California unemployment agency paid $4.6 million in monthly fees for unused cellphones

California's unemployment department bought more cellphones than it needed during the COVID pandemic and kept paying for ...

California EDD wasted over $4.6 million in state funds on unused mobile devices, audit finds

The largest amount of state funding the auditor found spent improperly was $4.6 million by the Employment Development ...
Hoodline

EDD Burns Millions on 'Ghost' Cellphones Nobody Used, Audit Says

According to a report by the California State Auditor, reviewers examined 54 months of billing and found EDD paid about $4.62 ...
The Reporter

EDD report: Solano’s jobless numbers hold steady in November

The Solano County unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in November, unchanged from a revised 5.3 percent in October, and above the year-ago estimate of 4.9 percent, officials at the state Employment ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Unemployment claims paused for 2 weeks as report reveals 600K awaiting benefits in EDD backlog

California will not accept new unemployment claims for the next two weeks as the state works to prevent fraud and reduce a substantial backlog, officials said late Saturday. "It's overwhelming. People ...