California

The challenge this year will be biggest in the three states that were found by the Council of Development Finance Agencies to be closest to using their 2018 limits — California, New York and Massachusetts.

Residents in Riverside filed a lawsuit seeking to end the city’s practice of transferring water utility revenue.

Jay Goldstone was considered instrumental in San Diego’s re-entry to the bond markets following the city’s pensions scandal in the mid-aughts.

In response to the SEC's complaint, the former chief business officer of a California school district said he acted in good faith.

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission officials say more green bond investors bought into its most recent deal, which carries third-party certification.

Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Lisa Bartlett will be the first Orange County leader of the California State Association of Counties in 70 years.

Moody's downgraded the 417-bed Claremont Properties project to Caa2.

The general obligation bonds are secured by property tax assessments that don't flow through a school district budget that is threatened with insolvency.

The agreement with wildfire victims will enable the bankrupt investor-owned utility to hit a deadline to participate in wildfire claim fund, its says.

The Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency's $892 million deal is expected to yield $100 million in present value savings.

The state should allocate $4 billion, the majority of its 2020 private activity bond allocation, to affordable housing, said the California Housing Consortium.

Most Fullerton voters in March will cast a ballot on three school bond measures: two for local districts and one for schools statewide.

California lawmakers warned by LAO against spending a large anticipated surplus.

L.A. Controller wants nation's largest utility to increase wildfire prevention inspections and boost use of technology.

The deal, issued through the California Housing Finance Agency, is the first multifamily tax-exempt deal to qualify for the GSE's Green Rewards program.

AmeriVet Securities has hired Francis McKenna to be its executive director of public finance.

Moody's Investors Service raised the outlook to positive from stable on Palomar Health's junk-rated revenue bonds and investment grade general obligation debt.

Sandy Kerl has been acting general manager since Maureen Stapleton retired in March from the top slot.

Next week's $500 million taxable revenue bond deal is backed by a 1% surcharge on annual incomes higher than $1 million.

The risk of a state takeover of the bankrupt utility, which Gov. Gavin Newsom has suggested, is not incorporated into California's rating, S&P said.