California’s troubled unemployment agency squandered $4.6M on cell phones, devices that sat unused

California’s troubled Employment Development Department squandered millions on cell phone plans for devices that were shoved in closets and left unused, according to an investigation released Friday. The California State Auditor revealed that the agency, better known as EDD, wasted more than $4.6 million on monthly service fees for more than 6,200 mobile devices meant to be used for its unemployment insurance branch. During the Covid pandemic,...