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Public Benefits

AB 401 - Employment Development Department: language translations
DRC Support

AB 401 would ensure that Californians with limited English proficiency can access the critical benefits administered by the Employment Development Department (EDD), including unemployment insurance, state disability insurance, paid family leave, and pandemic unemployment assistance which are currently lifelines for millions of Californians.

AB 401 Position Letter (pdf)

 

SB 498 - Funds for the provision of legal services to indigent persons: disabled veterans
DRC Support

This bill expands the definition of “indigent person” for the purposes of determining eligibility for free legal services by increasing one measure of income eligibility from 125% to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and by exempting veterans disability benefits from household income.

SB 498 Position Letter (pdf)