CalPERS Wants to Ban Winston & Strawn from Chapter 9 Cases
The California Public Employees' Retirement System filed motions to remove the law firm Winston & Strawn LLP from the San Bernardino and Stockton Chapter 9 cases because they hired their outside bankruptcy attorneys.
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The Rockefeller Foundation selected eight cities to participate in the RE.Invest Initiative, a national effort to support sustainable infrastructure that includes financial advice on P3 options.  more »
The California Controller's office determined in a review that the successor agency to Riverside's redevelopment agency is not only in current possession of $30.5 million in real property that it is no longer legally entitled to hold, but that it inappropriately transferred another $64.25 million in real property to the city.  more »
Moody's Investors Service said a recent less-conservative analysis of California revenues increases the likelihood the Legislature will pass a budget with higher revenues and higher spending.  more »
Three-term City Councilman Eric Garcetti replaces termed-out Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on July 1st following a hotly-contested run-off.  more »
A judge last week ruled in favor of the San Diego County Water Authority in the water authority's battle with the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California over rate increases.  more »
California's budget watchdog said it expects revenues to come in more than $3 billion higher than estimated in Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget.  more »
Transportation Corridor Agencies said Neil Peterson will become its new chief executive officer.  more »
Standard & Poor's said California Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget released this week that projects lower revenues has little impact on the state's credit rating.  more »
Moody's Investor Service said it has assigned an Aa1 rating to California's Department of Water Resources Central Valley Project System revenue bonds ahead of a sale.  more »
A bill that would tax energy-efficient vehicles for using the road is moving through the Oregon legislature, according to local reports.  more »
Moody's Investors Service has raised the general obligation bond rating of the San Mateo-Foster City School District to Aa1 from Aa2, affecting $138 million in outstanding debt.  more »
California Gov. Jerry Brown's revised general fund budget proposal released Tuesday cuts general fund spending by $1.3 billion from his January proposal amid lower revenue forecasts.  more »
No flood of bond defaults will spread through California cities in the near future, just possibly a smattering, according to a new academic study.  more »
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