Logistics, labor, costs, regulation - are ALL a nightmare in SoCal.
In April, I personally spent an entire week looking for a warehouse for one load of refrigerated cargo. Finally found something near Bakersfield.
Which is why some innovative people are looking at building or retro fitting older buildings and renting out Ghost Warehousing.
Then individuals, partnerships and even big companies with a lot of daily shipping could be potential customers.
Lookup Ghost Restaurants as an example behind this concept.
Not to mention the risky liability due to the state being hyper litigious. In LA, and city bus can get in a minor collision, and everyone within 100 yards will fall down and claim they were on the bus and are now injured.