Local
New task force will keep eye on stimulus funds
By: Brent Begin
Examiner Staff Writer
March 27, 2009
San Francisco has identified more than $2 billion in federal stimulus needs, and when funding is released, City Attorney Dennis Herrera said a newly created task force will work to prevent misuse.
Herrera has created a Stimulus Spending Task Force comprised of six members of his department to coordinate legal compliance by city departments to federal requirements that come with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.
Projects that San Francisco has identified for federal funds include airport infrastructure and upgrades, Muni service improvements,high-speed rail and expanding broadband Internet access to low-income areas.
Herrera said the task force eliminates the need to create a new bureaucracy.
