Keeley Webster

Bond Buyer senior reporter Keeley Webster hosted a wide-ranging discussion on the state's fall bond slate, housing, and second-term priorities with California Treasurer Fiona Ma and Deputy Treasurer of Public Finance John Sheldon.

The San Diego County-based healthcare district is at risk of "breaching financial covenants which, absent lender cooperation, could lead to acceleration of all of Palomar's outstanding revenue debt," Moody's Ratings analysts wrote.

California's IBank has partnered with an insurer and fire resilience fund to pay for fire resilience programs.

The trifecta of sports team exits, homelessness and city leadership turnover has placed the San Francisco Bay area city on shaky fiscal ground.

The Fitch Ratings commentary considered ratings of airports in Florida, Nevada and South Carolina, which are most dependent on the airline for passenger traffic.

The prepaid electricity bond deal issued by the California Community Choice Financing Authority for the Clean Power Allliance was record-setting in size.

AI champ Nvidia and three other tech companies are driving a stock market surge resulting in California revenues coming out $7 billion above expectations set when the 2024-25 budget was approved in July.

Credit ratings and the role of rating agencies have changed in response to an evolving market over the past 16 years, according to speakers during an online California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

The Aloha State received three rating affirmations as it prepares to sell $750 million of taxable general obligation bonds.

The Los Angeles school district was at the forefront of a Build America Bond refunding wave with its $2.9 billion deal.

Pressure on the state budget level is being felt by both the University of California and California State University systems.

Build America Mutual insured the majority of the maturities in the West Contra Costa Unified School District GO deal.

San Francisco's slow recovery from the pandemic and continued financial pressures drove the downgrade, Moody's analysts said.

A preliminary 9.3% return on investments in the year ending June 30 brought CalPERS' funded ratio to 75%, the public pension fund reported.

The state received $250 million in federal funding to expand a Salton Sea restoration project in Imperial County, near the Mexican border.

Mr. Barnett, whose journalism career stretched nearly half a century, was a "consummate professional," who was well-liked by colleagues and muni industry professionals.

Fitch revised upward its outlook for Marin General Hospital and affirmed its revenue bonds at BBB, and general obligation bonds at AA-minus.

The results of two investigations into overcharging on San Diego's SR 125 toll road revealed management knew about the issues long before they came to light.

Santa Cruz, on California's coast, was particularly hard hit by flooding in 2023. In addition to the the I-Bank loan, the city secured a federal loan.

Fears of a Hawaiian Electric bankruptcy abated after a settlement was announced that would cap the utility's liability for the Maui wildfire under $2 billion.