https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/02/04/edd-failures-state-lawmakers-fix-state-labor-agency-fraud-jobs-economy/ > California lawmakers, infuriated by the state’s failures in paying unemployed California workers and battling fraud, introduced several legislative measures Thursday aimed at battling wide-ranging problems at the Employment Development Department. > The bills are designed to reform the EDD and address problems such as slow payments and nonpayments to California workers, bureaucratic inefficiencies, antiquated technology, poor planning, and fraud problems.