California Recovery Task Force Reports Statewide Recovery Act Funds Spending

May 6th, 2010

The California Recovery Task Force today announced that as part of an ongoing commitment to provide Californians the highest level of transparency associated with government spending, statewide entities successfully reported for the first quarter of 2010 spending for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act). Recipients of Recovery Act funds who are required to report, uploaded information before the federal deadline of 11:59 p.m. on April 30th, 2010.

“We strive to be as transparent as possible and report all of the dollars coming into the state as required by the federal government,” said Governor Schwarzenegger. “The California Recovery Task Force continues its hard work around the clock and to make sure Californians receive the maximum benefit from President Obama’s Recovery Act as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

California is expected to receive more than $85 billion in benefits over the life of the Recovery Act. Of the $85 billion, $55 billion is expected to flow to California for cash benefits, including grants and assistance to individuals, and $30 billion will aid individuals and businesses directly through tax relief.

“We are continuing to work with all state government departments to deploy funds quickly and provide Californians the necessary benefits to improve our economy,” said Richard Rice, senior advisor to the Governor and director of the Governor’s California Recovery Task Force. “We’re very pleased to see the positive effects of our actions and will continue our efforts to provide transparency and disburse the benefits of the Recovery Act as efficiently as possible.”

From the beginning through March 31, 2010 California state entities have been awarded approximately $31 billion in Recovery Act funds. California has been awarded a total of $38.4 billion in Recovery Act funds including local and private entities.

During the first quarter of 2010, the Recovery Act provided the state with more than $4 billion for safety net programs and more than $382.9 million in new state awards:

$321.1 million was awarded to the California Department of Transportation for more than 150 new highway infrastructure projects. While transportation projects historically are delayed by seasonal conditions during the winter months, production is expected to ramp up in the second quarter of 2010.
State agencies and departments have executed 5,937 contracts to subcontractors.

In addition to new state awards both the Governor and the California Recovery Task Force have worked hard to fight for competitive funding and have secured:

$101 million grant for Health Information Technologies
$2.34 billion for High Speed Rail
$130 million for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants

JOBS FUNDED BY THE RECOVERY ACT:

JOBS FUNDED IN FIRST QUARTER (JANUARY 1 – MARCH 31, 2010)

(1) California State Entities	53,461
(2) California Direct Grants to Local Government	16,921
(3) Total Jobs Funded In California For Quarter Three	70,382

On December 18, 2009 the White House Office of Management and Budget provided clarifying guidance on how all recipients of Recovery Act funds should report jobs funded. California instructed all state departments and agencies to update the number of jobs reported but did not receive an updated total from the California Department of Education. On March 15, 2010, the California Department of Education revised the number of jobs reported as funded.

UPDATED EDUCATION JOBS TOTALS (MARCH 15, 2010)

AWARDS	JOBS REPORTED (1/29/2010)	JOBS REPORTED (3/15/2010)
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund	38,923.98	36,819.13
Child Care and Development	40.23	13.16
Education of Homeless Youth	45.23	31.58
Special Education	5,618.63	3,723.79
Special Education	198.02	112.39
Title 1 Grants	5,145.58	9,700.89
TOTAL	49,971.67	50,400.94

Using the updated job calculation, including the revised California Department of Education figures, state entities reported a total of 56,518 jobs funded through the fourth quarter of 2009.

In December 2009 the California Recovery Task Force compiled a year-end report on the Recovery Act implementation for state entity recipients through September 30.^th For a full copy of this report, please visit:

http://recovery.ca.gov/Content/Documents/RecoveryActOversightPlan.2010.01.25.pdf .

Governor Schwarzenegger created the California Recovery Task Force to track the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding coming into the state; work with President Barack Obama’s administration; help cities, counties, non-profits, and others access the available funding; ensure that the funding funneled through the state is spent efficiently and effectively; and maintain a Web site that is frequently and thoroughly updated for Californians to be able to track the stimulus dollars.

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