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Unemployment Insurance
Benefits (UIB)

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Our Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB) team will help individuals with any UIB issues including:

  • Advice and information about applying for Unemployment Insurance Benefits with EDD.
  • Help understanding benefit denials and appeal result (Notice of Determination and Decision).
  • Provide legal advice and assistance with appeals to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB) and Superior Court.
  • Establish Installment Agreements (Notices of Overpayment and Benefit Overpayment Collection Notices) and apply for overpayment waivers.

 

How To Get Help

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Call to speak to our intake team, Monday through Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Call 1-877-534-2524     |     TTY 1-800-735-2929

Or send an email using the contact form here.

Or come in to one of our 3 office locations.

When you come to the office, make sure you are ready to provide to us:

  • EDD Notices of Determination (NOD), Overpayment (NOO), and Benefit Overpayment Collection Notices or EDD Interview questionnaire, if available
  • CUIAB Appeal letters and decisions.
  • Any key related documents to your unemployment claim

 

UIB Walk-In Clinic

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San Diego County Law Library 
1105 Front St.
San Diego, CA 92101

Last Wednesday of every month 12:30 to 3:00 PM 

Services are provided on a first come, first served basis.

Self Help Resources

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To File for Unemployment:

  • File for Unemployment - Overview | California EDD
  • Unemployment Insurance Benefits summary-LAFLA

 

  • Presentar una solicitud para el desempleo | El EDD de California
  • FAQs – Unemployment Insurance (ca.gov)
  • EDD Language settlement-LAFLA and other non-profit orgs. (February 2022)
Employment Development Department (EDD)

To file for unemployment benefits

  1. Check the EDD website here: https://edd.ca.gov/unemploymenthttps://edd.ca.gov/unemployment 
  2. Call EDD New Claims (8AM - 12 PM)
    1(800) 300-5616 -English | 1(800) 326-8937-Spanish
  3. For some EDD claims, you might be required to send an EDD application via fax or regular mail
    (DE 1101-I/DE1101-IS)

Collections
1 (800) 676-5737

Overpayment (8-12PM) and Tech Support-UI Online (8-5PM)
1 (833) 975-2511

EDD language resources

California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB)-San Diego

Presiding Judge: ALJ Catriona Morrison/ALJ on Duty
(For General Appeal Questions ONLY)
(619) 521-3300

Videos

2022 Webinars presented in partnership with the San Diego Law Library and San Diego Public Library:

Unemployment Insurance Benefits: 101 Facts and Appeal process  (June and July 2022)

English YouTube

Spanish YouTube PDF

 

New CA Legislation and Other Selected Tax and UIB updates (August 2022)

English YouTube PDF

Spanish YouTube

 

Audit Vs Appeal…Same Process? (September 2022)

English YouTube

Spanish YouTube

Setting Up Payment Agreements w/ Taxes and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB), presentation w/ SDLL and EDD Representatives from the Tax & Benefit Overpayment Collection Total depts. (October 2022)

 

English YouTube PDF

Spanish YouTube PDF

 

Filing to USTC and Appealing to CUIAB (Part 2)-Process and Results (November 2022)

English YouTube PDF

Spanish YouTube PDF

 

Worst-Case Scenarios w/ Tax and UIB (December 2022)

English YouTube PDF

Spanish YouTube PDF

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Our staff give presentations on a variety of issues to community groups, service providers, and others in low-income communities.

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