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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The state plans to price $626 million in GOs, in part, to fund the I-5 bridge replacement
April 25 -
Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority had to rethink the final leg of a 60.2-mile light rail line when the contractor's final bid came in 50% higher than its estimated project costs.
March 31 -
California plans to price $2.5 billion in new money and refunding general obligation bonds next week, with retail orders Tuesday and final pricing Wednesday.
March 28 -
The Los Angeles-based fund manager has expanded into debt financing to offer affordable housing developer clients a lower cost of capital.
March 21 -
A dispute over open meetings laws has stalled progress on UI's plans to purchase online University of Phoenix.
December 6 -
The California State School Board Association has sued over an education funding work-around included as a trailer bill in the budget.
October 1 -
Ramirez & Co. continues growth plans with the addition of bankers in Texas, Florida and New York.
September 27 -
California hospitals will be forced to close if they don't complete earthquake safety upgrades by 2030. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to extend the deadline.
September 27 -
California State Controller Malia Cohen was asked to form a task force to draft best practices for the state's charter schools after 11 San Diego charter schools became embroiled in a fraud case.
September 26 -
The Los Angeles Unified School District bonds carry a sustainability label with a third party opinion from Kestrel.
September 23
