https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/05/13/covid-unemployment-edd-jobless-claims-backlog-rockets-higher-economy/

A mammoth backlog of unemployment claims in California has begun to mount and has now reached its highest levels in more than two months, with well over 1 million workers stuck in the state government’s bureaucratic limbo.

As of May 8, about 1.11 million California workers had filed claims that were awaiting payment or resolution on the part of the state Employment Development Department, an official EDD dashboard posted on Thursday shows.