California

A clean energy bill is a credit negative for coal-dependent Southern California municipal utilities, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Standard & Poor's has affirmed its AA rating on San Mateo County Board of Education, Calif.'s certificates of participation and removed the rating from CreditWatch, where it had been placed on Sept. 16.

Environmental advocates called a San Diego regional planning agency’s $204 billion transportation plan a re-tread of its 2011 plan that favors highways over transit.

Sacramento County’s slow progress in building up its reserves could spell trouble for California’s most bond-indebted county.

Lewis Feldman, the founding chair of Goodwin Procter’s Los Angeles office, has left the national law firm to run a firm that advises and invests in crowdfunding platforms.

California plans to price $446 million in veterans’ general obligation bonds on Oct. 7 and 8 in a combined refunding/new money sale so it can offer more home loans to veterans.

Many public agencies in California do not have an internal control system to manage their bond funds, according to a draft report for a task force commissioned by State Treasurer John Chiang.

Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to negative from stable on Live Oak School District, Calif. general obligation bonds.

California achieved $104 million in present value savings on a $548.2 million lease revenue bond refunding for the State Public Works Board, according to Treasurer John Chiang.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the AA-minus rating on Bay Area Toll Authority, Calif.’s approximately $5.7 billion outstanding senior lien toll bridge revenue bonds.