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 Los Angeles Unified School District bonds carry a sustainability label with a third party opinion from Kestrel.
September 23 -
The airport's first new money foray into the muni market in nearly 12 years will begin to fund a $1.3 billion transformation plan.
September 20 -
A coastal Oregon tribe sued the federal government to slow the issuance of two offshore wind leases.
September 17 -
California's state government typically pushes out billions of dollars of debt from August to November. This year there may be a shift in buy side sentiment.
September 13 -
Robin Prunty, who retired Aug. 31 as S&P's chief analytical officer for governments, took on a role on its U.S. board the next day.
September 11 -
The group, which has grown to more than 100 individuals since its inception in 2019, will host an event featuring Connecticut Treasurer, Erick Russell.
September 9 -
The good, the bad and the ugly for two of California's major cities when they sell debt in current market conditions.
September 6 -
The state agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit against Treasurer Fiona Ma.
September 3 -
LINXS, the private developer consortium, and Los Angeles World Airports struck an agreement on a timeline for completion of the people mover project, pushing Fitch Ratings' outlook higher.
August 30 -
The East County AWP Joint Powers Authority plans to construct a water reclamation project using the debt.
August 27 -
In this episode, Howard Cure, Director of Municipal Bond Research at Evercore Wealth Management, discusses the improving state of public pensions, the ongoing challenges faced by states like New Jersey and Illinois, and the risks associated with pension obligation bonds.
August 20 -
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
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