All of the funds, including over $46 million in interest, were reported as fully spent.
In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated federal Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to state and local governments for COVID-19 expenditures incurred between March 1 and December 30, 2020, in response to COVID-19. Based on population, California received a total of $15.3 billion from the CARES Act — with $9.5 billion allocated directly to the state, $5.8 billion allocated to 15 large counties (including San Francisco), and 5 cities with populations over 500,000. In late December 2020, the date to spend these funds was extended by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act through December 31, 2021. A conforming change to state law extends the deadline for counties, cities, and community colleges to spend these funds to September 1, 2021. Additionally, the state may use these funds to offset COVID-19 response costs through December 31, 2021.
Federal guidance associated with the CARES Act require states to submit quarterly expenditure reports in 17 categories associated with COVID-19 response and mitigation. To provide transparency in reporting how these funds are being spent, the Department of Finance has collected data from counties, cities, local education agencies, community college districts, and state agencies regarding expenditures and obligations to date. The chart below shows the total allocated in key areas and the percentage of funds spent to date.
View the Quarterly Report.
CRF Expenditures by Recipient – This data set includes allocation amounts for recipients of these funds and provides information for expenditures reported from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021 in 17 categories defined by the federal government. The allocations are organized using state project IDs in key programmatic areas. Definitions of these projects are included along with a brief description of the programs purpose, which state department oversees the use of the funds, and can be filtered by county.
View these expenditures in the Federal Expenditure Category table.
