EDD – California Globe

‘Deadbeat’ Newsom Defaults on $20B Federal Loan, Businesses Stuck With The Bill

December 22, 2025 5:05 pmDecember 22, 2025 5:08 pm

California stands alone as the only state in the nation failing to repay its massive federal pandemic-era unemployment loan, now ballooning beyond $20 billion and projected to climb higher. While every other state responsibly used federal stimulus funds to settle...

Trump Education Secretary’s Letter to Walz Sparks Speculation: Will Gavin Newsom Face Calls to Resign Over California’s Massive Fraud Scandals?

December 16, 2025 3:47 pmDecember 17, 2025 10:36 am

In a blistering letter dated December 15, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon implored Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) to resign, citing dereliction of duty amid massive fraud in federal aid programs, including “ghost students” who siphoned millions in...

EDD Updates Continue With Modernized Disability Benefits Application

May 30, 2025 2:45 amMay 30, 2025 2:46 am

The Employment Development Department (EDD) released a new online application for disability benefits this week, modernizing the agency following years of complaints over the previous longer, more complicated system. Since the beginning of the decade, the EDD has rapidly modernized...

It’s Time Former ‘Acting’ Labor Secretary Julie Su Faces Heat For California’s Pandemic Fraud

February 3, 2025 2:57 amFebruary 3, 2025 7:34 am

In 2020 during Governor Gavin Newsom’s statewide Covid lockdown, he announced the formation of a “strike team” to solve numerous issues plaguing California’s unemployment agency, the Orwellian-named “Employment Development Department: long wait times for unemployment claims, delayed payments, phone delays,...

Boeing To Cut 536 Jobs From California Following Several Years Of Major Incidents, Losses

December 10, 2024 2:45 amDecember 10, 2024 2:46 am

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced major cuts in both Washington state and California on Monday, with California reportedly to lose 536 jobs in total, as the company continues to recover from years of financial and engineering issues, as well as more...

Can California’s Broken Unemployment Insurance System Be Saved?

December 4, 2024 2:55 amDecember 4, 2024 7:26 am

“The State’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Financing System Is Broken. The state’s UI program is supposed to be self-sufficient—that is, the system should collect enough funds to pay for benefits over time.” That is the opening paragraph of the Legislative Analyst’s...

Gov. Newsom Brags on His ‘Economic Blueprint’ While CA Businesses Get Hit with Higher Payroll Taxes

November 22, 2024 9:04 amNovember 22, 2024 9:26 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom is on a listening tour of the state’s red counties, where he does all of the talking and gaslighting, and the people who voted for Trump have to listen. Newsom said Thursday: More jobs. More businesses....