California Employment Development Department

Will the EDD Debt Damage California’s Credit Rating?

August 28, 2023 5:44 pmAugust 28, 2023 5:44 pm

Typically, when a person or a business adds a massive amount of debt due to its own incompetence, credit ratings are impacted. And not in a good way. The California Employment Development Department did just that during the pandemic, losing...

The Pandemic Wiped Out 3 Million Jobs in California

July 16, 2023 10:01 amJuly 16, 2023 10:02 am

The pandemic wiped out 3 million jobs in California. Then why did the Employment Development Department send out 9 million unemployment benefit debit cards? Since almost all of the cards were sent out in the first 10 months of the...

BREAKING: California EDD ‘Structurally Insolvent’

July 8, 2023 8:26 amJuly 8, 2023 8:44 am

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) trust fund the California Employment Development Department uses to pay benefits is now “structurally insolvent” a new Legislative Analyst’s Office report states. The report – a reaction to the “May Fund Forecast” released by the EDD...

Truckers to POTUS: Withdraw DOL Nominee Julie Su

June 23, 2023 6:50 amJune 23, 2023 6:57 am

Thursday two starkly contrasting messages were sent about the stalled confirmation of Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, California’s failed former Labor and Workforce Development Agency Secretary. It’s the independent truckers versus Lorena Gonzalez. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent a...

Julie Su Ordered Staff to Obstruct Immigration Agents

May 10, 2023 7:13 pmMay 10, 2023 9:18 pm

When she was California’s Labor Commissioner, Julie Su directed department staff to not cooperate with federal immigration agents if they appeared at any commission office looking for illegal aliens. Su’s 2017 memo also strongly implies that Commission employees should actively...

Congress is Fed up with the California EDD

April 26, 2023 6:21 pmApril 27, 2023 6:11 am

Congress is getting fed up with the California EDD, today sending a third request for information regarding its disastrous, fraud-riven pandemic response. In January, the House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee asked EDD chief Nancy Farias to turn over...

Su Squeaks Past Committee on Party Line Vote

April 26, 2023 10:07 amApril 27, 2023 12:32 pm

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee Wednesday morning voted 11 to 10 to advance formed California labor chief Julie Su’s nomination to become the next federal Secretary of Labor. The vote – as expected – was a strictly...