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‘I’m a hostage’: Why California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet

Workers denied pandemic-era jobless benefits are still struggling with debt and stress — collateral damage as they fight a state employment agency on edge about fraud and an appeals system facing a ‘historic’ backlog. What happens next with these and other legal battles will help decide who pays for a multi-billion-dollar debacle three years in the making.