California stimulus allocations

Stimulus Funds in California total to $18.55 billion. These funds are divided up between these different levels of the government state, municipal and schools. California has a total of 3,439 active recovery projects.^[1]

In a July 2009 report by Good Jobs First the organization evaluated California's state website that details the implementation of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. California received a score of 48 out of 100.^[2]

State programs

California is expected to receive approximately $85 billion from the $787 billion economic stimulus package. According to White House officials the stimulus bill is estimated to create or save 110,185 jobs. ^[3]

Federal officials reported that state companies and local governments had created approximately 110,219 jobs using stimulus dollars. As of October 30, 2009, a total of 1,167 contracts have been awarded, a total of approximately $1.35 billion. In total, including grants, contracts and loans California has received $18.55 billion.^[4]

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Type	Description	Cost	Status
State Budget	Tax relief (i.e. tax credits, tax rebates, sales tax deductions)[5]	$30.2 billion	-
Health & Human Services	Aging Services Programs, Congregate Meals ARRA (feed seniors in need, restore services and positions previously eliminated)[6]	$6,585,411	Award 3/18/09
Health & Human Services	Aging Services Programs, Home Delivered Meals ARRA (feed seniors in need, deliver food, and restore services/positions)[7]	$3,242,063	Award 3/18/09
Health & Human Services	Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) - aid to food banks[8]	$21 million	-
Health & Human Services	Assistance for COBRA continuation coverage by reducing premiums[9]	$2,470 million	-
Health & Human Services	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), food assistance program for low-income households[10]	$862.30 million	-
Health & Human Services	Child Support Enforcement and Family Support[11]	$176 million	-
Health & Human Services	Temporary Increase of Medicaid FMAP[12]	$8,183 million	-
Education	Children and Families Services Programs: Early Head Start and Head Start programs[13]	$12 million	-
Education	Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged (additional funds for schools with a high number of low-income students)[14]	$1,597 million	-
Education	Higher Education[15]	$10 million	-
Education	Increase student achievement in low-performing Impact Aid schools[16]	$9.9 million	-
Education	Supports competitive grants to develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools[17]	$20 million	-
Education	Funds for accurately managing and analyzing individual student data[18]	$25 million	-
Education	Increases funds for subsidized child care programs to allow more children to be serviced by this program[19]	$222 million	-
Education	School Improvement Programs - Technology[20]	$74.2 million	-
Education	Funds for special education[21]	$1,226.9 million	-
Education	State Child Nutrition Programs[22]	$10 million	-
Education	Fiscal stabilization funds for education related programs[23]	$5,969.3 million	-
Education	Funds for Federal Work-Study program, the Federal Direct Student Loan program and the Federal Perkins Loan Program[24]	$6 million	-
Education	Funds for Pell Grants[25]	$1,584 million	-
Labor	Community Service Employment for Older Americans[26]	$2.1 million	First funds 6/18/09
Labor	Funds for the unemployment insurance benefit program[27]	$2,100 million	-
Labor	A $25 weekly increase in unemployment compensation for eligible workers[28]	$1,073 million	-
Labor	Funds for vocational and academic training[29]	$25 million	-
Labor	Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research[30]	$71.8 million	-
Labor	State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations[31]	$45.5 million	-
Labor	Waived the accrual of interest and interest payments on state loans from the federal government used to pay state Unemployment Insurance benefits. In effect from February 17, 2009 through December 31, 2010.[32]	$590 million	-
Labor	Training and Employment Services programs[33]	$568.6 million	Award 11/18/09
Labor	Funds for expanding unemployment compensation eligibility[34]	$838.7 million	in process of meeting criteria
Labor	A one-time funding increase for State Unemployment Insurance administrative purposes[35]	$59.9 million	-
Transportation	Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors[36]	$800 million	Obligate funds 9/12
Transportation	Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation[37]	$130 million	Obligate funds 9/30/10
Transportation	Capital Investment Grants[38]	$75 million	App deadline 7/1/09
Transportation	Funds for internal FAA projects related to navigation aids and technical operations[39]	$20 million	-
Transportation	Modernization of transportation systems (i.e. commuter rail, light rail, monorail, aerial tramway, etc.)[40]	$75 million	App deadline 7/1/09
Transportation	Grants-in-aid for Airports[41]	$110 million	-
Transportation	Highway Infrastructure Investment[42]	$2,529.6 million	Obligate 100% of funds by 3/2/10
Transportation	Supplemental Discretionary Grants for a National Surface Transportation[43]	$150 million	Project selection 2/17/10
Transportation	Funds for capital transportation improvements (urban & rural); reduce overall energy use and greenhouse emissions[44]	$1,068.5 million	App deadline 5/29/09
Energy	Funds for new constructions and upgrading of electric power transmission lines and facilities.[45]	$325 million	-
Energy	Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program[46]	$2,951.2 million	-
Energy	State Energy Program: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy[47]	$935.6 million	-
Energy	Funding for energy research and development.[48]	$40 million	-
Energy	Fossil Energy Research and Development[49]	$340 million	App deadline 9/3/09
Energy	Funds for construction of scientific facilities, laboratory infrastructure and expanded research efforts[50]	$120 million	-
Energy	Funds for the Advance Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program[51]	$600 million	App deadline 9/14/09 & 11/13/09
Energy	Funding for construction, financing, planning and operating of transmission lines for the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources.[52]	$325 million	-
Environment	Maintenance projects related to watershed restoration and ecosystem enhancement projects[53]	$65 million	-
Environment	Abandoned Mine Hazard Mitigation within the National Park System[54]	$58.9 million	App submitted 11/25/09
Environment	Funds for Bureau of Land Management[55]	$18 million	-
Environment	Construction of water-related environmental infrastructure[56]	$200 million	-
Environment	Construction for facilities and energy efficient retrofits of US Fish and Wildlife Service facilities[57]	$11.5 million	-
Environment	Funds for the Defense Environmental Cleanup Program[58]	$512.7 million	-
Environment	Hazardous Substance Superfund[59]	$60 million	-
Environment	Historic Preservation Fund[60]	$1.5 million	-
Environment	Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program[61]	$20 million	-
Environment	Non-Defense Environmental Clean up Program[62]	$483 million	-
Environment	Operation of the National Park System[63]	$14.6 million	-
Environment	Environment:Operations, Research, and Facilities[64]	$230 million	-
Environment	Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program[65]	$138 million	Funds avail. until 9/30/10
Environment	State and Tribal Assistance Grants[66]	$640 million	Construction must be initiated by 2/17/10
Environment	Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund[67]	$39 million	-
Environment	Funds for Wildland Fire Management[68]	$500 million	-

Education

Education accounts for approximately 14% of total state allocations. The state is scheduled to receive approximately $11.8 billion. Some of the programs and projects funded by stimulus allocations include: higher education, technology grants, special education, infrastructure, school lunches and child care.^[69]

Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services accounts for approximately 23% of total state allocations. The state is scheduled to receive approximately $19.5 billion. Some of the programs and projects funded by stimulus allocations include: Medicaid, food stamp program, Women Infant Children (WIC) and assistance to persons with disabilities.^[69]

Transportation

Transportation accounts for approximately 6% of total state allocations. The state is scheduled to receive approximately $4.7 billion. Some of the programs and projects funded by stimulus allocations include: highway improvements, airport improvements, public transit system improvements, rebuilding and repairing highways and local roads.^[69]

Cuts in funding

Approximately $8 billion in federal stimulus funding is being cut from the national total.^[70]

Municipal

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Type	Description	Company	Cost	Location	Status
Transportation	Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension[71]	16 individual companies	$66,740,000	Los Angeles	Awarded 7/10/09
Transportation	Mid-Life overhaul of three Passenger Rail Locomotives[72]	Stockton	$2,954,552	Stockton	Awarded 8/1/08
Transportation	Funds for internal FAA projects related to navigation aids and technical operations[73]	Anaheim	$1,742,023	Anaheim	Awarded 9/4/09
Transportation	Funds for internal FAA projects related to navigation aids and technical operations[73]	Raleigh	$3,006,471	Raleigh	Awarded 7/28/09
Transportation	Funds for internal FAA projects related to navigation aids and technical operations[73]	Upland	$2,848,064	Upland	Awarded 2/17/09
Transportation	Compton/Woodley Airport Pavement Rehabilitation Project[74]	Alhambra	$8,000,000	Alhambra	Awarded 8/4/09
Transportation	Rehabilitate runway 31/13 and associated taxiways[75]	Atwater	$1,000,000	Atwater	Awarded 5/1/09
Transportation	Rehabilitate Taxiway 'A'[76]	Bakersfield	$2,725,219	Bakersfield	Awarded 6/9/09
Transportation	Rehabilitation of Taxiways C, D & G[77]	Burbank	$3,985,000	Burbank	Awarded 5/16/09
Energy	Design, Test & Demonstration of Saturable Reactor High-Temperature Superconducting Fault Current Limiters[78]	Zenergy Power, Inc.	$8,081,973	San Francisco	Awarded 7/23/09
Energy	Capital Improvement Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program[79]	Downey	$1,014,000	Downey	Awarded 9/28/09
Energy	Hydrogen Energy California Project[80]	Long Beach	$308,000,000	Long Beach	Awarded 9/28/09
Housing	Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program[81]	Lynwood	$646,575	Lynwood	Awarded 8/25/09
Housing	Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program[82]	Monterey Park	$12,197,108	Monterey Park	Awarded 8/18/09

School district

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Type	Description	Cost	Location	Status
Education	Early Head Start program[83]	$75,503	Alturas	Award 7/1/09
Education	Head Start program[84]	$232,817	Arcata	Award 9/30/09
Education	Early Head Start and Head Start programs[85]	$371,803	Arcata	Award 7/1/09
Infrastructure	Funds for repairs/construction to infrastructure[86]	$326,827	Auburn	Award 6/18/09
General	Head Start, Early Head Start, Cost of Living Adjustment and quality improvement funding[87]	$1,411,529	Bakersfield	Award 6/30/09
Education	Head Start and Early Head Start programs[88]	$280,706	Berkeley	Award 6/30/09
General	Cost of Living Adjustment and quality improvement funding[89]	$45,976	Bishop	Award 6/18/09
General	Cost of Living Adjustment and quality improvement funding[90]	$30,892	Bishop	Award 7/13/09
General	Cost of Living Adjustment, retroactive pay and quality improvement funding[91]	$283,590	Brawley	Award 6/15/09
Education	Head Start program[92]	$1,233,851	Chatsworth	Award 9/19/09
General	Cost of Living Adjustment and quality improvement funding[93]	$359,578	Chatsworth	Award 6/26/09
General	Cost of Living Adjustment and quality improvement funding[94]	$663,574	Chula Vista	Award 6/30/09
Child Care	Child Care Development Fund - child care assistance to low-income working families[95]	$27,180	Coarsegold	Award 4/9/09
General	Cost of Living Adjustment and quality improvement funding[96]	$116,206	Colusa	Award 7/1/09
Education	Head Start and Early Head Start programs[97]	$1,132,758	Concord	Award 7/1/09
Education	Head Start program[98]	$34,336	Denver	Award 7/09/09
Education	Head Start program[99]	$1,086,407	Denver	Award 7/14/09
Education	Head Start program[100]	$994,121	Denver	Award 7/4/09
Education	Head Start program[101]	$10,870	Denver	Award 7/9/09
Education	Head Start program[102]	$3,666,282	Downey	Award 9/18/09
Education	Head Start program[103]	$12,386,126	Downey	Award 7/2/09
Education	Head Start and Early Head Start programs[104]	$1,748,203	Fresno	Award 6/30/09
Education	Head Start program[105]	$614,290	Goleta	Award 7/1/09
General	Cost of Living Adjustment and quality improvement funding[106]	$299,571	Hanford	Award 7/1/09
Education	Head Start program[107]	$95,238	Hanford	Award 7/1/09

External links

• California Recovery & Reinvestment website
  • Recovery Impact
• Stimulus Watch.org - California
• Recovery.org - California

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