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Bill to Help Unemployed Californians Moves Through Assembly

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:11:56
Publish Date: 2021-06-03 14:15:02
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Hundreds of thousands of out of work Californians are stuck with frozen accounts, and without desperately-needed unemployment benefits after being flagged for fraud by the state’s Employment Development Department. But a bill that could protect innocent people snagged by EDD’s "freeze first, verify later" policy has passed through the state Assembly.

Reporter: Mary Franklin Harvin, The California Report


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Guest: Scott Satterfield, General Manager of Hotel Trio in Healdsburg


During the Trump presidency, California and Washington DC were locked in a bitter battle over the regulation of vehicle emissions and whether the state had the authority to cut pollution from cars and trucks. Now, the state wants control back, and the Biden administration seems willing to allow it.

Reporter: Ezra David Romero, KQED

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