Randall Jensen

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has cleared Vallejo, Calif., to emerge from bankruptcy after three rocky years of Chapter 9 protection.

SAN FRANCISCO - In one of the most complicated bankruptcy cases involving municipal debt, Las Vegas Monorail Co. bondholders are battling on multiple fronts to try and ­recover some of their money.

The San Jose City Council on Tuesday declined to put a tax measure on the November ballot amid potential lukewarm support, according to a published report.

The troubled city of Vernon has made important reforms but still needs to do more, according to a watchdog report on the city released this week.

SAN FRANCISCO - Washington has finalized its statewide ballot measures for November and they include a controversial initiative to limit tolls, the secretary of state's office said this week.

SAN FRANCISCO - The state auditor cleared the University of California of misspending student tuition on bond payments in a report released Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO - California school district bonds are back in the spotlight after an audit found poor oversight of school construction bond money awarded by the state.

Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler said a credit default by the federal government would hurt state bonds.

The assessed value of all property in Los Angeles County increased for the first time in three years.

Legislation has been shelved in California that would have granted cities, counties, and school districts new taxing authority, according to press reports.

Los Angeles officials Monday offered a financing plan for a new football stadium downtown that includes $275 million of tax-exempt bonds.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday that requires city officials to disclose their compensation for attending simultaneous or back-to-back meetings. The new law forces a clerk or member of the local legislative body to verbally announce the amount paid to the members.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has hired a new head. Edward Reiskin will lead the agency after serving in the top spot at the city’s Department of Public Works.

SAN FRANCISCO - Vallejo, Calif., won approval Wednesday from a federal judge to exit from three years of bankruptcy.

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Treasurer's Office has admitted law firm Polsinelli Shughart PC into the state's bond counsel pool.

SAN FRANCISCO — California Treasurer Bill Lockyer secured a $5.4 billion loan Tuesday from a group of banks in order to avoid borrowing in the open market amid financial chaos if lawmakers in Washington fail to raise the federal debt ceiling.

SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Vallejo, Calif., could see its plan to exit bankruptcy sail through a final hearing Thursday with only one objection from two individuals.

SAN FRANCISCO - The majority of California redevelopment agencies will likely survive new laws aimed at shrinking or eliminating them, but some worry about outstanding bonds issued by the agencies and what market access they will have in the future.

Washington Treasurer James McIntire said the state successfully pulled off its first retail-bond negotiated offering in more than 14 years, booking orders for more than $89 million worth of the debt.

Online retailer Amazon.com has filed papers to try to get a referendum in the June 2012 California election in an effort to overturn a new online tax-collection law.