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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Bass signed the declaration Monday as her first act as mayor.
December 13 -
The downgrade of Kaweah Delta Health Care District's revenue bonds to Ba1 affected $218 million of debt.
December 9 -
If a recession comes in third quarter, the forecast's economists said it will be mild and brief for both the nation and California.
December 8 -
City officials discovered last week that an explanatory sentence required by state statute was left off the ballot. No bonds can be issued until the matter is rectified.
December 5 -
New Jersey has overtaken Los Angeles as the busiest port in the U.S. The port attributed the decline to labor negotiations and retailers placing holiday orders this summer to avoid the potential for supply chain issues.
November 18 -
Conine edged out Trump-supported Michelle Fiore for the treasurer's seat.
November 14 -
Akshai Patel, 39, an accidental banker, moved to RBC after founding a Phoenix, Arizona, charter school.
November 14 -
Improvements to the signature-gathering initiative process topped voters wish list for changes, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
November 14 -
The rating agency zeroed in on a handful of measures in a state where voters considered billions in bond measures.
November 10 -
The San Benito Health Care District board declared a fiscal emergency, a first step to declaring Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy under California law.
November 9