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Michele Evermore, an expert with the National Employment Law Project, answers questions from Eyewitness News viewers about getting unemployment benefits through California's EDD. Millions of unemployed workers' plights are now crystallized in the state auditor's scathing report on the disaster at EDD when efficiency was needed most. "The EDD has known for over a decade that they have these problems and they did not fix their operations," said State Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R - Fresno). The auditor's report found EDD could not automatically process half the claims. Many required a manual rev...

CA EDD admits that as much as $31 billion in unemployment funds were stolen from California taxpayers in 2020, nearly four times more than previously estimated. It left hundreds of thousands of workers struggling for benefits - unable to reach anyone at the call center. It happened to Ima Holcomb in Calistoga. "We are currently experiencing more calls than we can answer, and are unable to assist you at this time," she recalls hearing over the phone. The report said less than one percent of workers reached an agent during the surge in claims. The audit said EDD started waiving eligibility chec...