Excerpted from ABC 10
By Monica Coleman
But for this new legislation to help people sooner rather than later, Assemblymember Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, said lawmakers need support from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“Where we would appreciate the governor stepping in and being a true partner is not waiting a whole year to implement some of these reforms and some of these changes,” Salas said.
Excerpted from the Chinese World Journal.
Excerpted from KGET (NBC)
By Ashley Zavala
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGET) — State lawmakers are trying to bring big changes to California’s Employment Development Department with some proposals they rolled out Thursday.
The proposals come as the agency has been slow to pay out unemployment benefits while struggling as a target for fraud.
“EDD has been failing California; the truth is the department has been failing for years,” said Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach.
Excerpted from KTVU (Fox)
By Tom Vacar
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A flurry of EDD reform bills have been submitted to the California legislature to fix, once and for all, EDD's inability to get out of the morass of delays and denials facing millions of unemployed Californians.
SACRAMENTO — A group of California lawmakers announced a package of legislation today to bring necessary reforms and oversight to the Employment Development Department’s (EDD) unemployment insurance (UI) program. The bills would enact crucial oversight and consumer protection measures, ensure claimants get timely access to benefits, and address fraud.
Excerpted from KFPK.
SACRAMENTO — At a joint oversight hearing February 3, 2021 of the Assembly Insurance Committee and Joint Legislative Audit Committees, legislators questioned the Employment Development Department (EDD) regarding recently released audits which revealed a litany of failings.
SACRAMENTO – Tomorrow, February 3, 2021, as Chair of the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris will be participating in an Oversight Hearing with the Assembly Insurance and Joint Legislative Audit Committees. The legislators will ask California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) questions about the report released by State Auditor Elaine Howle last week.