California

The $1 trillion spending bill could boost GDP by 0.2% by 2031.

Profits were up in New York City's securities industry, according to the state comptroller's annual report, even as job losses accelerated.

Lawmakers asked Treasurer Fiona Ma to work with the state's housing agencies to craft a first-time homebuyers' program unique to California's housing crisis.

A California Public Finance conference panel asked what the municipal bond industry can do better for women and minorities.

The knock-on effects of COVID-19 are omnipresent, issuers said at the Bond Buyer's virtual California Public Finance Conference. For some government officials, certain changes to how business gets done have been positive.

Public finance bankers predicted that 2022 could be another strong one for muni bond issuance at the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance conference.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will share some State Water Project supplies with smaller water agencies in Southern California.

The free, on-demand online program was created through the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

The bill would have required cities, counties and the California Highway Patrol to post the amounts paid, broken down by individual settlement and judgment.

The unpredictable nature of wildfires increases long-term risks in western states where they are the new normal, S&P ratings analysts wrote.