Language barriers stymie jobless Californians seeking EDD benefits
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Victoria Vega (left) and her children, Alondra Vega (16), and Bryant Aleman (8), wear face masks as they shop at Target on Thursday, February 4, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif.Constanza Hevia H. / Special to The Chronicle
After fleeing domestic violence, Victoria Vega was living in a San Francisco shelter with her two children and working two jobs when the pandemic hit. She stopped driving for Uber because there were no riders and she was scared of the virus. She had to give up her car because she couldn’t make payments. Her janitorial work also disappeared.