California

JPMorgan Chase agreed to mentor San Diego-based broker dealer Academy Securities, a certified disabled veteran business enterprise with a municipal bond market presence.

The San Diego City Council approved a financial plan for its convention center expansion that involves issuing $549.5 million in bonds.

California Treasurer Bill Lockyer gauges the state is going to see a more than triple increase in new money general obligation bond sales this fiscal year compared to last.

California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill known as Redevelopment 2.0 and other redevelopment-related measures in the final hours before his Sunday night deadline to act on legislation from the 2012 session.

The troubled city of Hercules, Calif., is facing a ticking debt-service clock as it banks on selling its utility in order to redeem bonds.

If approved by San Diego County Water Authority's board, a $3 billion water purchase agreement with Stamford-based Poseidon Resources released Thursday could bring to realization Poseidon's 10-year effort to build a seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad.

California school districts and local governments have placed local bond measures totaling $14.7 billion on the ballot hoping for the enhanced success rate typical of presidential elections.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power electric rate hikes that will support more than $2 billion in revenue bonds passed a first vote of the Los Angeles City Council.

Law firm Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has added attorney Mary Kimura to its public finance practice in San Francisco.

The Los Angeles City Council appears likely to approve on Friday the environmental report and development agreement for a proposed $1.2 billion professional football stadium in downtown L.A. despite recent reports that AEG, the developer, is on the auction block.

The San Francisco Community College District is struggling to remain solvent and accredited, but holders of its $370 million of debt are well insulated.

Los Angeles World Airport Officials plan to explore private placement in selling $1 billion in bonds over the next 18 months.

Retail investors gobbled up nearly two-thirds of California's $1.55 billion general obligation bond sale.

Devastated by the recession, recovering Riverside County, Calif. to issue $145 million in Teeter notes.

The recent controversy over the way some California school districts use capital appreciation bonds may reflect the law of unintended consequences.

Atwater, Calif., a city of more than 28,000 in Merced County in California's Central Valley, is considering declaring a fiscal emergency that would allow it to file for bankruptcy

Los Angeles City Council plans on Tuesday to discuss a pension reform plan that impacts future employees and could save up to $70 million.

Lisa Telles has been named acting chief executive officer of the Transportation Corridor Agencies, Orange County, Calif.'s 67-mile toll road system.

California has somehow managed to outpace the country in job creation numbers even as the state posts a 10.7% unemployment rate, according to the newest UCLA Anderson Forecast.

California general fund revenues in August came in $138 million above forecasts in the adopted state budget.