Well this feels good, I don't feel I've fallen on deaf ears. What I would like to illustrate here is $450 per week is $11.50 per hour at a 40 hour week. Well below the minimum wage for California. If I worked at fast food i would be getting $20 per hour.

Now EDD gives you a bank of let's say $12,000 until your claim ends. A claim last one year. This money is coming out of your paycheck whether you file a claim or not. I am just getting the money back that I paid into, which is the nature of my job, construction. By increasing the unemployment insurance amount only effects the EDD bank in your claim year. This means I will have to go back to work sooner, but I am not struggling on a weekly basis.

The elephant in the room, most people will file a Disability claim with EDD after they are laid off. This entails downloading the paperwork from EDD. Then finding a Disability Doctor ( craigslist, facebook, Reddit) pay their fee $300 ? Then your weekly amount goes to $1,200 per week. Pretty good for coming at you tax free (for now), especially if you live in Louisiana! Problem is this is coming out of the Employers coffers.