Disabled Californians plead for EDD to unlock their benefits after 340,000 accounts frozen

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Disabled Californians plead for EDD to unlock their benefits after 340,000 accounts frozen
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Lines at the EDD office were so long, it was a 4-hour wait. People with disabilities we spoke with said this was physically painful, and in the end, still weren't given the help they needed - all after the EDD shut off their benefits due to other people's fraudulent claims.

New moms were caught in the crossfire of the EDD's crackdown on fraud -- including one who was ordered to stay stress-free for the sake of her twins.

"I realized, 'Why? Why isn't a payment coming through?' and there was just nothing there," said Grayson.

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