Calmatters: California Unemployment Agency Paid $4.6 Million In Monthly Fees For Unused Cellphones

California's unemployment agency kept paying cellphone bills for four and a half years without checking whether its workers ...
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North Bay unemployment rates drop in September, first data since shutdown

Across the North Bay in September, jobless rates dropped across the six-county region, while California rose from 5.5% in ...

California’s unemployment picture worsens, still the nation’s highest state jobless rate

Not only is California’s unemployment rate again the nation’s highest among the 50 states, the number of unemployed workers ...

San Diego County’s unemployment rate declined to 4.9% in September

The unemployment rate in San Diego County decreased to 4.9% in September, down from a revised 5% in August 2025.

California’s troubled unemployment agency squandered $4.6M on cellphones, devices that went unused for years

The California State Auditor revealed that the agency, better known as EDD, wasted more than $4.6 million on monthly service ...

California State Auditor's Office finds more than $5M in waste

A new report released by the California State Auditor's Office found more than $5. 1 million of waste, misuse or improper ...

State agency wasted $4.6 million on thousands of unused cell phones, audit shows

Surge in unemployment claims prompts Employment Development Department to buy thousands of cell phones, but they weren’t used, audit finds.
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California unemployment office burned $4.6M on idle phones and gear

California's unemployment bureaucracy has managed to do something that still shocks even after years of scandal: spend ...