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EDD Begins To Reduce Backlogged Unemployment Claims Following System Updates

October 8, 2020 3:44 pmOctober 9, 2020 6:50 am

On Wednesday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that 246,000 of the 1.6 million backlogged unemployment claims have been paid and mailed following a two-week hiatus of claims. However, the backlog will still take well into January 2021 to address....

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...

Tenants and Landlords Hurt by Garcetti’s Failed Housing Policies

August 11, 2020 6:45 amAugust 13, 2020 2:53 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced that he would shut off the power and water of any residents holding “large parties,” as we have been seeing across social media. The order states that the LA Sheriff’s Department may cut...

EDD To Extend Some Unemployment Benefits As CARES Act Winds Down

July 6, 2020 7:47 pmJuly 9, 2020 6:23 am

This coming Wednesday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) will begin to inform those still under Unemployment Insurance (UI) of their eligibility for up to 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits. Under the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, some claimants...

Auditions for California Governor Are Officially Open

June 27, 2020 2:09 amJune 27, 2020 8:12 am

By supporting the recall campaign there is a chance for establishment GOP officeholders, professional operatives, and major donors to reestablish a relationship of trust and partnership with their own GOP grassroots. With little fanfare, the third attempt to recall...

Enough is Enough, Governor

May 8, 2020 9:23 amMay 8, 2020 11:51 am

Unemployment and closed businesses are also facts. On March 4th, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a State of Emergency for California. The announcement was made for two reasons. One, to slow the spread of coronavirus, to protect our vulnerable population....