California Paid-out $26 Billion in Unemployment Benefits

California's Employment Development Department announced this week they dished out $26.2 billion in unemployment benefits since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

• 329,289 claims have been processed last week between regular Unemployment Insurance and the separate Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.

• Every one of California’s 11 industry sectors lost jobs in April, EDD says.

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In April, California's unemployment rose to 15.5 percent, up from 5.3 percent in March.

• EDD reported that California has lost 2.3 million non-farming jobs, the largest loss of jobs on record.