News and updates from Cal OES
Governor Newsom Takes Action to Strengthen State Unemployment Insurance Delivery System
New strike team will set path for needed reforms at the Employment Development Department New efforts transform EDD’s customer service delivery, including faster and improved communications SACRAMENTO -- Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a series of actions to...
COVID-19 Pandemic: Surgical Masks to Critical Sectors
California's Response by the Numbers The Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) continues its mission to support workers who are performing essential tasks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cal OES has sent millions of surgical masks to critical...
New Testing Site with Mass Testing Capabilities Opens in Kern County
Today, the State of California and Kern County announced the opening of a new test site aimed at serving some of the most impacted Californians in the Central Valley. The new Bakersfield location will have surge testing capabilities with the ability to conduct...
California Puts Money Back Into the Pockets of Millions of Working Californians Amid COVID-19 Recession
Over $1 billion goes back into the pockets of more than 3.6 million Californians and their families, through the California Earned Income Tax Credit and Young Child Tax Credit Nearly half a million families with children under the age of six benefit from the new...
SBA Amends Disaster Declaration
[Spanish version below. Versión en español a continuación.] SBA Amends Disaster Declaration Offers Disaster Assistance to San Diego County Small Businesses Economically Impacted by Civil Unrest SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Tanya Garfield,...