California

The school district, which has about 50,000 students, faces a $30 million deficit in fiscal 2020.

Fitch downgraded many of the district’s bonds to BBB-plus, but those it views as having pledged special revenues stay AAA.

California has issued $3.3 billion of general obligation bonds for the high-speed rail project out of $9.9 billion authorized by voters.

Governance and economics, rather than cutting benefits, are increasingly seen as key to solving pension funding woes.

Angelica Valencia is considered integral to the firm's California and Puerto Rico practices.

Moody's Investors Service placed about $1 billion of debt issued for California's former redevelopment agencies on review for upgrade.

Local officials are urging lawmakers to pass a major infrastructure plan after years of disappointment.

The Sacramento City Unified School District is on track to have a negative cash balance in November.

The merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health creates a Chicago-based nonprofit healthcare system with $10 billion in debt and operations in 21 states.

Attention in the municipal bond market turns westward as some of the week's biggest deals will be coming from Hawaii, Washington state and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buyers will see the biggest issuance week of the year as $7.2 billion of deals will hit the screens.

The San Diego-area system is issuing municipal debt to fund its acquisition of for-profit Northcentral University.

The Chapter 11 filing creates uncertainty for the state and localities where the utility operates.

Moody's dropped to Caa3 a pool of pension obligation bonds likely to be dragged down by wildfire damage to Paradise, California.

The county school superintendent appointed a fiscal advisory team to help Los Angeles Unified close a structural deficit.

KPC Group has agreed to be a stalking horse bidder for Verity Health System's remaining four hospitals.

California’s largest utility owner faces $30 billion in potential wildfire liabilities, and its bankruptcy plan has reverberated across the power industry.

Rating agencies don't expect major impacts to state and local governments from the troubled California utility's pending bankruptcy.

New York will require out-of-state retailers with annual sales of more than $300,000 or 100 transactions in the state to collect and remit sales tax.

Petek has covered California's state government as a public finance rating analyst for S&P Global Ratings.

California's Governor and San Diego's mayor launch separate efforts to combat housing crisis