California legislators warn many unsuspecting state residents will be further burdened by fraudulent unemployment claims if Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t intervene with continued mismanagement at the state’s Employment Development Department (EDD). The EDD has already paid $10.4 billion in benefits to claimants whose identities haven’t been verified, according to a Jan. 28 report from the state auditor. As a result, a number of victims of identity fraud might be held responsible for paying taxes on benefits they never received. Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) told The Epoch Times that the EDD’s mismanagement is “the biggest scandal that’s ever taken place in a state government” and called it “just mind-boggling.” “This was something that has harmed so many people in so many horrible ways that yesterday isn’t too soon to get this thing fixed,” Bates said. A representative for the EDD, which is in the process of sending out a record …