California

The California Senate approved a bill would bar local law enforcement officers from being “deputized” to do the work of federal immigration officers.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer's proposed hotel bed tax would fund convention center expansion, homeless services and street repairs.

California's state controller wants to strip the state's elected tax board of its most important functions.

Clark County, Nev. and Oakland face manageable credit risk from the National Football League’s Raiders proposed move to Nevada.

While some states celebrated President Trump's reversal of the Clean Power Plan and others filed lawsuits, public utilities are expected to continue moves away from coal.

A Cathedral City, Calif., master-planned community has drawn on reserves twice in the past six months for bonds issued to build the project's infrastructure.

California leaders have announced their agreement on a five-year $52.4 billion transportation infrastructure investment package that would raise roughly $5 billion in new annual revenue for state and local governments.

Moody’s Investors Service assigned Industry, Calif.’s bonds a negative outlook ahead of a scheduled bond sale.

San Francisco's financial position has improved since the publication of its five-year plan in December, though pension funding issues lurk in the background.

A courtroom hearing next month will determine whether California can issue a portion of nearly $10 billion of voter-approved bonds for its high-speed rail program.

San Jose, Calif. is prepared to issue $640.7 million of airport revenue refunding bonds in a deal city officials expect to generate savings “well in excess” of their policy goals.

California Democrats are a step closer to putting a $3.1 billion bond measure on the ballot in 2018 after passing a bill through the state Assembly without Republican support.

California’s “sanctuary city” fight with the Trump administration is not likely to have huge financial implications for its cities, according to recent analysis.

California Treasurer John Chiang has opened an independent ballot measure committee for the 2018 statewide election for an affordable housing bond.

California’s $2.79 billion March 7 general obligation bond sale was a marketplace success for the state, officials said, thought it didn’t price as strongly as the state’s big GO sale last year.

California revenues for February missed projections in the governor’s budget by 10.6%.

The UCLA Anderson Forecast could revise its forecast for California downward if immigration and trade policies floated by U.S. President Donald Trump, become a reality.

California lawmakers are working quickly to get a comprehensive transportation funding bill ready to go within a month.

Issuers in California and Texas accounted for more than one-third of S&P Global’s public finance ratings upgrades last year.

The Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco is expected to run an operating deficit after it opens later this year that may be borne at least in part by taxpayers.