ADVISORY/Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown to Offer Solutions to California's Housing Crisis.

News/Assignment and Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (June 30)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO
AND
WHAT: Former California Governor and current Oakland Mayor Jerry
      Brown will address the PCBC Western Building Show in announcing
      new solutions to California's housing crisis, Friday June 30 at
      San Francisco's Moscone Center. A 9:30 a.m. press briefing will
      be followed by a panel presentation, "Creating Tomorrow's
      Communities Today."

      Background: Among the 1999-2001 goals of Mayor Brown is the vow
      to "mobilize the resources of city government to attract 10,000
      people to live within the downtown area. The objectives include
      lively streets, increased shopping and new places for people to
      meet and share the excitement of urban living." Mayor Brown's
      "10K" revitalization plan for Oakland is vital not only for that
      city's economic health, but as a model for "sustainable"
      development in California. The state's current housing crisis is
      driving prices out of the range of affordability in many cities
      while placing an undue burden on suburban and fringe
      developments that have proven so costly to both resources and
      families.

      Panel Description: Following the press briefing, Mayor Brown
      will be joined on the panel, "Creating Tomorrow's Communities
      Today," by: Kenneth Agid, vice president of Marketing at Playa
      Vista, the largest infill project in the U.S.; Ernesto Vasquez,
      a founding principal with MVE and Partners, currently involved
      in the creation of over 2,000 residential units in Oakland; and
      John Picard, president and founder of E2 Inc., whose current
      projects include urban infill projects in Atlanta and
      San Francisco (Mission Bay) as well as Playa Vista.

WHEN
AND
WHERE: Friday, June 30, 9:30 a.m., Room 238, the Press Room,
       in the Moscone Center's East Mezzanine,
       followed by panel at 10:15 a.m. in Room 204.