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, burdened with volatile revenue streams because of its dependence on natural resources, has lower ratings from Fitch, Moody's and S&P .
July 25 -
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma announced the hiring of two new Stephanie Tom and Khaim Morton as deputy state treasurers.
July 24 -
The bond measure was approved by the Senate in late May but is on pause while negotiations are under way between the Senate, Assembly and the governor's team.
July 13 -
The ruling striking down affirmative action may bring a fresh headwind to the higher education space, which already faces soft enrollment trends.
July 11 -
Facing revenue shortfalls, funding for Gov. Gavin Newsom's zero-emission efforts had been put on a waiting list.
July 10 -
Hawaii and West Coast states are taking aim at helping the homeless in this year's budgets.
July 6 -
Deputy General Manager Dan Denham was named acting general manager until the board of directors finds a permanent replacement.
June 30 -
San Diego city leaders are in the early days of assembling a P3 that could transform six city blocks with fresh space for city workers and affordable housing.
June 29 -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers struck a budget agreement just days before the start of the fiscal year.
June 27 -
Moody's boosted CalHFA's rating to Aa2, following a similar move by S&P in December.
June 23
