Keeley Webster

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.

After big oil hiked gas prices and made record profits, Gov. Newsom convened a special session of the Legislature and called for a price-gouging penalty on oil companies.

The spiderweb of funding sources for natural disaster recovery makes it hard to track the actual costs to state and local government of fighting wildfires.

Continuing work on the state's one-year-old infrastructure bank tops the Democrat's list of second-term priorities.

The downgrades for Alaska's largest city come less than two months after the mayor set returning the city's ratings to AAA as a goal in his fiscal 2023 budget.

The trio of senior bankers that includes Chris Morse, Steve Simpson and Carlo Fitti moved over from Oppenheimer.

Airports, schools and affordable housing received an infusion of cash from lawmakers

The Legislative Analyst's Office forecasts the state could face a $25 billion deficit in fiscal 2023-24.

Changes to the way people live in California have altered the trajectory of revenues for city coffers, but muni analysts and economists say cities are adapting.

Fitch Ratings revised its outlook to stable from negative on BATA's AA-minus subordinate debt, retaining its stable outlook on AA-rated senior debt.

Patrick Henning and Juan Fernandez will assume top roles in Fiona Ma's administration, should she be re-elected Tuesday.

Schaefer has left his mark on signature bond policies during his more than seven and a half years as California's deputy treasurer for public finance.

Davis was a key figure in leading Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to its top position in the rankings for bond counsel.

The non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California released results of an election poll on Thursday.

California has been losing legacy companies, but boosters say it remains an incubator for new technology companies.

Keeley Webster, a Bond Buyer senior reporter, hosts a discussion with Raul Amezcua, a Ramirez & Co. managing director, on a California committee's efforts to craft ESG disclosure guidelines to encourage greater issuance of green bonds and provide more transparency for investors. (20 minutes)

Between them, the California State University trustees and University of California regents have sold more than $23 billion of bonds since 2017.