California EDD Backlog: FOUR Months Behind Paying Unemployment Claims
The California Employment Development Department is turning to lawmakers so it can provide unemployment benefits to countless numbers of people who filed claims in March and April, but have yet to receive payments.
The EDD said in an email, sent on July 2, it will be implementing a plan “to further expedite the resolution” of older cases by asking lawmakers to fill out a spreadsheet with information on constituents whose unemployment benefits have not been paid out.
The EDD does not give an exact timeline for when they can get the impacted unemployment cases resolved. Meaning, the wait for benefits could drag on even longer.
"We still have questions as to what it means for them to quote, 'expedite these cases.’ Does it mean they will actually resolve them in a timely matter? We're not sure," said Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco. "The EDD likes to throw up all sorts of excuses about how it has been able to serve claims. And to its credit, there are many who have been able to get their checks. But, we think there are millions of Californians who have not received an answer, and EDD has been unwilling to tell us how many folks are out there. It’s remarkably frustrating.”
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-lawmakers-criticize-edds-plan-to-expedite-backlogged-claims/33241923
Where is the money Gavin?