Employment Development Department – Page 4

About Last Week… Legislative Lunacy

September 17, 2023 1:14 pmSeptember 17, 2023 1:14 pm

“Anything you do crazy, I can do crazier than you…no you can’t, yes I can, no you can’t, yes I can HULABALA!!!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnVrop697uU While that may not be an exact transcription – nor exact security camera video – from a...

Rep. Kiley Crosses the Su-Be-Gone

September 14, 2023 5:51 pm

This morning, the House Education and the Workforce Committee approved a bill authored by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) that would strip Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su of her position. The bill – which mirrors Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-Louisiana) legislation...

Really – I Mean It – Please Go!

September 6, 2023 2:04 pmSeptember 6, 2023 2:04 pm

In an effort to dislodge Julie Su from the federal body politic, Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy introduced a bill today that would end her time as “Acting” Secretary of Labor next month. In other words, it seems Cassidy – the...

I’m Staying, Says Julie Su – Please Go, Says Senator

September 5, 2023 5:53 pmSeptember 5, 2023 5:53 pm

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su said she has no plans to stop acting as the Secretary of Labor even though the Senate has not – and will not – give her the job. The highest-ranking Republic member of the...

Does the EDD Owe the Feds Another $18 Billion Dollars?

September 2, 2023 7:25 amSeptember 2, 2023 7:25 am

Buried in a state Controller’s Office financial report, there is a rather odd entry: a $17.9 billion dollar “current liability” owed to “other governments.” The Controller’s Office said the $17.9 billion line item refers to “amounts due to the Federal...

California State Auditor Rates Unemployment Agency ‘High Risk’

August 25, 2023 3:05 pmAugust 25, 2023 3:48 pm

The California State Auditor’s Office has slapped the omni-shambles Employment Development Department, California’s unemployment agency with a “high risk” rating, meaning that the “likelihood of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement or the likelihood of impaired economy, efficiency, or effectiveness causing...

Intel Announces 140 More Job Cuts In Latest California Tech Sector Layoffs

August 18, 2023 11:56 amAugust 18, 2023 11:56 am

Mass tech layoffs returned to the Bay Area on Thursday following a relatively calm summer, with Intel announcing that an additional 140 employees are to be let go by the end of the month. Beginning in October of last year,...