Alternate Base period? (receive, apply, qualify, work)

[itgiawa]

I'm posting here because I can't get through to the unemployment office via phone.

I applied for unemployment in California. I received an award amount of $0.00 because I don't qualify for the base period. My question is do I need to do anything to apply for the alternate base period?

I worked from
1/06/2013 to 04/06/2013

[Ariadne22]

Assuming you haven't made a typo and are, in fact, discussing earnings January-April 2013, your application is way too late to qualify for any CA base periods used at this time, which are:

Standard Base Period - July 2013-June 2014
Alternate Base Beriod - October 2013-September 2014

You needed to have applied for benefits in June 2014 latest - at which time base period would be January 2013-December 2013 - and would include earnings for the period you mention.