I’m having trouble getting automatic payments from SDI, they told me that they were having an audit 3 weeks ago and will pay me on Jan 18 but I haven’t got any issued payments and it’s been over a month. Anybody have the same issue?

I found a way to solve reaching California Unemployment representatives quickly, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcLUARMgwrk

SDI is having a lot of payment on hold due to so much fraud that happened. There’s ppl who haven’t been paid for 2 months. I suggest calling and keeping up with it, if not they just have ppl there waiting. $5 off first time callers using Claimyr https://join.claimyr.com/be256b

Check with your doctor if your doctor did ID verification with ID.me. This is what EDD posted the new changes; "Purported medical providers must complete further identity verification with ID.me to potentially certify any disability claims. These personalized requests for medical provider verification through ID.me only come from an official EDD email address ending in @edd.ca.gov. Medical providers who receive emails with information about how to verify identity through ID.me should carefully confirm the sender’s @edd.ca.gov email address. Scammers attempt to impersonate government agencies in an attempt to trick people into clicking fake links. Such scam efforts are unfortunately common and slow verification and payment for legitimate claimants and providers.:

Most of people have same issue. EDD temporarily stop SDI payment due to over 345K fraud claims. EDD will require all doctors to verify their ID via ID.me. It may takes over a month again. https://join.claimyr.com/1373f0

To all those having trouble reaching a human at California Unemployment. I just ran across this video that gave me a shortcut to reach a human. Hope it helps! https://youtu.be/Ize0EkN4HDI