California

City officials are weighing whether there is enough voter support to pass a general obligation bond referendum in November.

Four Twenty Seven developed climate change software to help bond investors assess future credit risk.

NFMA has given awards every year since 1984 to recognize those who have contributed to its goals for the advancement of the municipal bond industry.

The largest operator renewed its lease with the San Francisco Bay Area port.

MCE, California's first community choice aggregator, is rated Baa2 with a stable outlook by Moody's.

The District of Columbia was praised for tackling the funding needs for maintaining its critical infrastructure by a rating agency concerned about deferral of such maintenance by states and local governments.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are the first states to have created charitable funds that taxpayers can contribute to in order to claim a charitable deduction in lieu of paying state and local taxes.

The new investor relations website launched Thursday.

Veteran banker Michael Placencia will lead the firm's transportation and infrastructure efforts.

The IRS notice warns that federal law, not state law, controls how payments for federal income tax purposes are characterized.

The investment bank attributed the exit of 15 from the public finance team to market conditions and a strategic review.

The Walton Family Foundation provided seed funds to create two “innovative” financing vehicles for charter school facilities.

Regional Measure 3 on the June 5 ballot in the Bay Area's nine counties would raise tolls on the Bay Area's seven state-owned bridges by $3 over the next seven years.

Bell, a public finance investment banker, founded the Charles A. Bell Securities Corp.

Cities coping with phenomena like climate change and cybersecurity are empowering themselves through data mining and other smart technologies.

Vallejo school district Superintendent Adam Clark says he is "disappointed" by the school board's decision Wednesday night not to place a $194 million bond on the November ballot to address the district's crumbling facilities.

A city job training proposal will no longer use bond proceeds due to concerns about legality.

Public transit agencies have a $90 billion backlog of maintenance, repair and modernization projects.

The California city's supporters portray a lasting turnaround, but growing pension liabilities could bring trouble.

Water agencies formed a joint powers authority to oversee construction on the $16.3 billion WaterFix project.