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City's ARRA update: nearly $600M in federal recovery funds, focus on jobs and accountability
Summary
Mayor's office told the Budget & Finance Committee San Francisco stands to receive roughly $500—60M in ARRA funds across transportation, health and human services, housing, and public safety; officials emphasized reporting, a local recovery website, and the one-time nature of the funding.
Kate Howard of the Mayor's Office briefed the Budget & Finance Committee on the city's awards and plans for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dollars, telling supervisors that San Francisco will benefit from federal recovery funding across transportation, health/human services, housing, workforce development and other categories.
Howard presented a tally she characterized in two ways during the briefing: she first referenced "more almost $500,000,000" and later cited a figure of $597,000,000 in federal recovery funds coming into the city, including amounts that flow to city agencies and other entities that benefit San Francisco (for example, Caltrans funding for Doyle Drive). She said transportation and health/human services are major categories, with nearly $30 million to San Francisco International…
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