 %

Warehouses +8 From 22 to 41 %

Distribution -20 From 1 to 28 %

Trucking/freight/delivery -24 From 1 to 1 %

Wholesale -25 From 6 to 23 %

Meat distribution -37 From 25 to 20 %

Food warehousing -50 From 10 to 0 %

Furniture/house wholesale -57 From 0 to 33 %

Records storage -60 From 0 to 100 %

Fabric/textile warehouse -80 From 0 to 0 %

Fabric/textile wholesale -83 From 0 to 0 %

Import/export -87 From 20 to 50 %

Source L. Dablanc, data from Vernon business listings

industrial classifications called ''warehouse'' have increased. For the Wholesale
business (business type), the proportion of warehousing activities (SIC) increased
from 6 to 23 %. In other words, nearly a quarter of all the facilities in the
wholesaling business are actually warehouses. For Import/Export (business type),
the proportion of warehousing SICs has increased from 20 to 50 %: half of the
facilities in the Import/Export business are actually warehouses. For Warehouses
(business type), the proportion of warehousing (SIC) grew from 22 to 41 %. All
business categories (with a few exceptions) display an increase in the proportion of
warehousing SICs.

4 The Location of Warehouses in Los Angeles:
A Centrographic Analysis

Warehouses are now a dominant feature of the Los Angeles landscape. They can
be found in three types of location within the region.
Historical warehousing locations are situated near the San Pedro bay ports and
Los Angeles airport as well as all along the 710 highway corridor joining the ports
to downtown Los Angeles. Warehouses are located in the city or County of L.A.,
as well as in independent cities with a historical industrial past (and very eloquent