Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Thursday he and legislative colleagues are calling for an audit of the California Employment Development Department (EDD), officials said.  The audit is to clarify what is causing the “inexcusable delays” in distributing unemployment benefits to people who, in some cases, applied months ago. The legislators submitted a request for the audit to the Joint ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, is urging Governor Gavin Newsom to fix the state’s Employment Development Department phone system and website, which has reported multiple crashes under all the demand, officials said Friday.    Wilk is “outraged” that problems with processing unemployment claims at the state’s Employment Development Department remain unresolved while millions of Californians continue to file for unemployment in ...