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08.03.20 Editorial: California slow to clean up problems with unemployment checks

Excerpted from the San Francisco Chronicle

By Chronicle Editorial Board

State lawmakers are furious at the delays and notably unimpressed by Newsom’s repair list. They’re receiving complaint calls from fed-up applicants and are getting the brushoff treatment from the Employment Development Department at the center of the mess. After Newsom announced his fix-it plan Wednesday, Assemblyman David Chiu, a San Francisco Democrat, said, “Unfortunately, this only scratches the surface of the disaster that is EDD.” Added Cottie Petrie-Norris, an Irvine Democrat, “We’re done being patient.”