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Public Agencies Face 2026 Cutoff for Wind & Solar Tax Credits Under OBBBA
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted July 4, 2025, combined with the IRS’s Notice 2025-42, issued August 15, 2025, has...
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CalPERS Summer Update: What’s Changing and What Public Agencies Should Be Thinking About Now
As CalPERS prepares to release a new round of actuarial reports and finalizes its latest Experience Study, public agencies across...
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What Public Agencies Need to Know About Clean Energy Tax Credits After OBBBA
This article is a follow-up to our June briefing on the House version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which outlined proposed...
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Congress Eyes Major Rollback of Clean Energy Tax Credits
By Cameron Weist, The Weist Law Firm June 3, 2025 On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, formally titled the...
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Regaining Control: Why Every Public Agency Should Consider an IRS Section115 Trust
Understanding the Value of a 115 Trust Public agencies across California face mounting challenges: escalating pension and retiree health...
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Impact of Executive Order "Unleashing American Energy" on Local Government Agencies and Schools
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued the executive order titled "Unleashing American Energy", which mandates a pause on the...
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Why do public agencies allow their pension plans to go chronically underfunded?
What are the Underfunding Implications for Public Agencies The California Public Employees' Retirement System ("CalPERS"), renowned as...
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CalPERS' Recent 5.8% Investment Return Spells More Unfunded Liabilities for Public Agencies
Escalating Unfunded Liabilities Pose Challenges for Public Agencies The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the...
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CA State Treasurer Admits Weist Law to State Bond Counsel Pool
Weist Law is admitted as an approved law firm to the California State Treasurer's Office Bond Counsel pool. Participation in the pool is...
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Why Every Agency Needs a Long-Term Financial Plan
As we are in a period of economic downtown after Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, interest rate hikes, stubborn inflation and nationwide...
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Bank Crisis Fails to Rock the Muni World
Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, First Republic, are just some of the banks in recent headlines. The large number of troubled banks...
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Two Powerful Cash Management Optimization Tools
Public agencies must ensure its community's needs are being met by efficiently utilizing capital while keeping the community's best...
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CalPERS Investment Returns Deal Another Blow to Government Agencies
With Another Historically Poor Investment Year for CalPERS what can Agencies do Now California Public Employees' Retirement System...
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Stepping Out of the Market Could Mean Missed Opportunities
Tax-exempt bond financing provides government agencies with the advantage of incurring debt at substantially lower (by about one-third)...
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California Municipal Public Finance Authority appoints Weist Law as Legal Counsel
California, United States – The California Municipal Public Finance Authority (CalMuni PFA) recently announced that it has appointed The...
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