California

As the nation’s most populous state with the largest economy, California could set the upper level benchmark for other large states such as Florida and New York that have not yet announced a sales tax remittance threshold.

The health organization will issue bonds that will fund a new headquarters in Roseville, California.

Escalating costs and project delays by the bond-funded high-speed train project are a concern for federal lawmakers.

Federal disaster relief mitigates the credit impact of fires and other catastrophes, rating agencies say.

Only a few of the 45 states that levy sales taxes have announced plans to begin implementation before the end of this year.

City officials said splitting housing and infrastructure requests into two measures will improve chances of passage.

The state treasurer released a multifaceted green bond proposal at Milken's California Policy Summit.

Regional shifts in population portend credit challenges for U.S. states, Fitch Ratings analysts say.

The Silicon Valley city was planning to place a November ballot measure to raise money for transportation projects

The project is part of efforts to bring employment, housing and public spaces to blighted corridor of Los Angeles.

Though fires wreak havoc causing property damage and loss of life, the hit to local economies — and their bonds — tends to be ameliorated by state and federal funding.

The Bay Area city hopes to capitalize on housing demand in the Bay Area

The bond will help with housing recovery in the city that lost 4,600 homes to a wildfire.

Driverless cars raise questions about how California and its cities should solve transportation infrastructure problems.

Eight state projects to expand reservoirs and build new dams will receive state bond funding.

Federal securities regulators have dismissed the most serious claim against the city’s airport authority and removed a top official from litigation altogether as part of a settlement reached in the long-running legal battle over a controversial tax increment bond offering in 2008.

The California Academy of Sciences refinanced debt used to build its facility.

Rudy Salo, a Nixon Peabody partner, discusses whether driverless cars will be a disruptive force in mass transit planning. Keeley Webster hosts.

The Central Basin Municipal Water District was downgraded three notches to Baa1 by Moody's, which assigns a negative outlook.

Moody's changed the outlook on its Aa3 rating to positive from stable.