Thank you @MonikaK1. I'd always been blocked from e-filing in the past and assumed a work-around would be necessary again this year. The TT help doc also seemed to suggest I'd need a workaround based on the data in my W-2. But I discovered after paying and clicking through to the e-file screen that I wasn't being blocked from e-filing, despite the fact that my W-2 had both code II in box 12 and a zero in Box 1 and amounts in Box 3 and Box 5. Fed and state returns have both been accepted, and I see the correct amount on line 1d of the return.
Hopefully, this is good news for my CA compatriots with similar W-2s.
