Staying Connected with CSMFO in 2024
Welcome to the new year! During the December 19, 2023 board meeting, the CSMFO Board approved the 2024 board meeting schedule as follows: January 18, 2024 – virtual February [...]
Central Valley Chapter Round-up: Exploring Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Finance Professionals
by DeAnna Christensen, Central Valley Chapter Co-Chair On November 30, 2023, the Central Valley Chapter hosted a topic focused on recruitment and retention strategies [...]
WIFIA Program’s Project-Bundling Flexibilities Accelerate Water Infrastructure Projects in California
(Read Part 1) (Read Part 2) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program is a preferred source of supplemental financing for borrowers who want to advance their water infrastructure projects while saving money. But in addition to low interest rates and long loan terms, project bundling is one of the many appealing features of the program. Borrowers can indeed finance single, large, stand-alone projects — but they can also bundle related projects together into a single request. Project bundling allows borrowers to finance a program of work [...]
San Gabriel Valley Chapter Round-up
by Jennifer Becker, San Gabriel Valley Chapter Chair The San Gabriel Valley is full of beautiful and historic places, but no venue is more [...]
PRIMER: Opioid Settlement Funds, Use and Accounting
With the settlements with various pharmaceutical companies and distributors being finalized recently, and more still being disputed, there’s been a lot of uncertainty about what the accounting for [...]
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Editor’s Alley: Onward to Year-End and Audit!
Kofi Antobam, Director of Administrative Services, [...]