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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California and Oregon are experiencing yet another record-setting year of wildfires amid increasing uncertainty about FEMA and property insurance backstops.
August 9 -
Though further adjustments may be needed, Fitch Ratings analysts said the budget supports the state at its current AA rating level.
July 29 -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom released an executive order directing state agencies to clear homeless camps off state properties and urged cities to do the same.
July 26 -
The city announced its P3 partner this week even after its federal funding got cut in committee and Rep. Maxine Waters took a strong oppositional position.
July 26 -
A rapidly escalating fire season hit the West amid questions about federal funding and insurance.
July 22 -
Public pensions are averaging a significantly improved 80.6% funded ratio, but took on riskier investments to obtain higher returns, which would be problematic in a market correction.
July 19 -
With the reputational stain from the county's 1994 bankruptcy long in the rearview mirror, the southern California county had its rating boosted to the highest rating by S&P Global Ratings.
July 16 -
Infrastructure projects and plans for a new transit police department topped the agenda at the agency's State of the Agency event.
July 12 -
The Grants Pass decision was viewed as the most consequential for local governments of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent session.
July 12 -
Unfunded public pension liabilities have dropped more than 60%, or $3 trillion, from the peak in 2020, according to a new Moody's Ratings report.
July 10
