Politics & Government

The State of California Totally Owes You Money! Come Get It Here!

More than 13 million people are in State Controller John Chiang's unclaimed property database. Are you?

Old refunds mailed to wrong addresses. Long-forgotten bank accounts and stocks. Tax bills that were overpaid.

Where does all that missing money go?

Back to the state, where it sits, waiting to be found, like an orphan waits for Angelina Jolie (who herself is due $659.01).

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And she's not the only one with unclaimed cash. Turns out a whooooole lot of Laguna Beach citizens are too.

Well-known ones, like City Manager John Pietig. He's got 10 bucks waiting for him.

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Councilmember Verna Rollinger? Not so lucky. She has a whopping 27 cents coming to her—but since she's running for re-election, we figure every cent should count ...

There are plenty of other ordinary Lagunans owed sums great and small. Jorge Pastrana? You've got $273.02.

John F. Gilbert? You're listed a bunch of times, like this one for $3,584.96.

And hey, if you go to , here's $344.64 for the collection plate.

To find out if you're owed lost or forgotten cash, click the State Controller's website right here, then enter a last name into the search engine. But if you only want to browse, try entering just a letter or two where the last name bubble is, type in LAGUNA BEACH, then click on SEARCH.

Good luck, and happy hunting!

 


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