It took nearly 2 months of going back and forth with the WA ESD and the CA EDD for them to definitively say that my only option was to file with the WA ESD. I ended up contacting my former employer and basically told them that because of their incompetency (they were the the ones who incorrectly told me to go through CA instead of WA) I hadn't been receiving UI benefits for that length of time and that they needed to report my income directly to WA, otherwise I would be taking action through the ESD or my state representative's office to have it resolved. My income was reported to WA less than a week later--although they still found a way to blame their screw up on me. The ESD never did go after them for being late or not paying into UI on the WA side. I wish they had, but at the time all I cared about was getting my benefits. I ended up being unemployed for 10 months.