California

Neither Toni Atkins, the Democratic Senate president pro tem, nor Brian Jones, leader of the Republican minority, want to tap the state's reserve funds.

A California treasurer's conduit approved a $135 million bond-funded grant for Loma Linda University Children's Hospital.

A demand survey conducted by CDLAC in November foreshadowed $11 billion in requests from applicants for the state's private activity bonds.

Toks Omishakin's second year as State Transportation Agency secretary is off to a challenging start between massive rainfalls and proposed budget cuts.

Moody's downgraded St. Mary's College of California to Baa3 with a negative outlook, affecting $53 million in debt issued through the California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal reverses plans laid out in last year's budget to redeem some bonds and use cash rather than bonds for some projects.

Underwriting specialist Alice Livingston joined Stern Brothers this month.

Prager filed with for dissolution with FINRA last month and Dallas, Texas-based HilltopSecurities stepped in to snap up the bankers in a move that will bolster its East and West Coast muni presence.

The county supervisors follow a similar declaration from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to speed up efforts to deal with the homelessness crisis.

Christopher Thornberg, founder of Beacon Economics and Marc Joffe, a senior policy analyst at Cato Institute, drill down into the economic health of the San Francisco Bay Area amid widely-reported tech industry layoffs.

Most recently a California deputy treasurer, Schaefer was a trader, a banker and advisor with a deep legacy as a municipal bond market expert and mentor.

Boyea brings more than three decades of public finance experience to the minority- and women-owned heavyweight firm's new office in California's state capital.

The administration gave priority to large bridge projects that are ready to proceed with construction.

Galperin has been a journalist, a lawyer, and a city controller. He plans to take his time before deciding what comes next.

Jenine Windeshausen specialized in creating innovative bond transactions during three decades with Placer County.

Nikolai Sklaroff replaces San Diego's Lakshmi Kommi on the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

As rising interest rates take pension obligation bonds off the table, city finance managers are looking to other methods to manage unfunded pension obligations.

The California Department of Finance aids the governor in drafting the preliminary budget that is released in January.

Agency says it's the highest general obligation bond rating it has received in 47 years.

Bass signed the declaration Monday as her first act as mayor.