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Millions in California may get late unemployment payments from EDD 'If you've had one year of unemployment, you have to go back in and reapply. You can't wait for the EDD to remind you or call you.' KFSN Share: FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Millions of Californians depending on unemployment money may now face new problems with payments a year into the pandemic. State Assemblymember Jim Patterson expects many across the state, including in Fresno, to deal with a delay in payments because many people haven't been told they have to re-apply for their benefits. "This issue is just beginning to hit the...
Many frustrated California workers locked out of unemployment benefits, accused of 'fraudulent activity' KFSN Share: FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two weeks after 1.4 million Californians lost their unemployment benefits as part of the EDD's anti-fraud efforts, Assemblymember Jim Patterson is demanding answers. He says the move left many with no money to live on and no way to know how long they'll have to wait. "Throwing 1.4 million Californians basically into a bin that says you're suspected of fraud and we now have a catastrophe," said Patterson. Patterson says his office has been inundated with...
âComplete failureâ: CA lawmaker blasts EDDâs verification system Share Updated: 7:35 PM PST Dec 10, 2020 KCRA Staff Share Updated: 7:35 PM PST Dec 10, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WE CANâT TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. JIM PATTERSON IS CALLED THE SITUATION. THERE ARE RAT NEST OF INCOMPETENCE EDD SAID THAT THE ID ME SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO NOT ONLY PREVENT FRAUD BUT IT WAS GOING TO HELP SPEED UP APPLICATION APPROVAL FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. BUT PATTERSON SAYS THE SYSTEM IS REJECTING PEOPLE ...