California

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Chair Gary Hall said the MSRB will examine governance rules such as the time period between when individuals leave their industry jobs and when they are allowed to become public board members.

GFOA members also will elect five new members-at-large.

The positive side is the bipartisan legislation for reinstatement introduced by 10 House lawmakers last week has a high possibility of being included in any infrastructure legislation that passes that chamber.

Long-term leases with container shipping tenants protect ports in the short to medium term should trade decline.

Kroll boosts San Diego rating to triple-A in wake of Puerto Rico court's special revenues decision.

California's April revenues came in $4 billion higher than anticipated.

Lawmakers have to wait another week for the governor's five-year infrastructure plan.

Legislation to put bond measures and the 2020 and 2022 ballots has cleared two Assembly committees.

The port's initiative is a credit-positive approach to the risk of online attacks, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Fiona Ma has been pushing the state's bond team to explore refundings and to sell new money bonds while rates remain low.

Trump's acting chief of staff said details may bedevil an infrastructure deal even if Democrats and Republicans agree on its size.

The fate of higher education was on the agenda at the Milken's Institute's Global Conference.

Utilities serving 40 million people and 5 million acres of irrigated farm land agreed to a federal plan to keep water flowing amid a two-decade drought.

The layout of Los Angeles means the concept wouldn't work as proposed in Manhattan, Eric Garcetti said in New York.

Eric Garcetti unveiled his fiscal 2020 budget proposal for Los Angeles.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency lifted Los Angeles one notch to AA-plus.

Los Angeles received a one-notch upgrade to AA from Fitch Ratings following several years of revenues outpacing expenditure growth.

Four California and Chicago school districts are among issuers to earn negative outlooks in Fitch revisions after a ruling in Puerto Rico's bankruptcy.

The number of states aiding school districts with pension costs is expected to grow as pension burdens escalate.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated when the California Transportation Commission voted, despite a host of warnings, to pay a contractor more than $1 billion to build two tunnels and a stretch of road outside San Francisco nine years ago.