California

San Francisco voters will be asked to approve a $350 million bond to repair its fragile seawall, which experts believe needs a multi-billion dollar investment.

Jessica Soltz Rudd will replace public finance veteran John Tillapaugh as business development manager in Fitch Ratings’ Western Region.

A second state appeals court decision in California that rejects a rigid interpretation of the so-called “California Rule” of vested rights has boosted the hopes of those who want to change public pension formulas in the Golden State.

Bud Ovrom, who has held a number of top level Los Angeles city politics positions, is retiring as head of the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System’s decision to reduce its assumed rate of investment return to 7.0% from 7.5% is good for the credit of the state and its local governments, Moody’s Investors Service said Thursday.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has secured $1.5 billion in federal grants and loans needed to accelerate a subway line.

A coalition of state, local, and infrastructure groups is pushing the California Legislature to act on transportation funding soon in 2017 after failing to reach a last-minute deal in 2016.

The release of a lengthy collection of environmental documents sets the stage for the California WaterFix Delta tunnel project to move forward and for its opponents to continue fighting it in both courtrooms and the court of public opinion.

A coalition that opposes California high-speed rail has filed two lawsuits to try to halt the project just as the rail authority planned to seek approval to issue bonds.

California Gov. Jerry Brown appointed two of his closest advisors on environmental issues to the California Public Utilities Commission.