Employment Development Department – Page 4

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...

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...