Far West

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has barred ex-Wachovia Securities LLC broker Guy P. Riordan from associating with any broker or dealer, and ordered him to pay a $500,000 penalty and to disgorge almost $938,354 in ill-gotten gains and interest for securities fraud violations stemming from a pay-to-play scheme involving the former treasurer of New Mexico.

SAN FRANCISCO — Oakland Mayor Ronald Dellums and civic boosters publicly unveiled three stadium sites they’ve been pitching to Major League Baseball in an attempt to keep the Oakland Athletics in California’s eighth-largest city.

SAN FRANCISCO — Moody’s Investors Service issued a three-notch downgrade to the credit enhancement programs of both the California Public Employees Retirement System and California State Teachers Retirement System.

WASHINGTON — The House is poised to approve a massive financial regulatory reform bill today, after considering a series of amendments late into last night.

SAN FRANCISCO — A special ­election Tuesday may hasten the end of Valley Health System’s two-year-old Chapter 9 bankruptcy case and lead to the ­redemption of the Southern California public hospital district’s outstanding tax-exempt bonds.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats plan to introduce and vote next week on a jobs bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday as the chamber voted 221 to 202 to approve a nearly half-trillion dollar appropriations bill with funding for high-speed rail.

WASHINGTON — The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board yesterday announced 11 market participants that have joined its issuer and investor advisory groups for two-year terms that end Sept. 30, 2011.

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Diego City Council closed a projected $179 million budget deficit with layoffs of city employees and other measures.

WASHINGTON — Congress is expected as early as this week to take up a $446.8 billion appropriations act for fiscal 2010 that would provide more high-speed rail funds than the Obama administration had requested, along with highway and other transportation infrastructure funds and bond-related community development block grants.

SAN FRANCISCO — California education officials are planning to seek legislation to address legal concerns over the way the state divvied up its allocation for the qualified school construction bond program.