IRS says they don't actually "see" a printed 1099G, only the transmission of amounts in the numbered boxes. They did not get a "benefits repaid" amount (in an unnumbered box). So as both you and they suggested, I must mail it to them. I wonder how many tens of thousands of Californians have had this issue over how many years. Time on phone with IRS 44 minutes including wait. Thanks Critter#2.
By the way, the TurboTax Printed or PDF of the 1040 scrunches up the "repaid amount" to the left of line 19 so as to be almost unreadable. It is perfectly readable in the TT Forms view. Not that the IRS would "see" that on paper when electronically filed.
There is no provision in the AnswerXchange Comment page to upload an image of the scrunched text.
