{"id":5365,"date":"2021-02-21T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T18:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2021-02-22T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T16:18:33","slug":"ca-unemployment-is-not-getting-better-and-newsom-is-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5365","title":{"rendered":"CA Unemployment is not getting better, and Newsom is to blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Amanda Angulo<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California\u2019s unemployment claims are soaring, and Gov. Newsom is to blame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Employment Development Department, the California backlog of unemployment claims has been rising for the past six weeks straight, reaching nearly 1.19 million. There were also around 159,000 additional claims filed for the week ending Feb 13, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The backlogs show that about 80% of those claimants are in situations where claims are pending because of potential overpayment or because claimants have yet to certify their eligibility for payment as required, according to the California EDD website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The EDD <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2021\/01\/edd-may-have-paid-9-8b-in-fraudulent-unemployment-claims\/\">overpaid or mistakenly paid<\/a> millions of people during the pandemic and even sent money to prison inmates as well as crime syndicates overseas.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, California accounted for 18.4% of all unemployment claims filed in the nation, when just a few weeks ago, that number was 6.3%. As of Feb. 6, California only accounted for 15.3% of the nation&#8217;s labor force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jobless filings have been rising ever since Governor Newsom shut down the state&#8217;s economy to &#8216;combat COVID.&#8217; He did wind up loosening the lockdown requirements days after Biden entered office, however, despite no change in science.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Feb. 13, an average of about 115,000 unemployment claims were being filed per week, which is an increase of over 10,000 from the average on Feb. 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a direct result of Gov. Newsom\u2019s administration. By forcing several businesses to shut down, which especially harms small business owners, Newsom single-handedly decimated businesses and caused the state&#8217;s unemployment numbers to skyrocket. According to employment attorney Michael Bernick, \u201cthousands of California businesses already have closed permanently.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To sign the petition to recall Newsom, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RescueCalifornia.org\">www.RescueCalifornia.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Amanda Angulo California\u2019s unemployment claims are soaring, and Gov. Newsom is to blame.\u00a0 According to the Employment Development Department, the California backlog of unemployment claims has been rising for the past six weeks straight, reaching nearly 1.19 million. 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