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.  • 
 

John W. Kim
Principal
Los Angeles Office
Tel: (310) 207-1975
jkim@ejdelarosa.com
John W. Kim serves as a lead banker in De La Rosa & Co.'s general city, utility and school practices, and specializes in utility revenue, redevelopment, lease and general obligation bonds. Kim works closely with local officials from San Francisco and Oakland to Salinas and San Jose out of De La Rosa’s Southern California office.

Kim works with clients on all aspects of project generation and public finance, from capital planning and bond structuring to tax analysis and investment advice. His professional registrations include a General Securities Registered Representative (Series 7) and a Municipal Securities Principal (Series 53). He has spoken widely on public finance and redevelopment, and is a member of the Committee on Special Assessments, Taxes and Other Financing Facilities (CASTOFF).

Kim earned Bachelor’s degrees in rhetoric and history and a minor in ethnic studies from University of California, Berkeley in 1997. That year the City of Berkeley commended him for contributions to the Commission of the Status of Women. He has taught at UCB and Berkeley High School, is involved with literacy and after-school programs, and serves on the board of the De La Rosa Charitable Foundation.
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