A report says more than $40 million in California funding intended to help people left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic probably went to inmates in out-of-state jails and prisons
California may have paid Florida, other out-of-state inmates job benefits
$40 million in funding was intended to help people left jobless by coronavirus pandemic
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LOS ANGELES – More than $40 million in California funding intended to help people left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic probably went to inmates in out-of-state jails and prisons, it was reported Tuesday.
The state has acknowledged that its Employment Development Department was bilked out of hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 unemployment funds that went to fraudsters, including some in the name of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
But a December analysis commissioned by the state s EDD found that the department approved more than 6,000 claims totaling more than $42 million involving people who probably were incarcerated out of state, including at least 2,000 Florida county jail and state prison inmates that included a man serving time for second-degree murder who received $10,800 in pa
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With the new year comes new COVID-19 data, which now shows ICU capacity in the Bay Area and Sacramento regions have both dropped. The Bay Area's ICU capacity is 5.1% as of Jan. 2, down from a low of 6.3% reported Friday. The Sacramento region's ICU capacity is down to 6.9% from 11%. The new
Newsom appoints Rita Saenz to lead troubled Employment Development Department
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Rita Saenz (second from left) ran the California Department of Social Services under Gov. Gray Davis. She is returning to government to run the troubled Employment Development Department.Nick Ut / Associated Press 2001Show MoreShow Less
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The Employment Development Department will soon have a new leader.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday appointed Rita Saenz as the director of the California Employment Development Department, replacing Sharon Hilliard, who will retire Thursday after nearly 40 years with the agency.
Saenz, 71, has more than 40 years of experience in state government and the private sector. Since 2016, she has been a consultant at Saenz and Associates in Sacramento. Before that she had several positions at Xerox, including director of communications and California government affairs. She also served in state go