California EDD wasted over $4.6 million in state funds on unused mobile devices, audit finds

The largest amount of state funding the auditor found spent improperly was $4.6 million by the Employment Development Department (EDD) for unused cell phones and wireless hotspot devices.

EDD racked up $4.6M in fees for cell phones nobody used

I’m CalMatters investigative editor Andrew Donohue, and I’m subbing for Lynn today. The state Employment Development ...
Merced Sun-Star

CA agency wasted $4.6 million on thousands of unused cellphones, state audit finds

The state’s Employment Development Department wasted at least $4.6 million buying more than 6,200 cellphones amid the COVID-19 pandemic that the department didn’t use for months, the California State ...
ABC7 San Francisco

California Unemployment: EDD blasted by state assembly members for failing to deliver benefits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- California legislators put the Employment Development Department in the hot seat at a hearing Thursday in Sacramento -- as tens of thousands of unemployed workers still ...
Hoodline

EDD Burns Millions on 'Ghost' Cellphones Nobody Used, Audit Says

According to a report by the California State Auditor, reviewers examined 54 months of billing and found EDD paid about $4.62 million in monthly service fees for mobile devices that went unused for ...
ABC7 San Francisco

EDD pays phony jobless claim, takes $4,000 from identity theft victim

AMERICAN CANYON, Calif. (KGO) -- It's happened again. The EDD seized more than $4,000 from a North Bay couple's tax refund... without saying why. Turns out a scammer had used the husband's identity to ...
Vallejo Times Herald

Bay Area, state bounce back with July job gains; Solano sees jobs drop

The Bay Area and California bounced back with job gains in July by adding thousands of positions last month, a welcome upswing after both regions suffered employment losses in June, state labor ...