MORE ON: stimulus

Daily Report: K–12

State could lose millions in education stimulus

August 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
California is at risk of losing millions in education stimulus funds because the recipients have been too slow in spending the money. Six of nine stimulus grants are on pace to miss the Sept. 30 and Dec. 31 spending deadlines set by the federal government, according to a Bureau of State Audits... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

State agency risks losing unspent federal stimulus money

July 8, 2011, 12:05 AM
California's Emergency Management Agency is finally distributing federal stimulus funds, but the agency needs to monitor spending closely to use all the money by its 2013 deadline, the state auditor said in a report [PDF] issued yesterday. The outlook for spending the $136 million is more... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Company drops defamation suit aimed at California Watch

May 22, 2011, 7:12 PM
An Alaska corporation has agreed to drop its defamation lawsuit in federal court against the Center for Investigative Reporting. The suit was filed 14 months ago by Suulutaaq Inc., a company that obtained a $54 million federal stimulus contract to relocate the Napa Valley Wine Train’s... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

State agencies over-reported stimulus jobs, audit finds

December 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
A report released yesterday by the California Bureau of State Audits found that state agencies and their sub-recipients are not accurately reporting federally funded Recovery Act jobs. According to recovery.gov, California has received $12.8 billion in stimulus funds and reported over 54,000... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Budget battered by end of stimulus

November 15, 2010, 12:05 AM
California is grappling with a fiscal crisis again, and this time the goose that laid the golden egg has flown. In other words, the millions in stimulus funds that helped prop up the state’s lagging coffers are drying up, further darkening an already dismal budget picture. Complicating... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

How California lost $550 million in stimulus funds

October 28, 2010, 12:05 AM
One could argue that California walked away from $550 million in stimulus money meant to benefit low-wage workers and businesses. One could also argue, though, that the federal government held the equivalent of a door-buster sale advertising $50 televisions without supplying enough televisions... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Lawmakers blasted stimulus, then sought grants

October 18, 2010, 12:16 PM
Even as they openly criticized the federal stimulus program as a waste of money, several members of Congress from California wrote to federal agencies asking for their share of the $800 billion in spending, an investigation by the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity has found. Some of the... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

San Bernardino officials fail to spend jobs funds, inspector general says

September 21, 2010, 12:05 AM
Here’s one reason why the unemployment rate in California’s Inland Empire is stuck above 14 percent. A San Bernardino County jobs program obtained $3.58 million in federal stimulus grants to provide local jobs and failed to spend most of the money, says state Inspector General... + read more
Campesinos Unidos underreported expenditures and subcontracted work to the California Conservation Corps, according to the state
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Auditor says stimulus contractor failed to train workers

August 19, 2010, 12:05 AM
A company using federal stimulus money to perform weatherization work on homes in Imperial and San Diego counties overbilled state agencies and has not adequately trained its workers, according to a report by the California inspector general. Campesinos Unidos Inc., a nonprofit company based... + read more
California State Capitol
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Stimulus funds intended to green state buildings sit idle

August 12, 2010, 12:05 AM
In a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, state Recovery Act Inspector General Laura Chick admonished the Department of General Services for spending only 1 percent of $25 million in stimulus funds available for the greening of state buildings. The money came in as part of a $226 million... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

McCain targets SDSU drunkenness study as stimulus 'waste'

August 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
Two Republican senators have lambasted a half-million-dollar grant to San Diego State University researchers who are studying whether placing certain health messages on menus might persuade drinkers to imbibe less. U.S. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., last week put out... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Can injecting carbon emissions underground be safe?

August 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
In Kern County, a joint venture with energy giant BP is getting federal stimulus money to build a power plant that will bury millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions underground. Which leads to a natural question: Is that even safe? Supporters of the "carbon capture and... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Is public support waning for high-speed rail?

August 4, 2010, 12:05 AM
The California High-Speed Rail Authority released results of a survey of registered voters in California last week that the agency said shows that "some 76 percent of Californians indicated support" for the proposed 800-mile system. But Steven Maviglio – principal of Forza... + read more
Rick Stark is angry that the government is spending money on projects like the BP venture
Spotlight: Money and Politics, Environment

Struggling community’s residents torn on power plant plans

August 3, 2010, 3:58 PM
A power plant stimulus project involving BP has the potential to change things in Tupman, but residents don’t agree whether the change will be for the better. + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics, Environment

BP collecting millions in government stimulus funds for California power plant

August 3, 2010, 3:58 PM
A joint venture involving BP has been awarded one of the largest stimulus contracts in California, even as the oil giant faces intense scrutiny and a criminal probe into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. + read more
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