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EDD Fraud Case Grows, 87 Arrested Over Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits

September 25, 2020 8:32 amSeptember 25, 2020 4:34 pm

On Wednesday, Beverly Hills Police Announced that the number of people arrested over Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud had grown to 87, nearly doubling the number of cases in less than a week. 181 fraudulent EDD cards worth $3.6 million...

California’s Unemployment Averages 27 percent of All U.S. Claims

September 22, 2020 8:07 amSeptember 22, 2020 3:08 pm

Since Gov. Gavin Newsom shutdown California businesses in mid-March, Californians have filed 8.6 million total new claims for unemployment. In the age group of working Californians, ages 18-65, this is a rate of 39% of unemployed, higher than at the...

EDD Halting Unemployment Claimants For Two Weeks, Will Overhaul Entire System

September 21, 2020 2:55 pm

Over the weekend, Governor Newsom’s Employment Development Department (EDD) Strike Team issued a new report and announced that the EDD will be taking a two week break to overhaul and update the current system, while also halting all new claims...

BREAKING: CA Senate Republicans Locked Out of Capitol in Politicized COVID Wars

August 27, 2020 6:09 pmAugust 28, 2020 1:03 pm

There have been several COVID-positive members of the California Legislature. Leading up to Thursday, COVID-positive members and those they were in contact with in the Capitol were asked to quarantine for 14 days. But legislative business went on with some...

BREAKING: 10 GOP Senators Barred From State Capitol Building, Forced To Vote Remotely

August 27, 2020 5:16 pmAugust 27, 2020 6:12 pm

On Thursday 10 of the 11 Republican Senators were denied entry to the Capitol Building amid concerns of spreading COVID-19 to others in the building. 10 Republican Senators barred from the Capitol Building The extreme measure came a day after...

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California Legislature Approves State Budget Plan Hours Before Deadline

June 16, 2020 3:13 amJune 16, 2020 6:25 am

On Monday, the California Legislature approved a state budget plan only hours before the June 15th deadline that would have had lawmakers forfeit their pay. A new budget plan from the Legislature The approved budget largely followed their proposal made...

6 Northern California Counties Ask Governor for Permission to Come Out of State Lockdown

April 27, 2020 6:07 pmApril 28, 2020 10:00 am

On Monday, lawmakers and local officials of six Northern counties sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking to be let out of of the state lockdown order in favor of regional COVID-19 coronavirus plans. The officials from the counties...