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LAO Report Details Astounding Failures within Newsom Admin’s Unemployment Department

August 9, 2022 7:11 amAugust 10, 2022 11:40 am

A new report by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office details astounding failures and errors within Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Employment Development Department (EDD), including payments that were delayed for 5 million workers and improperly denied for likely 1 million more. “The department’s phone...

California Touts Job Gains for Low-Paying, Minimum Wage Jobs

July 23, 2022 2:30 amJuly 22, 2022 9:54 pm

According to new statistics released by the Employment Development Department (EDD) on Friday, California employment continued to improve job growth, announcing more job gains and falling unemployment figures. Overall, California brought in 19,900 new jobs, seeing a gain of jobs...

String of Bay Area Factories, Distribution Centers Shut Down This Week

July 21, 2022 12:15 pmJuly 21, 2022 4:05 pm

Several factories and distribution centers shut down across the Bay Area this week due to recent cost crunches, eliminating hundreds of jobs in the process. The first to announce closures this week was an Amy’s Kitchen frozen foods production plant...

2022 CAGOP Convention: Renewed Optimism for California Republicans

April 22, 2022 7:27 pmApril 24, 2022 9:33 am

The 2022 CAGOP Convention opened in Anaheim on Friday. During the first day candidates, delegates, guests and others said one word more than most: Optimism. Amid California facing worsening crime rates, a stagnating state government, low voter turnout, high gas...

California State Assembly nearly empty except for a few folks in the balcony.

What Is in California’s Unemployment Insurance Code?

April 18, 2022 11:52 amApril 18, 2022 12:10 pm

The California Unemployment Insurance Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The UI Code, as it is commonly referred to, contains 8 Divisions. There are also numerous parts, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or...

EDD Director Rita Saenz Abruptly Resigns, Replaced by Deputy Director

January 29, 2022 2:13 amJanuary 30, 2022 3:27 pm

Employment Development Department (EDD) Director Rita Saenz abruptly announced her retirement in a staff email on Friday, with Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint EDD chief deputy director of external affairs Nancy Farias to the post early next year. Saenz had...

62% of State Employees Are Now Vaccinated According to the Department of Human Resources

October 19, 2021 1:17 pmOctober 19, 2021 1:40 pm

The California Department of Human Resources (Cal HR) reported on Monday that only 62% of all state employees have been vaccinated against COVID-19 despite a mandate having been in place in the state since late July. While the Cal HR...