{"id":508305,"date":"2021-05-14T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T18:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=508305"},"modified":"2021-05-14T14:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T18:50:46","slug":"californias-unemployment-claim-backlog-grows-as-embattled-gov-newsom-faces-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-unemployment-claim-backlog-grows-as-embattled-gov-newsom-faces-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s Unemployment-Claim Backlog Grows as Embattled Gov Newsom Faces Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornias-unemployment-claim-backlog-grows-as-embattled-gov-newsom-faces-reelection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=508305&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gavin.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The backlog of unemployment claims in California keeps growing, as embattled Democratic governor Gavin Newsom faces a reelection campaign brought on by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Calls to the state&#8217;s unemployment office were up almost 40 percent last month, with 76 percent of those calls still unanswered, indicating a surge in claims that will soon be filed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article251391898.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the <em>Sacramento Bee<\/em>. California&#8217;s Employment Development Department said the surge has been driven by citizens reaching the end of their benefit year and the passage of federal benefit programs in the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>A Republican-led effort <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/newsom-recall-hits-signature-threshold-to-make-california-ballot\/\">to recall<\/a> Newsom passed its first threshold in April, when over 1.5 million signatures were collected by disgruntled voters in the state, sending the governor to a special election that will likely be held in November. Nearly 200,000 residents <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/california-population-decline\/\">fled<\/a> the state in 2020 as rising rates of crime and homelessness, as well as soaring housing costs and tax rates, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/is-kevin-faulconer-californias-next-scrawny-schwarzenegger\/\">embittered voters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/policy\/run-from-the-hills-newsom-dismisses-californias-mass-business-exodus\/\">business owners<\/a> alike.<\/p>\n<p>Many Californians have also been frustrated by the state&#8217;s harsh lockdown measures, which kept churches shuttered until last month and are still keeping schools from operating in person and at full capacity. In April, Newsom lifted restrictions against in-person worship in the state after the Supreme Court struck down his state&#8217;s ban for unduly targeting religious observances.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s monthly unemployment benefits have increased by billions of dollars since the start of the year, when the federal government passed an additional $300-a-week benefits package that will last until September. The state&#8217;s unemployment rate is still a little over 8 percent\u2014more than double its pre-pandemic level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The backlog of unemployment claims in California keeps growing, as embattled Democratic governor Gavin Newsom faces a reelection campaign brought on by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 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