White House: California to gain 396,000 jobs under stimulus planfrom

Sacramento Bee -- Capitol Alert by Micaela Massimino
By Rob Hotakainen


WASHINGTON --- A lot of numbers are flying around in Washington these days as reporters, lobbyists and everyone else tries to figure out what the gigantic $789 billion stimulus plan will mean for individual states.

The White House announced its final estimates today: California will gain 396,000 jobs, the most in the nation. Overall, the nation stands to create or save 3.5 million jobs over the next two years, the White House said.

Republicans are casting doubt on the numbers, noting some discrepancies.

The state of Wyoming, for example, is set to receive 8,000 jobs as a result of the stimulus, while the state's congressional district will get 6,100 jobs.

There's only one problem: There's just one congressional district in the state.

No one has yet figured out how much money individual states will receive under the stimulus bill. Or if they have, they've yet to share the information. Details are coming out slowly after House and Senate conferees struck a compromise on Wednesday.

In the meantime, everyone's talking about those jobs. Expect members of Congress to be doing the same when they visit their home districts in the coming weeks.

The White House has put out estimates of how many jobs will be created or saved in each of California's 53 congressional districts. See the numbers on the flip:


California Total: 396,000

Congressional District 1: 8,000
Congressional District 2: 8,100
Congressional District 3: 8,900
Congressional District 4: 8,800
Congressional District 5: 7,800
Congressional District 6: 7,600
Congressional District 7: 7,500
Congressional District 8: 7,900
Congressional District 9: 7,300
Congressional District 10: 8,100
Congressional District 11: 8,700
Congressional District 12: 7,700
Congressional District 13: 7,900
Congressional District 14: 7,500
Congressional District 15: 7,800
Congressional District 16: 7,900
Congressional District 17: 7,500
Congressional District 18: 8,000
Congressional District 19: 8,400
Congressional District 20: 7,800
Congressional District 21: 8,300
Congressional District 22: 8,900
Congressional District 23: 7,600
Congressional District 24: 7,800
Congressional District 25: 8,900
Congressional District 26: 8,100
Congressional District 27: 7,900
Congressional District 28: 7,500
Congressional District 29: 7,700
Congressional District 30: 7,800
Congressional District 31: 7,600
Congressional District 32: 7,300
Congressional District 33: 7,700
Congressional District 34: 7,300
Congressional District 35: 7,300
Congressional District 36: 7,900
Congressional District 37: 7,400
Congressional District 38: 7,400
Congressional District 39: 7,600
Congressional District 40: 7,600
Congressional District 41: 8,700
Congressional District 42: 8,200
Congressional District 43: 8,200
Congressional District 44: 9,800
Congressional District 45: 9,300
Congressional District 46: 7,500
Congressional District 47: 6,900
Congressional District 48: 8,500
Congressional District 49: 8,600
Congressional District 50: 8,000
Congressional District 51: 7,800
Congressional District 52: 7,600
Congressional District 53: 8,000