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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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The Delta/Water Package: A Breakdown of the Votes and A Summary of the Water Bond

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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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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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The Delta/Water Package: A Breakdown of the Votes and A Summary of the Water Bond

Greetings. I know this is a little off topic for us bond-freezers, but the recent passage of the bills that constituted the Delta/Water package is a very interesting case study in the shuffling of political coalitions that occured to make this whole historic event possible. See the attached (unofficial) vote tally on the different bills, and a summary I put together of SB X7 2 (Cogdill) which is the $11 billion water bond.

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Posted by John McCaull on November 13, 2009 at 8:30am

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

New Survey of Freeze Impacts/Responses Critical

Colleagues and Friends

We are writing to ask for your help in restarting and maintaining the flow of funding for conservation work that was halted by the December 2008 bond freeze. Corroborating the ongoing impacts of the freeze and bringing that information before decision-makers and the public is the best tool we have to get back to our work of protecting and improving the California environment.

To this end, we urge you to participate in this on-line survey on behalf of your organization or… Continue

Posted by David W. Simpson on September 22, 2009 at 4:00pm

Please Weigh In with the Governor on AB 1364 (Evans) Protecting Grantees From Future Freezes

Greetings everyone. Please see attached a letter from the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District in support of AB 1364 by Assemblywoman Noreen Evans (D, Santa Rosa). In the wake of the December 2008 bond freeze, the District and several other organizations (the California Council of Land Trusts, the Planning & Conservation League and the California… Continue

Posted by John McCaull on September 22, 2009 at 11:07am — 2 Comments