California EDD faces surge in claims as residents struggle to get benefits

California's unemployment rate remains among the highest in the nation as more residents turn to state benefits for financial ...
KTVU FOX 2

'We need our money': EDD applicants line up overnight at Oakland office as delays persist

Bay Area residents say the EDD's phone lines are "impossible" to get through to, and at the Oakland office, they face long ...
ABC7 San Francisco

New rules means more eligible for retroactive EDD benefits; others need to return overpayments

The EDD is trying to pay workers who are newly eligible for benefits - and trying to take money back from those who got benefits they didn't deserve. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The EDD giveth and EDD ...
Sacramento Bee

Auditor slams California unemployment agency, calls it ‘high-risk’ due to pandemic-era fraud

The Employment Development Department building in downtown Sacramento. The state auditor's office has labeled EDD a "high-risk" agency for its mishandling of unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 ...
ABC7 San Francisco

EDD pays phony jobless claim, takes $4,000 from identity theft victim

The California EDD ignored an employer's report that they were paying benefits to a scammer... then seized the identity theft victim's tax refund. AMERICAN CANYON, Calif. (KGO) -- It's happened again.