EDD – Page 9 – California Globe

EXCLUSIVE: Julie Su Can’t Count…

June 14, 2023 3:44 pmJune 14, 2023 4:02 pm

The Office of the Inspector General has taken Julie Su’s Department of Labor to task for not being able to give even an estimate of the amount looted by fraudsters from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Not only does...

Congress Now Knows What It’s Like to Deal with the EDD

June 10, 2023 7:24 amJune 10, 2023 8:00 am

Millions waited on hold – some literally for days. Hundreds of thousands of legitimate pandemic benefit claims were denied or delayed for months. Computers crashed. Claimants were insulted on Twitter. State legislators were ignored. $40 billion went to fraudsters. The...

The Toy Department

June 8, 2023 3:00 amJune 8, 2023 3:01 am

Back when newspapers still existed – hey, get off my lawn you rotten kids! – there was a common nickname for a certain section of the paper. News, op-ed, sports, business, real estate, arts, local were all called what they...

Threatened with Subpoena, Su Testimystifies Congress

June 7, 2023 3:14 pmJune 8, 2023 9:08 am

The reason why Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su had to be threatened with a subpoena to get her to show up to testify in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Wednesday became readily...

$139 Dollars A Second: That’s How Much the EDD Will Borrow TODAY…

May 27, 2023 8:08 amMay 27, 2023 8:09 am

$139 Dollars A Second: That’s How Much the EDD Will Borrow TODAY… …And how much it borrowed yesterday and has borrowed every day since May 8 when it paid the feds about $1.8 billion to cut its outstanding pandemic unemployment...

California Legislature Proposing Unemployment Benefits For Illegal Immigrants

May 16, 2023 4:06 pmMay 17, 2023 3:27 pm

The California Legislature is proposing a program to provide unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants coming to and residing in the state. Senate Bill 277 by State Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) proposes income assistance to unemployed “excluded workers” who...

Paid Family Leave Costs Going Up – Will Gavin be Here to See That?

May 13, 2023 7:53 amMay 13, 2023 7:54 am

Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 951 by Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) to increase the size and scope of the state’s paid family leave (PFL) program. The bill (he vetoed a similar bill the year before during...