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.