Keeley Webster

O'Connor was nominated by Treasurer Fiona Ma for her work on a trust fund program for foster kids and another that finances green P3s.

The rainy-day fund is currently at $904 million, but Gov. Joseph Lombardo's budget targets $1.6 billion in reserve by the end of the biennium.

A California conduit will price private activity bonds to replace the intakes for a San Diego County water desalination plant.

San Francisco is one of a handful of Bay Area cities to meet a state deadline to deliver a blueprint to manage the housing crisis by permitting many new homes.

Keeley Webster, a Bond Buyer senior reporter, discusses with Rudy Salo, a Nixon Peabody partner, funding and logistical challenges California, and the country, face as they stretch toward the future with plans for high speed rail, electric vehicle charging networks while incorporating more traditional mass transit. (29 minutes)

The funding will help facilities in the state deal with the nurse and doctor shortage, and increase IT projects to bolster its Medi-Cal system.

The budget "starts and ends with the housing and homelessness crisis because housing is fundamental to everything else in a person's life," said Gov. Tina Kotek.

Neither Toni Atkins, the Democratic Senate president pro tem, nor Brian Jones, leader of the Republican minority, want to tap the state's reserve funds.

The ratings on special district bonds issued for the Outlets at Legends, a shopping and entertainment district in northwestern Nevada have been on an upward trajectory for several years.

A California treasurer's conduit approved a $135 million bond-funded grant for Loma Linda University Children's Hospital.

Raising money by participating in carbon credit markets and carbon sequestration schemes would ease Alaska's revenue dependence on oil, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said.

A demand survey conducted by CDLAC in November foreshadowed $11 billion in requests from applicants for the state's private activity bonds.

Toks Omishakin's second year as State Transportation Agency secretary is off to a challenging start between massive rainfalls and proposed budget cuts.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal reverses plans laid out in last year's budget to redeem some bonds and use cash rather than bonds for some projects.

Christopher Thornberg, founder of Beacon Economics and Marc Joffe, a senior policy analyst at Cato Institute, drill down into the economic health of the San Francisco Bay Area amid widely-reported tech industry layoffs.

Gov. Jay Inslee wants a $4 billion bond referendum for housing that would be outside the state's debt limit. State lawmakers must approve first.

Mild economic conditions resulted in slight changes to upgrades and downgrades in the third quarter, compared to the second quarter, S&P said.

Nikolai Sklaroff replaces San Diego's Lakshmi Kommi on the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

The California Department of Finance aids the governor in drafting the preliminary budget that is released in January.

Agency says it's the highest general obligation bond rating it has received in 47 years.