Keeley Webster has covered the Bond Buyer's nine-state West Coast region for more than a decade. Prior to The Bond Buyer, she wrote about commercial real estate for the award-winning California Real Estate Journal until the paper folded. She moved into business reporting in 2000, but has covered politics, cops, courts, education and environmental issues for newspapers in seven different states. She has won several awards for her work, including an Associated Press award for in-depth reporting.
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Hawaii and West Coast states are taking aim at helping the homeless in this year's budgets.
July 6 -
Deputy General Manager Dan Denham was named acting general manager until the board of directors finds a permanent replacement.
June 30 -
San Diego city leaders are in the early days of assembling a P3 that could transform six city blocks with fresh space for city workers and affordable housing.
June 29 -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers struck a budget agreement just days before the start of the fiscal year.
June 27 -
Moody's boosted CalHFA's rating to Aa2, following a similar move by S&P in December.
June 23 -
Palomar Health had its outlook revised to negative by Moody's, affecting $672.5 million in outstanding debt.
June 21 -
Muni Pride has been rebranded from California Muni Pride to reflect its developing national focus.
June 6 -
California senators approved a school bond measure that supporters say could help reduce the state's $117 billion in school construction needs.
May 25 -
Municipal Market Analytics questioned Moody's swift revision of California's outlook to negative after Gov. Newsom's May budget revisions posted.
May 24 -
Arizona, Nevada and California announced an agreement on Colorado River water use reductions, possibly averting a more stringent federal solution.
May 22