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Moody's Investors Service has downgraded San Francisco Community College on the possibility that it will lose its accreditation.

A trial date has been set for two lawsuits challenging rates set by the Metropolitan Water District, a Southern California water wholesaler.

The financing structure of Orange County Transportation Authority's $124 million refunding planned for Tuesday represents an evolution in financing for managed lane projects.

California's 2014 budget is a credit positive for the state's school districts, although some stand to benefit more than others, Moody's Investors Service said in a report.

The Orange County Water District board will study purchasing up to 50 million gallons of drinking water Thursday through the Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Project.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal for money market funds to use floating net asset values could cost state and local governments millions dollars and force them to abandon MMF investments, market participants and a new study asserted Thursday.

Despite improved liquidity positions among California schools, cash flow borrowing is expected to remain at elevated levels during the next year, according to Standard & Poor's.

California's plans for a $68 billion high-speed rail system attracted Katherine Perez-Estolano, one of the state's most well-known transportation planners, to its board despite a series of issues faced by the project.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is urging reporters and members of the public to go to its EMMA online website for information on Detroit's bonds and the municipal securities market in general.

A watchdog group asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to launch an ethics investigation into a potential conflict of interest involving the David Valadao, R-Calif. on legislation aimed at killing California's high-speed rail project.