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RELEASE: California Lawmakers Announce EDD Reform Bills

Package of new legislation would alleviate the issues faced by millions of Californians in accessing unemployment benefits during the pandemic

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. 

ADVISORY: Oversight Hearing - Employment Development Department

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.

RELEASE: Garden Grove Men Charged with Opening Business to Defraud California Employment Development Department of Nearly $500,000 in Fake Unemployment Claims

Eight others, including two convicted murderers and four other prisoners, charged in schemes to steal tens of thousands of dollars by filing false unemployment applications

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer was joined by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris at a press conference this morning to announce the prosecution of two business owners who opened up a Garden Grove storefront with the sole purpose of filing false unemployment claims with the state of California for people who did not qualify in order to steal taxpayer dollars intended to help those out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

RELEASE: Bill Introduced to Keep Laboratory Jobs Based in California

AB 265 Protects Jobs & Medi-Cal Services When We Need Them the Most
SACRAMENTO — In order to protect California jobs and preserve the state’s ability to provide critical services to Medi-Cal patients, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris is reintroducing legislation to remove the 80% of Medicare cap on reimbursement rates for laboratories in California.

Statement from Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris on Governor’s Proposed Budget

SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), Chair of the Accountability & Administrative Review Committee, released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-21 state budget:

“Every day, I talk to families, workers and small business owners who have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020-21 state budget comes at a critical juncture; we must invest wisely in order to defeat this virus, provide much needed relief and set California on a robust path to recovery.

ASSEMBLYWOMAN PETRIE-NORRIS SWORN-IN FOR SECOND TERM

SACRAMENTO – Cottie Petrie-Norris was sworn in today for her second term serving California’s 74th Assembly District which includes Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Laguna Woods and parts of Irvine and Huntington Beach.