Bill Lockyer

Muni bond prices fall and yields jump on worries the Build America Bond program won't be extended...

California isn't broken, wrote Bill Lockyer, California state treasurer, and Stephen Levy, director of the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, in a Dec. 20 Op-Ed. Yes it is, argued several readers over the past week. In their......

California is postponing its usual spring sale of general obligation bonds as part of Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to attack the state’s massive budget deficit. Treasurer Bill Lockyer’s office said the decision to forgo bond sales until later in 2011.......

Los Angeles’ redevelopment agency board hastily voted Friday to commit $930 million to carry out redevelopment projects for years to come. The move came days after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed abolishing municipal redevelopment agencies as part of his...

The plunge in tax-free municipal bond prices over the last three months has been unnerving for veteran and novice muni investors alike. Last week, the market stabilized as buyers got more aggressive, lured by tax-free yields at two-year highs on......

Our contributing cartoonist Ted Rall recently launched a new animated series, "Disposable," that chronicles the downward mobility of the average American. Here are the first two episodes. Watch 'em and weep. RELATED: Barbara Ehrenreich: Why aren't the...

Ted Rall / For the Times RELATED: California state Treasurer Bill Lockyer's scary budget forecast Facing the budget music Humanizing California's budget Taxing semantics Memo to Gov. Brown from cartoonist Ted Rall: Here's how to balance the California...

The seating arrangement on the dais in the City Council chambers may have changed but the faces haven't. Incumbents Toni Iseman, Kelly Boyd and Elizabeth Pearson were re-installed Tuesday, winners of the 2010 City Council election, bucking a national...

After a record-long impasse, California legislators are set to vote this week on a no-new-taxes budget that relies on a combination of spending cuts and optimistic financial projections to close a $19 billion deficit. Details of the agreement between...

The announcement by state officials that California has enough cash to stop paying bills with IOUs did little to take the sting out of other budget news Thursday: Tens of thousands of poor children are about to lose their healthcare coverage. A state...

A contractor who provided 1,200 embroidered polo shirts and uniforms to a state-run youth camp and got paid with an IOU is suing the state of California. Nancy Baird sued state Controller John Chiang (chung) and state Treasurer Bill Lockyer in U.S....

He's held the title of California Secretary of State, twice as Governor for the golden state, and his current job is Attorney General. Rumors have been rumbling whether or not Jerry Brown will run for Governor in 2010. Brown visited the San Diego...