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Governor Newsom offers unemployment benefits to federal employees (Original Post) Lotusflower70 Jan 2019 OP
CA is fortunate to have a Governor like Newsom! democratisphere Jan 2019 #1
I just hope Newsom finds a way to eliminate some of the red tape LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #2
Kick dalton99a Jan 2019 #3

LibDemAlways

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2. I just hope Newsom finds a way to eliminate some of the red tape
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:29 AM
Jan 2019

and speed up the process. The first week after a job loss is unpaid in California anyway, and it generally takes a few weeks to get the ball rolling. Many times a phone interview is scheduled weeks after a layoff before any benefits are forthcoming. The state really makes a newly unemployed person sweat it out before the debit card with the weekly benefit ($450 max) arrives. It isn't the most user friendly system.

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