Far West

A district that replenishes Los Angeles-area aquifers is selling bonds for a project designed to help eliminate its use of imported water.

Backers of a California initiative want voter approval on revenue bonds issued for state projects costing more than $2 billion.

Seven U.S. cities intend to dedicate 10% of their annual budgets toward resilience strategies under a worldwide program designed to fortify urban centers.

A legal opinion defining San Diego Unified School District bonds as special revenues was credited with the district's $470 million pre-Thanksgiving general obligation bond sale being oversubscribed.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced late last week that Alaska has acquired land it needed for a major pipeline project and signed an agreement with British Columbia that could also strengthen the state's economy.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said he expects Congress to agree on a multiyear highway bill by Christmas.

Christopher Brogdon, the retirement home financier who is facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges, has denied being liable for a particularly problematic deal in new filings with a federal court in Georgia.

Oxnard, Calif.'s issuer credit rating received a downgrade from Standard & Poor's, to A-plus from AA-minus.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has announced two new appointments to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Board of Directors, the group responsible for overseeing the agency's efforts to build a natural gas pipeline the governor says is critical to Alaska's financial future.

Standard & Poor's upgraded Benicia, Calif's issuer credit rating to AA from AA-minus, and raised the underlying rating on the California Public Property Financing Corp.'s series 2011 certificates of participation issued on behalf of the city to AA-minus from A-plus.