Far West

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced on May 12 a proposal to put a $250 million affordable housing general obligation bond on the November ballot.

Against a backdrop of urgency and uncertainty, transportation advocates are offering alternative revenue streams for New York's MTA.

Moody's upgrades Mill Valley School District, California’s bonds to Aa1 from Aa2 affecting roughly $14 million of outstanding general obligation debt.

Lawmakers who vote to raise state gas taxes don't face an irate electorate at the next election, according to an analysis in seven states. Rep. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., introduced a bill to create a National Infrastructure Bank.

San Bernardino bondholders suffered a key bankruptcy court defeat this week as the city’s bankruptcy exit plan advances.

California has $80 billion of highway needs through 2025 with only $20 billion of available transportation funding.

The tax-exempt financing committee of the American Bar Association's taxation section is working on a paper that will identify for tax regulators modifications to tax rules that could facilitate public-private partnerships.

Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's both downgraded the California Institute of May 11 ahead of a $400 million taxable bond deal it plans to price on May 14.

The California State Water Resources Control Board's new water conservation mandate will reduce revenues available to pay bondholders, Fitch Ratings said.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing general obligation refunding bonds issued in 2006 by the Clark County School District in Nevada.