Don't worry - San Francisco has a solution to all their problems, DC's limitless pot of stimulus gold: Standing among racks of freshly dry-cleaned clothes in t

Don't worry - San Francisco has a solution to all their problems, DC's limitless pot of stimulus gold: Standing among racks of freshly dry-cleaned clothes in the Bayview, Mayor Gavin Newsom today touted San Francisco's early grab at federal stimulus dollars which have put 1,200 unemployed city residents to work - including sprucing up dirty clothes at Laundry Locker. But there are, um, a couple of wrinkles that Newsom wants to iron out. The program, part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, provides $5 billion nationally to fully subsidize the hiring of unemployed workers. But they must have at least one child under age 18, leaving out many jobless and childless San Franciscans. And the money is due to run out in September 2010, meaning the newly hired could soon be back in the unemployment line. Newsom said he's headed to Washington, D.C. next week to lobby House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for an extension of the money and to include people without children. He said he wants to see 2,500 or even more San Franciscans hired, and that the majority of California's $1.8 billion pot is still sitting waiting to be grabbed by cities since so few are participating. "This is limitless. It's just a matter of who draws down the money fastest," Newsom said. "We discovered a pot of gold in the stimulus money." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=53313&tsp=1 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry...