California

San Bernardino, Calif. City Manager Mark Scott believes the city’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy workout, combined with voter approval of a new city charter, poises the city for a comeback.

The Los Angeles Department of Power plans to price $500 million in power revenue bonds next month as the first installment in $4.5 billion in bond sales planned over a five-year period.

Three Magnolia Public School charter schools received a new lease on life from a county board after the Los Angeles Unified School District didn't renew their charters.

The Supreme Court of California has a case before it with the potential to alter the political and legal conversations about pensions in the Golden State and beyond.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board has voted to reduce the pension fund’s current 7.5% expected annual rate of return on investments to 7% over the next three years.

California Treasurer John Chiang has formed a cannabis banking group to help marijuana growers gain access to banking.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has issued $259 million of taxable water revenue bonds, certified as green bonds through the Climate Bond Initiative.

The board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System could decide as soon as Dec. 20 on the best method of reducing its rate-of-return expectations

The California High-Speed Rail Authority board approved two funding plans that will clear the way for it to sell $4.7 billion in bonds.

Jason Kissane, a managing director at Assured Guaranty, won the California Society of Municipal Analysts’ 6th Amy S. Doppelt Award for Meritorious Service.