Julie Su – California Globe

Can California’s Broken Unemployment Insurance System Be Saved?

December 4, 2024 2:55 amDecember 4, 2024 7:26 am

“The State’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Financing System Is Broken. The state’s UI program is supposed to be self-sufficient—that is, the system should collect enough funds to pay for benefits over time.” That is the opening paragraph of the Legislative Analyst’s...

Gov. Newsom Brags on His ‘Economic Blueprint’ While CA Businesses Get Hit with Higher Payroll Taxes

November 22, 2024 9:04 amNovember 22, 2024 9:26 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom is on a listening tour of the state’s red counties, where he does all of the talking and gaslighting, and the people who voted for Trump have to listen. Newsom said Thursday: More jobs. More businesses....

Did Julie Su Do California a $32 Billion Favor?

September 30, 2024 6:27 pmSeptember 30, 2024 6:27 pm

Earlier this year, Julie Su’s federal Department of Labor essentially forgave California its $32.6 billion debt caused directly by the massive defrauding of the state’s unemployment agency, the EDD. That debt was created when Su was the state’s labor secretary...

Congress Hammers EDD: They Really Are That Bad at Their Jobs

September 15, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 15, 2024 2:46 am

Prisoners got $810 million dollars in unemployment benefits from California’s Employment Development Department – don’t let the name fool you; it’s the unemployment agency – during the pandemic. So many benefit debit cards were sent out the issuer warned they...

Exclusive: California EDD Fraud Money Paid for North Korea Nukes?

September 13, 2024 1:55 pmSeptember 13, 2024 3:47 pm

One of North Korea’s top exports is hair. That’s not a typo and you did not read that wrong and it doesn’t mean fur or wool. It means hair. In 2023, North Korea exported “feathers, artificial flowers, hair” to the...

Labor Sec. Julie Su Forgives $32.6 Billion in EDD Debt

August 8, 2024 2:53 pmAugust 8, 2024 9:11 pm

As Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su has a very big eraser and she just used it wipe out her own $32.6 billion dollar mistake. While she was California’s Secretary of Labor, Su oversaw the California Employment Development Department –...

EDD Admits $55 Billion Lost in Pandemic… $55 Billion!

April 10, 2024 4:36 pmApril 10, 2024 4:37 pm

The California Employment Development Department admits that $55 billion was lost in the pandemic. $55 Billion. That’s what the hapless state unemployment agency – the not at all ironically named Employment Development Department – now admits was its “overpayment” amount...