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A 25-year-old San Diego utility customers advocacy group is disbanding in the wake of a federal grand jury investigation into its business practices and leadership.
March 1 - California
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a diluted version of a bill that would have forced the city to stop doing business with banks that had poor lending records in the city.
March 1 - California
Sacramento, Calif., leaders and the owners of the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings announced a tentative deal Monday to build a new arena in the city.
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Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service further downgraded Stockton, Calif., bonds this week after its City Council voted to delay bond payments and enter negotiations with creditors to try to avoid bankruptcy.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Stockton, Calif., City Council voted Tuesday night to default on payments tied to $330 million of bonds and begin negotiations to try to avoid Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
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LOS ANGELES — Officials at Downey Regional Medical Center are probably wondering if five will be their lucky number after the bankrupt Southern California hospital announced the fifth postponement of a planned bond buyback Monday in a disclosure filing.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and House Transportation Committee chairman John Mica traded jabs over the funding of California's high-speed rail project Wednesday, the latest public display of the rift between House Republicans and the Obama administration over the future of American transportation.
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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County district attorney's office spokeswoman confirmed that prosecutors launched an inquiry in November into an ethics complaint made by a private citizen against county assessor John Noguez.
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Stockton, Calif.'s announcement that it may cease general fund payments toward debt service on hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds, and take initial steps towards bankruptcy, is still shaking out in the market.
February 27
- Washington
WASHINGTON — House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., urged Congress on Monday to "go big" on deficit reduction before the November election and said he believes there is "broad consensus" for a comprehensive plan similar to those proposd by the Bowles-Simpson and Domenici-Rivlin commissions.
February 27
