NAIPFA is a professional organization of independent public finance firms (including Tamalpais Advisors) located throughout the U.S. that specialize in providing advice to public agencies on the financing of public projects and issuance of bonds.

This website provides information about treasury management in California cities and agencies. CMTA offers educational and training programs for professionals seeking CMTA Certification.

The GFOA is a professional association of state/provincial and local finance officers in the United States and Canada, and has served the public finance profession since 1906. With nearly 17,400 members, the GFOA has experienced a steady growth in the past 10 years, adding more than 5,000 finance professionals to its organization. The GFOA provides leadership to the government finance profession through research, education, and recommended practices.

These websites provide municipal, corporate and sovereign ratings and publish a wide variety of research and methodology papers. Some services require subscription fees.

EMMA is the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's official website for municipal disclosures and market data.

Investinginbonds.com provides coverage of the municipal marketplace including exclusive real-time price information, in-depth market data, a variety of municipal bond indices, and economic indicators.

The Handbook and Primer provide a comprehensive overview and discussion of the bond issuance process in California.

This Primer is designed to help public agencies understand and evaluate investment options when managing a public fund investment portfolio.

This issue brief provides an overview of changes in the volume of long-term local government debt issuance from 1985 to 2005 (focusing on GO bonds), discusses the variation in issuance by issuer and purpose, and identifies where the greatest changes have occurred.

The Demographic Research Unit is designated as the single official source of demographic data for state planning and budgeting. The Economic and Financial Research Unit prepares economic forecasts and analyses of various economic developments, advises State departments and local government agencies, provides revenue estimates for the annual State budget process, analyzes tax issues potentially significant to the State and provides economic information to the general public.