SACRAMENTO-AB680, a tax-sharing measure created by Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, has passed the Assembly and is waiting approval by the Senate. The measure may create incentives for open space and affordable housing.

LIVERMORE, CA-A nonprofit organization sees potential for Livermore to rise up to the standards of its neighbors, Pleasant Hill and Danville, and hopes to promote developments that will attract corporate tenants.

SAN FRANCISCO-A court battle between a developer and the city over a hotel conversion law has been resolved. The developer must pay more than $1 million to cover more than six years worth of affordable housing fees.

OAKLAND-A preliminary report was presented to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week citing uptown Oakland as the most appropriate of seven locations to build a new baseball stadium for the Oakland A's.

OAKLAND, CA-the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission criticized a power plant expansion proposal for not heeding the McAteer-Petris Act, which prohibits bay fill whenever alternatives are available.

OAKLAND-A preliminary report was presented to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week citing uptown Oakland as the most appropriate of seven locations to build a new baseball stadium for the Oakland A's.

SAN FRANCISCO-The planned fall opening of a 252-room boutique hotel has been pushed back by the fire at Fisherman's Wharf this week. The five-alarm blaze destroyed a portion of the historical site that the hotel was being built on.

DANVILLE, CA-Danville, one of the most expensive Bay Area real estate markets, held a groundbreaking ceremony this week for the first affordable housing development in the town's history.