Rich Saskal

Santa Clara’s City Council, meeting as the city’s redevelopment agency and also as its stadium authority, held a special meeting Monday to try to lock in plans to issue redevelopment bonds to subsidize a new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Thursday called for an indefinite freeze of the health care subsidy for city employee retirees, and urged the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners to reject a proposed increase to retiree health care subsidies for sworn personnel.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Boise County, Idaho, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy Tuesday after losing an expensive court case.

California's independent Little Hoover Commission urged the state's leaders to take government employee pension-reform efforts a big step beyond where they have gone so far, by altering benefit levels for current employees.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced Tuesday the creation of a new chief operating officer position that will be filled by Michael Jordan, the COO at Metro, the regional government for the Portland area.

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie Monday announced his amended budget proposal for fiscal 2012 and 2013.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Collapsing property values and a threatened Nevada funding raid led all three major ratings agencies to take negative actions this week on the Clark County School District.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — A planned $138 million tax-allocation issue for Fremont’s redevelopment agency is the largest so far this year from RDAs around California rushing to market ahead of their potential demise.

The Hawaii Senate Tuesday unanimously confirmed Kalbert Young as director of the Department of Budget and Finance.

The Los Angeles City Council rejected a plan to lease garages to private investors to raise money that would have helped close a year-end budget hole and defease bonds.

Los Angeles Controller Wendy Greuel Tuesday recommended that the city consolidate its treasurer’s office with other financial operations.

Bills to appropriate $150 million from the Alaska general fund for the Knik Arm Crossing bridge project advanced from a Senate committee this week.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Hawaii’s new finance director plans to review the way the state picks bond underwriters.

Washington Treasurer Jim McIntire Tuesday announced a plan, backed by lawmakers from both parties, to reform the state’s pension system.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority on Wednesday issued a request for expressions of interest, the first of many steps the authority would take if it is able to move forward with plans to spend $5.5 billion to build the first segment of a dedicated, high-speed passenger train line linking San Francisco with the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa met with debt- and bondholders in New York this week to give an update on his city’s finances.

California Controller John Chiang Tuesday unveiled a package of bills he is sponsoring to provide greater financial oversight of and assistance to cities, counties, and special districts.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday that he’s killing the state’s plan to sell 11 state office buildings to private investors and lease them back.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — California redevelopment agencies are paying through the nose in a rush to access the bond market ahead of a proposal to shut them down, Treasurer Bill Lockyer told a state Senate committee Wednesday.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday that he’s killing the state’s plan to sell 11 state office buildings to private investors and lease them back.