The San Francisco Airport Commission refunds $110 million in fixed-rate revenue bonds with new variable-rate bonds to lower its overall interest cost.  •  The San Dieguito Union High School District responds to the turbulent auction-rate market by converting $90 million in ARS bonds to fixed-rate securities.  •  De La Rosa & Co. generates $41 million of retail orders to reduce yields and save the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority significant interest costs on a $25-million Sales Tax Revenue Bond issue.  •  The L.A. Community Redevelopment Agency obtains a strong investment-grade rating on a $12.5-million Taxable Tax-Allocation Bond issue for the Westlake Recovery Project.  •  Despite a tough market, Beverly Hills successfully refunds $31 million in water revenue bonds and $17 million in wastewater revenue bonds for economic savings.  •  The Gridley Redevelopment Agency clears various hurdles caused by tightening credit in the municipal market to successfully execute its first tax-allocation bond financing.  •  Riverside issues unenhanced Bond Anticipation Notes to mute the effects of the collapse of auction-rate securities and prudently control interest costs.  •  The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District restructures $50 million in auction rate securities with better performing, direct pay variable-rate bonds backed by letters of credit.  • 
 

Dr. Fernando Guerra
Senior Vice President
Los Angeles Office
Tel: (310) 207-1975
fguerra@ejdelarosa.com
Dr. Fernando Guerra joined De La Rosa & Co. as a Senior Vice President in 2006, after serving as government relations consultant for the firm since it was established in 1989.

Guerra established the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University in 1996. He is also an Associate Professor at LMU in the Chicano Studies and Political Science departments. He earned his doctorate and Master’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan, after studying poli-sci and international relations at USC.

Guerra has served on the City of Los Angeles’ Transportation and Rent Adjustment commissions, and was a member of the Rebuild L.A. Task Force. He writes extensively about Latinos and California politics for the L.A. Times and other publications, and has co-hosted Life & Times on KCET.
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