ReSeed California - Collaborating to Support the Work of the Environmental Sector

Collaborating to Support the Work of the Environmental Sector

California's 2008 bond freeze heavily impacted environmental organizations on the front lines- we're about crafting new solutions.

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David W. Simpson commented on John McCaull's blog post 'Investors Balk at Low Yields in California Bond Sales'

Jen, There was a bond sale in the first week of October. $1.3 billion of GI tax-exepmt bonds were sold though not as qui0ckly as they might ideally have been. Revenue Anticipation Notes, as I understand them, are common borrowing tools for the Sta...

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Gretchen E Hayes is now a member of ReSeed California

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October 29

David Murray is now a member of ReSeed California

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October 26

Jen Jenkins commented on John McCaull's blog post 'Investors Balk at Low Yields in California Bond Sales'

Wasn't there another Bond sale of $4.55 billion in early October earlier, also? I don't know if these will assist in any bond funded projects, but there was also a sale of Revenue Anticipation Notes sold a few weeks ago... http://www.sacbee.com/...

October 23

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Investors Balk at Low Yields in California Bond Sales

October 23

Doug Johnson commented on David W. Simpson's blog post 'ACCW Mission Statement and a Breif History'

Hi David, This is a really good idea. Many of the 1,000+ members of our organization (California Invasive Plant Council, www.cal-ipc.org) are restoration workers who would find such representation valuable. Please keep us posted. Doug

October 21

Don Allan commented on John McCaull's blog post 'Treasurer Lockyer Pulls No Punches: Warns of Pending Crisis for State's Bond Program in 2009 Debt Affordability Report'

Yes - thanks John - we would all like to avoid a repeat of last year - we still haven't recovered and just as things are starting to un-freeze it looks like we could take a step or two backward. I'll stay tuned and try to join in the conference ca...

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Organizing Action: Calls Aren't really being organized right now! People have been pulled in a lot of directions, so stay tuned. If we need the tool and network activation, we have it available. The call info is: 218.339.4600 Code 815699 #

New Information Resources Available The Planning and Conservation League Foundation has a produced a new Bond Freeze Resources Page and the new Weekly Bond Freeze Update (sure to be a classic) for those affected by California's suspension of over $2 billion in environmental and natural resource projects.

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Investors Balk at Low Yields in California Bond Sales

Investors Balk at Low Yields in California Bond Sales Los Angeles Times, 10/07/09

Somehow I missed this from two weeks ago...There are several upcoming bond sales scheduled for 2009
Economic Recovery Bonds $3 billion October 29, 2009
General Obligation Bonds TBD November 4, 2009

The full calendar of upcoming sales can be found on the State Treasurer's… Continue

Posted by John McCaull on October 23, 2009 at 11:09am — 2 Comments

Treasurer Lockyer Pulls No Punches: Warns of Pending Crisis for State's Bond Program in 2009 Debt Affordability Report

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer recently released the 2009 Debt Affordability Report, and had this to say about the bond freeze:

"To conserve cash for education, debt service and other priority payments, the State on December 17, 2008 halted interim financing for more than 5,000 infrastructure projects. The freeze delayed or stopped work on schools, roads, housing, parks and other projects across Californ… Continue

Posted by John McCaull on October 21, 2009 at 11:23am — 2 Comments