Keeley Webster has covered the Bond Buyer's nine-state West Coast region for more than a decade. Prior to The Bond Buyer, she wrote about commercial real estate for the award-winning California Real Estate Journal until the paper folded. She moved into business reporting in 2000, but has covered politics, cops, courts, education and environmental issues for newspapers in seven different states. She has won several awards for her work, including an Associated Press award for in-depth reporting.
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CDIAC's revamped website, which launches May 1, will offer accessibility to state and local debt from issuance through maturity; and the ability to create summary reports based on search features.
April 26 -
S&P Global Ratings joined Moody's in assigning a negative outlook to its triple-A rating, but a criteria change pushed Fitch's rating of the city up to AAA.
April 26 -
The California Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the state's 2013 pension changes, after seemingly settling the issue with a 2020 ruling.
April 24 -
Los Angeles Mayor Bass' proposed $12.8 billion spending plan aims to close a $467 million deficit.
April 23 -
S&P affirmed the state's AA issuer credit rating, citing healthy reserves and plans to increase permanent fund totals to mitigate revenue fluctuations.
April 22 -
Two rating agencies upgraded Los Angeles Unified School District's bond ahead of multi-billion dollar refunding.
April 19 -
The replacement Hollywood Burbank Airport terminal won't have more gates, but will be less cramped and resolve its noncompliance with FAA safety regulations.
April 19 -
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass aimed high in her State of the City speech just days before she will release a budget that needs to close a nearly half-billion-dollar deficit.
April 16 -
The city may have to make deeper cuts next year if voters don't approve two tax increases headed for the November ballot, if the City Council approves.
April 15 -
The two attorneys who joined Chapman were part of the team who worked on CommonSpirit's massive financing in 2019.
April 10