The Saturday News Links - April 11, 2009

• We mentioned that commercial real estate rents are down 24% from the first quarter of last year, and the second quarter looks to be even worse.
• The City of San Francisco has launched recoverysf.org, a website that reflects how much money the city has, and will, be rewarded from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and where the funds will be spent.
• U.S. Department of Energy forms the commercial real estate alliance.
  
• Fed informs some banks (the big ones) to keep quiet about their 'stress test' results.
• California ranks low as a business friendly state according to one report.
• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes the case for the budget propositions in May: they need to pass or the state will be in really bad shape (video included!).