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California law relaxes backyard building rules to ease the housing crisis

Oct 16, 2017
It puts growth "in the hands of individual property owners," the bill's author says.
Lawmakers are loosening rules for construction of backyard or garage homes, also known as "accessory dwelling units," to aleviate some of California's housing crisis.
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