COVID Unemployment
Updated
Published
January 25, 2021 3:44 PM
A staffer works to process claims at California s unemployment office, March 30, 2020. (California Employment Development Department)
California’s unemployment department says that as much as 27 percent of benefits paid out during the pandemic may have been fraudulent.
The new estimate comes on the heels of anti-fraud efforts that have left many Californians blocked from collecting payments.
Since March, California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) has paid out more than $114 billion in unemployment benefits. But in a press call on Monday, Labor Secretary Julie Su said a large chunk of that money has gone to criminals.
COVID Unemployment
Updated
Published
January 25, 2021 3:44 PM
A staffer works to process claims at California s unemployment office, March 30, 2020. (California Employment Development Department)
California’s unemployment department says that as much as 27 percent of benefits paid out during the pandemic may have been fraudulent.
The new estimate comes on the heels of anti-fraud efforts that have left many Californians blocked from collecting payments.
Since March, California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) has paid out more than $114 billion in unemployment benefits. But in a press call on Monday, Labor Secretary Julie Su said a large chunk of that money has gone to criminals.
Cheech Marin’s Long-Awaited Chicano Art Museum Secures City Approval and $1 Million in Annual Funding
The California city of Riverside has approved plans and funding for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture, and Industry.
January 25, 2021
Cheech Marin with a work from his collection of Chicano art. Photo courtesy of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry of the Riverside Art Museum.
Comedian and actor Cheech Marin is a man of many interests though you wouldn’t know if from his monomaniacal love of weed as one half of the legendary comedy duo Cheech and Chong. He is also an avid trivia player (he won the first
COVID Unemployment
Updated
Published
January 25, 2021 3:44 PM
A staffer works to process claims at California s unemployment office, March 30, 2020. (California Employment Development Department)
California’s unemployment department says that as much as 27 percent of benefits paid out during the pandemic may have been fraudulent.
The new estimate comes on the heels of anti-fraud efforts that have left many Californians blocked from collecting payments.
Since March, California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) has paid out more than $114 billion in unemployment benefits. But in a press call on Monday, Labor Secretary Julie Su said a large chunk of that money has gone to criminals.
The city of Riverside has approved plans to remodel its main library to display Cheech Marin's art collection and commit about $1 million of city money a year to help pay operational costs.