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California's Share of Federal Stimulus Money
California’s received about $42 billion in federal stimulus money , roughly half of what is expected. Governor Schwarzenegger has hired former LA City Controller Laura Chick, to keep track of how it’s being spent. Her latest report involves $3.5 million for creating jobs in San Bernardino County, where unemployment’s at 14%.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readCalifornia’s received about $42 billion in federal stimulus money, roughly half of what is expected. Governor Schwarzenegger has hired former LA City Controller Laura Chick, to keep track of how it’s being spent. Her latest report involves $3.5 million for creating jobs in San Bernardino County, where unemployment’s at 14%. Chick is looking for specific cases of waste, fraud and abuse. The nonprofit news service ProPublica is trying to keep track of how much is going where nationally and what it’s supposed to be for.
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The full episode
2 of 4Checking Stimulus Spending in California- 0:00Bell's Former Police Chief Found Lucrative Loophole
- 7:36California's Share of Federal Stimulus MoneyYou’re reading this
- 19:46Could Jerry Brown Get the 'Fishhook'?
- 25:33President Obama Goes Back to the UN