So it has nothing to do with the Cares act? It doesn't have the CARES act. Thank you very much for clearing that. According to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, California estimated it sent $800 million in pandemic unemployment benefits to the 45,000 prisoners. Improper payments, prisoners, scammers and international gangs are part of the reason California has a federal unemployment insurance loan balance to the federal government of $18.3 billion. (03:29–03:43)
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Asserts that California sent $800 million in pandemic unemployment benefits to 45,000 prisoners.
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