Far West

LOS ANGELES - Anaheim joined the ranks of several Southern California cities with turnover in top management positions following the forced resignation last week of city manager Tom Wood.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has floated a plan to issue $750 million of bonds backed by the city's share of money from a countywide transportation sales tax to repair a quarter of the city's streets in two years.

SAN FRANCISCO - Holders of more than $22 billion of bonds tied to California redevelopment agencies may be impaired if the RDAs are stamped out, according to a second lawsuit filed in a legal battle over this year's legislation targeting the agencies.

NSB Public Finance, a Nevada public financial advisory firm, officially changed its name to Zions Bank Public Finance on Tuesday.

A parcel tax that will help the struggling Doctors Medical Center stay afloat passed with nearly three-fourths of the vote on Tuesday.

Plans to sell $294.6 million in lease revenue bonds for the University of California via negotiation next week received a AA rating and stable outlook from Fitch Ratings on Nov. 9.

Fitch Ratings assigned an A-plus rating Monday to a $147.9 million refunding planned by Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Voters in Oakland on Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated a ballot measure that would have raised $60 million in parcel taxes.

LOS ANGELES - California's local governments often complain about the state balancing its budget at their expense, but the Orange County Board of Supervisors decided to do something about it.

SAN FRANCISCO - Voter-approved pension reform measures in San Francisco and Modesto could signal a sea change in efforts by California cities to contain rising unfunded liabilities, according to Fitch Ratings.