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Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have created a commission to study adopting a machine-readable format for the state's financial documents.

California's largest-ever competitive taxable deal, which followed two upgrades, drew 10 or more bidders for each tranche.

Moody's lifted California to Aa2 ahead of plans to sell $1.1 billion of general obligation bonds.

The general obligation bond measure would allocate $9 billion to K-12 schools and $6 billion to the state's universities and community colleges.

The strength of the state’s credit profile, coupled with a supply-demand imbalance for tax-exempt bonds, has helped the state in the market, a new report says.

Bankrupt investor-owned utility PG&E was a factor in many of the bills approved to deal with the state's wildfire risk.

Hawaii moves ahead on plans to construct a new college football stadium amid concerns about declining attendance at college games.

It marked the fifth dispersal from a Federal Aviation Administration program that will provide $3.18 billion for airport improvements.

The soccer league's drive for expansion pushed cities and owners to develop new stadiums to sweeten their bids.

Fiona Ma was a keynote speaker at the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference in San Francisco.

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The charter boarding school is designed to lift homeless youth and foster children in largely Latino and African-American neighborhoods in South Los Angeles.

The private activity bonds would be used to help finance the planned Virgin Trains USA line to Victorville, Calif., from Las Vegas.

The city approved a joint powers agreement with four other cities to purchase electricity to be delivered over San Diego Gas & Electric lines.

Janet Napolitano said her resignation would be effective in August 2020.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would set up a commission to study if the state should require the machine-readable accounting program.

Some of the solutions contemplated to bring the investor-owned utility out of bankruptcy involve tapping the municipal bond market.

Expanded access to lower-cost borrowing is a credit positive for the charter school sector, according to Moody’s investors Service.

Thursby's addition grows the firm's number of public finance attorneys to 16.