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A newly released report from the Legislative Analyst's Office highlights deficiencies in the Employment Development Department’s response to the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
EDD said only one in five people have responded to the requests so far from November. That means over a million people have not.
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EDD backlog and fraud timeline: How we got here © KCRA 3 EDD With a consistent backlog of jobless claims, the worst fraud in California's history and a lack of transparency, California's Employment Development Department has been under fire since problems came to light in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, problems being experienced by Californians trying to apply for unemployment through the EDD are not new and have just been exacerbated by the exponential number of claims.Sign up for our Newsletters To understand how we got here, this is a timeline of events at California's EDD,...
The governor’s address came after the EDD said its backlog of delayed, unapproved claims has doubled since the start of the year to more than 1 million. “Our goal is to make this as seamless a transition as we can so there is little interruption,” EDD spokeswoman Loree Levy said. Advertisement Many people have reached the end of their first benefit year and must file new claims to continue getting assistance. But the process has been filled with obstacles for scores of claimants: EDD officials told the Legislature this week that 178,000 people faced a system glitch that prevented them f...