https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/08/04/how-much-will-californias-edd-scandal-cost-newsom-in-the-recall-election/ > Had Ivy Bland been able to access more than $9,000 of locked unemployment benefits, she and her husband might have been able to put off their move to Florida. > Had Lindsay Green’s benefits not been frozen due to suspected fraud, she might have kept her medical, dental and car insurance — and not been forced to go on food stamps.