EDD fraud – California Globe

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....

EDD Switches Over To Money Network For Benefit Payments Following $32 Billion in Fraud

February 16, 2024 1:02 pmFebruary 16, 2024 1:02 pm

The Employment Development Department officially switched over from Bank of America to Money Network for unemployment, disability, and Paid Family Leave debit card payments, following years of issues with BofA issued cards. According to the EDD, old Bank of America...

New Su Review: Senator Demands Re-Hearing on Julie Su Re-Nomination

February 15, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 15, 2024 2:46 am

Last year, Julie Su of anti-gig worker AB 5 fame, was nominated by President Joe Biden to become the new Secretary of Labor. In January of this year, Julie Su of EDD fraud fame, was re-nominated by President Joe Biden...

Fed Unemployment Debt to hit $20 Billion

October 31, 2023 2:45 amOctober 31, 2023 2:46 am

The Employment Development Department will be putting $20 billion worth of coal into California’s stocking this Christmas. On Christmas Day, or thereabouts, the EDD debt to the federal government will reach $20 billion dollars in principal and interest and –...

This Time, Governor Newsom Lied About the EDD

October 18, 2023 10:28 am

This story has two aspects, one simple and one complicated, complicated with a capital B for bureaucracy. First, the simple part – Governor Gavin Newsom lied. Not an obfuscation, or a missing context thingy, or a matter of interpretation –...

California Slavery Reparations Technology Boondoggle

September 19, 2023 8:00 amSeptember 19, 2023 8:08 am

First it must be understood, slavery was never legal in what is now the state of California, under Spanish, Mexican, U.S. military occupation, or as a state. Prior to European contact, there were Native American slaves held by at least...