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.  • 
 

Raul Amezcua
Principal
Los Angeles Office
Tel: (310) 207-1975
ramezcua@ejdelarosa.com

Raul Amezcua joined De La Rosa & Co. in 2003, after 12 years with New York-based bond firms. Amezcua is based in De La Rosa’s Los Angeles office, where he directs the firm’s banking operations. During 18 years in California public finance, he has completed more than 90 senior-managed debt financings with an aggregate par value exceeding $16 billion.

Amezcua is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the PUENTE Learning Center, and has served on the board since 2001.

Amezcua received an MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA in 1991, and a Bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Southern California in 1987. He holds Series 7, 24, 27, 53 and 63 licenses, and is a past board member of the California Public Securities Association.

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