Federal stimulus dollars intended for job creation in Oakland were spent instead on trips to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and a Concord water park, rent, church repairs, bus passes, salaries and car allowances, according to a state review released Tuesday.
More NewsOakland, which has struggled with a 17.7 percent unemployment rate, received $3 million last year for summer youth, adult and dislocated worker programs. But more than $830,000 of the money received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from February to December 2009 was not properly accounted for or was misspent, according to the state Office of the Inspector General.
In addition, state auditors found the city inflated the number of jobs created, claiming 35 when only about six jobs were created with the stimulus dollars.
The US provided about $50 billion in funds to GM. GM has paid back 8 billion. Hmmm….
@MikeN, #21
Haven’t you heard? GM stands for Government Motors now, so the tax payers get a share of any profits. Yay!
Oh the idiot mayor has responded – http://tinyurl.com/2g3ohnb
“It’s much ado about nothing, man,” Dellums said in his first comments on the matter. “It’s an accounting matter.”