California

The soccer league's drive for expansion pushed cities and owners to develop new stadiums to sweeten their bids.

The continued low interest rate environment is compelling more cities to explore issuing the bonds.

Fiona Ma was a keynote speaker at the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference in San Francisco.

Muni vet Dana Villanova has joined Kestrel Verifiers as director of business development.

Montebello Unified School District allegedly defrauded investors in the sale of $100 million in general obligation bonds.

The charter boarding school is designed to lift homeless youth and foster children in largely Latino and African-American neighborhoods in South Los Angeles.

The private activity bonds would be used to help finance the planned Virgin Trains USA line to Victorville, Calif., from Las Vegas.

The city approved a joint powers agreement with four other cities to purchase electricity to be delivered over San Diego Gas & Electric lines.

Janet Napolitano said her resignation would be effective in August 2020.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would set up a commission to study if the state should require the machine-readable accounting program.