California EDD s mass suspension of accounts hangs over jobless
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Shelly Ross and her cat Tyler Purrden at their San Francisco home. Ross, who runs cat-sitting services Tales of the Kitty, is among thousands of Californians whose unemployment benefits were frozen by the state amid the coronavirus pandemic.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Ross and other unemployed people have had to re-verify their identities with California’s Employment Development Department.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Carie Mathis’ housecleaning business collapsed when the pandemic started. The single mom went on unemployment to support herself and her twin 15-year-olds, but couldn’t make the rent payments for their Rodeo house. They moved in with her parents in Vacaville. She bunks in the garage so the kids can have bedrooms.