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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A provision banning the use of federal stimulus money to subsidize tax cuts has stalled business incentive programs, California business lobbyists say.
March 26 -
Lawmakers approved a Golden State Stimulus that provides relief to businesses and $600 checks to low-income residents on the strength of an earlier-reported surplus.
March 23 -
The American Rescue Plan provides $1.6 billion in transit dollars to a region stretching from Los Angeles to Anaheim.
March 19 -
The three mining tax proposals would require a constitutional amendment because the current tax cap is baked into the constitution.
March 18 -
The twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles reported a 50% increase in imports in February on a year-over-year basis.
March 16 -
The governor spotlighted his five-year infrastructure spending plan during the speech held amid the threat of a recall.
March 11 -
The broker-dealer found a way to give clients a virtual pat on the back while donating money to hunger relief efforts.
March 5 -
Lawmakers received word of the improved forecast just before the release in early March of the first-draft proposal for the state’s two-year budget.
February 26 -
California treasurer Fiona Ma named Nancee Robles to head the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and California Debt Limit Allocation Committee.
February 23 -
Disneyland amusement park in Anaheim has been closed since March as California struggled to reduce its COVID-19 numbers.
February 22