The state’s Employment Development Department launched an expanded online dashboard for unemployment claim and payment data, outlining its efforts to catch up with its backlog of claims.
The dashboard includes multiple charts displaying EDD’s progress in issuing unemployment payments since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year and caused a spike in unemployed workers.
More than 1 million unemployment claims were filed last March, according to the EDD. Several hundred thousand more were filed each subsequent month as the pandemic dragged on. Since March 1, 2020, nearly 21.3 million claims have been filed across the state.
That surge in unemployment claims overwhelmed the EDD at that time, creating a backlog of roughly 600,000 unfulfilled claims, according to a September report issued by a strike team Gov. Gavin Newsom assigned to analyze the agency’s issues.
According to the EDD’s new dashboard, the backlog still includes roughly 150,000 claims that have not been fulfilled in three weeks or more. That backlog is down by roughly 100,000 since mid-February.
“We are committed to delivering unemployment benefits to eligible Californians as quickly as possible and transparently reporting this information to the public,” EDD Director Rita Saenz said in a statement.
“This dashboard generally shows information about the historic volume of unemployment claims and benefits paid since the start of the pandemic,” she said.
Since January, the EDD has paid out roughly $19.5 billion in unemployment benefits. The agency has also dispersed benefits to some 9.7 million claims per week since last month.
The new dashboard, with a list defined unemployment-related terms, can be found at this link.
Am I understanding that correctly, that there are 9.5 million people claiming unemployment in CA?
Will they be collecting all the money that back that fraudulently paid out as well?
In typical fashion for CA turns out EDD computer system and software was evidently known to be antiquated, yet was NOT upgraded.
“… labor department’s Office of the Inspector General specifically warned EDD that California was at risk for $1.2 billion in fraud. “Despite these repeated warnings, EDD did not take prompt action to enhance safeguards against illegitimate benefit payments,” ”
sf chronicle https://tinyurl.com/hykzb59x
“The state auditor released a second report Thursday blasting the EDD’s handling of a surge in unemployment claims during the pandemic, this time saying the agency ignored signs of massive fraud and paid billions of dollars to criminals. The report identified at least $10 billion in payments to fraudsters, but said the amount is probably much higher. In fact, the EDD itself admitted on Monday as much as $31 billion was paid in either confirmed or potential fraud.”
abc7 https://tinyurl.com/y5cekbp5
OVER 31 BILLION dollars of YOUR tax dollars was paid out to criminals. Because DEMs especially newsom would rather get free face time on TV to satisfy massive egos than making sure this state is properly run.
Let’s put on a bandaid.
So how much of the fraudulent checks that went out are they going after. They seem to have a lot of the criminals and their cronies already in jails????
I for one am sick and tired of paying for others mistakes and getting taxed to death because of it and all the other entitlements that immigrants as well as anyone who doesn’t put into the system seems to be getting more and more with each passing day.
When is Gavin going to stand in front of the cameras and talk about his leadership with the EDD. It’s one of the biggest safety nets for working families. Why is he so silent on this topic?
And explain how much money the state has used as stimulus for non-legal residents, and explain how much EDD money was siphoned off by prisoners and foreign actors and explain how mandated lockdowns did not lower Covid counts and explain how we have been unable to open schools for full time instruction.
lol edd should be shut down and investigated and the top 5 people arrested for the abuse of billions of dollars that the governor obviously approved of since he has not asked for an investigation or even sat with anyone from edd
just lets them tout themselves as saviors
when billions of dollars went to not the citizens but scammers and criminals in prison
and yet again just like the covid shifting number system
its all lies and propaganda as they yes they the politicians steal billions
not one politician is demanding edd change or fix or even sat down and questioned or asked for reports
pelosi is mum
newscum is giving ppp to his winery again
all is good for politicians
you ……well your nothing to them so you get what you deserve
Instead of getting fired, Julie Su, from Cal Dept of Labor/EDD has been nominated for a promotion to become the No. 2 official in the Biden Department of Labor.
The dashboard should also disclose the number of fraudulent claims and the fraudulent dollars paid out for complete transparency…
Oh the irony. CA is home to the tech capital of the world, but its websites and computer systems can be easily hacked and used fraudulently, or are user unfriendly.
I thought dashboards were on cars and trucks. What was it that they now call dashboards?