SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- State officials say federal stimulus money is already being felt in California. Twelve billion dollars is already "on the ground" with a total of $55 billion coming in the next two to three years.
KCBS’ Bob Melrose Reports
Camille Anderson, a spokeswoman for the governor's Recovery Task Force says so far the money has gone to schools, Cal Trans and one other very important sector.
”The federal government designated funding, of which there is over $2 billion in our state right now, for unemployment checks,” said Anderson. “They will be increased by $25 each. There’s also been funding for higher education, and a number of other things. Currently there’s over $12 billion from the president’s federal recovery plan in the state of California.”
It's expected that a total of nearly 400,000 jobs will be created with the federal money, and California figures to get the largest amount of any state. That's why the governor wants to move projects like the Doyle Drive rebuild along as quickly as possible.
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