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Turlock EDD Office to Close, Property Owner Says

by TCN Staff - info@turlockcitynews.com
September 24, 2013
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Turlock's Employment Development Department branch has resided at its current 125 N. Broadway location for the last 35 years and is now planned to be shut down by the State of California. 09-24-13|

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The State of California plans to shutter Turlock's Employment Development Department branch, forcing unemployed persons to travel to Modesto, Merced or Manteca to receive benefits, the site's property owner revealed Tuesday.

The state has operated an EDD branch in Turlock for 60 years. For the last 35, it has resided at its current 125 N. Broadway location.

But property owner Bill Youngdale said he learned last week that the branch is scheduled to close.

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“The real loser is going to be the citizens of Turlock,” Youngdale said. “They're going to have to go for employment services out of town. … I think that's a real shame.”

Youngdale has yet to receive any formal notice of the closure from the EDD or the State. But staff at the branch let slip to Youngdale the closure was imminent, when one employee asked if she could buy the refrigerator once the EDD moved out.

The move will come less than seven years after Youngdale and the state completely remodeled the building to the EDD's exact specifications – at great cost to both – he said.

According to Youngdale, staff said he will receive notice of the branch's closure on Oct. 1. All staff will leave Oct. 15, relocating to Modesto, Manteca or Merced. The building will be empty by the end of October.

“The staff is very disappointed,” Youngdale said. “They don't want to leave.”

Turlock's EDD branch serves about 100 people a day, offering unemployment and disability insurance, paid family leave assistance, and help with taxes for employers.

Most importantly in this economy, the EDD also offers tools for job seekers. The EDD tracks job openings, offers training, and helps place unemployed persons.

Turlock isn't going to let the state shutter Turlock's EDD branch without a fight, City Manager Roy Wasden said. Turlock has been in touch with State Sen. Anthony Cannella (R-Turlock) in hopes of stopping the closure, which appears to have been endorsed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and rushed through behind closed doors, without public comment.

“This is a decision through the governor's office, it appears,” Wasden said. “We're certainly alarmed by that.”

According to Maryn Pitt, Assistant to the City Manager for Economic Development and Redevelopment, Cannella's office was unaware of the impending fast-tracked Turlock EDD closure.

Brown previously asked the EDD to cut 15 percent from its budget. The closure of the Turlock office appears to be part of the EDD's plan to do so, Pitt said.

Turlock will “take every action,” to stop the EDD from leaving, Wasden said. Letter writing campaigns, phone calls, and visits to Sacramento are planned.

And Cannella might prove a valuable ally in the fight, Pitt said. Cannella was able to save a Los Banos EDD office, previously scheduled for closure. Kristen Olsen (R-Turlock) will also be asked to fight for Turlock's EDD branch.

Turlock's EDD branch is doubly important, Pitt said, because it houses Turlock's branch of the Alliance Worknet, a Stanislaus County jobs initiative. The EDD provides free office space to the Alliance, which sees another 50 people daily.

“In the event we're unsuccessful in keeping the EDD, we're trying to find a new location for the Alliance Worknet,” Pitt said.

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  1. Turlockian says:
    7 years ago

    Democrat Governor Jerry Brown is stripping the citizens of this State to pay for his political agendas like the high speed rail. This is all to support President Obama. Remember it was Jerry Brown who single handedly took away Turlock’s Redevelopment Agency. Democrat’s don’t care about anything except their political statements. That’s why Mary Jackson didn’t get reelected to Council and Republican Steven Nascimento beat here as a newcomer.

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  2. mother of 5 says:
    7 years ago

    And this is why it is important to actually vote but to do it with an educated decision, and to actually read the booklet that comes with the voting ballet and make the decision yourself, with an educated information…
    I did not want Jerry Brown in office again because of his previous outcomes holding office an more than one place and……anytime any bill or law or whatever is going to cost money to start up I vote NO on because, we don’t have the money now, then that means less money later tooo…..hello, no money in back acct means no spending.

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  3. Ryan says:
    7 years ago

    wow Turlock already didn’t have any kind of government agencies to assist its people now the very simple one will be shut down?? Going to Modesto even for EDD??? Then why don’t just merge Turlock into Modest and set everybody free from commuting??!!!! We have to do something

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  4. Guest says:
    7 years ago

    They shut down a much needed office in Turlock, while the State just installed new Carpet,paint and A/C in an unoccupied office in Modesto. You hear me right, an office where noone has worked there since last December, almost a year of being empty, and the State renewed the Lease with this full knowlege!

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  5. Chris says:
    7 years ago

    Turlockian,

    Jerry Brown has taken great steps to turn California’s wasteful spending around. Your knee-jerk Republican response belies actual cost cutting that Brown has done in California. The Redevelopment Department was a scam and was used for personal agendas like the money wasted to build a football field that one bring one penny back into the City. You should do some research before just popping off because your not well informed.

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