Alameda County tax-default auction concluded; FinCEN LLC friction; post-auction investor buys + East Bay aff surge + modular jobs + AI expansion + hotel foreclosures + San Ramon dev push + Oak nonprofit teacher housing + Danville/San Ramon stuck listings + Tri-Valley deals + HUD Section 8 voucher boost + BHSA revisions + employer perks

Auction (Mar 20–23, 2026) ~256 props ($455M below est). East Bay micros surging (Castro Valley <$1M/Bay Point aff/Oak Temescal 33u→150u/Berkeley Shattuck 359u/OpenAI Richmond/San Ramon Bishop Ranch 2452u/Danville stuck/Pleasanton/Dublin/Fremont $1.7k 1BR/Mtn House); hotel distress; investors +17%; BHSA rev most counties 30% (Alameda 21%); employer perks echo nonprofits. Monitor relists/flips/hotels/Berkeley/San Ramon/Danville/Oak/Castro Valley/Mtn House/nonprofits/Bay Point/Tri-Valley/HUD/BHSA.