## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. 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Posted in [STATE WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch). ## [California Unemployment Checks: New Report Explores Why They’re So Hard To Get](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch/25243-california-unemployment-checks-new-report-explores-why-they-re-so-hard-to-get) Whenever California stares down a pandemic or a possible recession, the partial wage-replacement program is one of the most important economic safegu… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/061p1-c96ea8dd.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch/25203-california-living-wage-act-bumped-from-ballot-as-affordability-crisis-deepens)### [California Living Wage Act Bumped From Ballot as Affordability Crisis Deepens](https://mail.citywatchla.com/state-watch/25203-california-living-wage-act-bumped-from-ballot-as-affordability-crisis-deepens) Written by Mark Kreidler on August 01 2022. 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