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Item # 8
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
June 2, 2026
TOPIC: Recognition of Revenue for Certain Unclaimed Monies from Various City Funds
AGENDA TITLE
Recognition of $47,374.75 of Revenue for Certain Unclaimed Monies from Various City
Funds (General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve the recognition of $47,374.75 of revenue in the General Fund for certain
unclaimed deposits, as allowed by state law.
GOVERNMENT CODE 484308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
Annually, the Finance and Management Services Agency (FMSA) reviews a listing of
unclaimed monies that are older than three (3)years. The nature of these monies includes
unclaimed monies related to deposits, commissary account, and other payments made
by the City. State law allows the City to publish a notification of the unclaimed monies,
offering the public an opportunity to claim them. In the absence of any claims, the City
can recognize them as revenue. State law allows the City to transfer unclaimed monies,
held for a period of one (1) year, without publication for individual items less than $15 or
any amount if the depositor's name is unknown. FMSA has identified $47,374.75 of
unclaimed monies that can be recorded as revenue in the General Fund for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2026. The breakout of the unclaimed monies is as follows:
Funds $15 or Greater Amount
Uncashed checks $46,510.67
Funds Less Than $15 Amount
Uncashed checks $ 864.08
Grand Total $47,374.75
Due Diligence Efforts
Various departments made efforts to contact payees and depositors before the list was
compiled for noticing purposes. To ensure the public was aware of the existence of
Recognition of Revenue for Certain Unclaimed Monies from Various City Funds
June 2, 2026
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unclaimed monies on file with the City, FMSA staff published a Public Notice (Exhibit 1)
in the Orange County Register in April 2026 for two (2) successive weeks in accordance
with the applicable Government Code sections. The City did not receive any inquiries
regarding the unclaimed monies as a result of the publication. Part of the unclaimed
monies included individual items that were less than $15. These monies were not
included in the publication per Government Code §50055.
If the City Council approves the Recommended Action, unclaimed monies in the amount
of $47,374.75 will be recorded as revenue in the General Fund, in accordance with
Government Code §50053.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
Unclaimed monies in the amount of $47,374.75 will be reclassified to the General Fund
(Account No. 01102002-57010 — Miscellaneous Recoveries).
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Public Notice
Submitted By: Alexander Trinidad, Executive Director, Finance and Management
Services Agency
Approved By: Alvaro Nunez, City Manager
The Orange County Register EXHIBIT 1
1920 Main St., Suite 225
Irvine, Ca 92614
714-796-7000
5211379
CNSB/CNSB-ACCOMMODATIONS PROOF OF PUBLICATION
915 E 1ST ST
ORDER EXPEDITING Legal No. 0011784154
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012-4050 PUBLIC NOTICE OF
UNCLAIMED MONEY HELD BY
CITY OF SANTA ANA
This is a public notice that the City
of Santa Ana ("City") is in
FILE NO. 4024662 possession of certain refundable
monies in connection with the
following list noted below in the total'
67.
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION amount of sitars pp are ne 1 o
o
These depositors are no longer on
file with the City.
The above funds were
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, collected/received by the City of
Santa Ana. The funds have been
SS, deposited into the City's designated
financial institution's funds as
County of Orange listed below ("Unclaimed Monies").
Pursuant to Government Code
section 50050 etseR., it is proposed
the Unclaimed Monies shall become
the property of the City on June 2,
2026.
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the Anyone who has alegal claim the
Unclaimed Monies must fitle a
County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and written claim with the City
Treasurer on or before June 2,2026,
not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I at the address provided below. The
am the principal clerk of The Orange Count Register, a claim must identify the name r the
P P 9 Y g claimant, the claimant's current
newspaper of general circulation, published in the city of address and phone number, the
amount claimed,and the grounds on
Santa Ana, County of Orange, and which newspaper has which the claim is founded.The City
Treasubeen adjudged to be a newspaper of general circulation by urtherrpr ofer sofh identityright
ta demand o he
the Superior Court of the Count of Orange, State of facts establish any claim, and
p Y g may accept or reject a claim. If the
California, under the date of November 19, 1905, Case No. claim is reiected, the claimant may
file a verified complaint seeking to
A-21046, that the notice, of which the annexed is a true recover all, or a designated part, of
printed copy, has been published in each regular and the Unclaimed Monies in a court of
P PY p g competent jurisdiction within
entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement Orange County and serve a copy of
the complaint and summons upon
thereof on the following dates, to wit: the City Treasurer. A copy of the
complaint and summons must be
served within thirty (30) days of
04/11/2026, 04/1812026 receiving the City's notice the claim:
was reiected. Further information
regarding the Unclaimed Monies
may be obtained from the City
Treasurer, City of Santa Ana, 20
Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana,
California 92702. Claims or further
I certify(or declare) under the penalty of perjury under the information related to Unclaimed
Monies may also be submitted by
laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true email to accounting@Santa-ana.org.
and Correct: DEPOSITED FUNDS WITH THE
CITY:
Fund and description in which
monies are held,Amount
Executed at Anaheim, Orange County, California, on Police Commissary Account Fund,
$16,950.57
Date: April 18, 2026. General Fund,$16,557.03
Operating Fund,$1,246.61
Water Fund,$2,671.07
Workers' Compensation Fund,
$6,386.30
General Liability Fund,$2,699.09
Jennifer L. Hall,CMC
City Clerk
4/11,4/l8/26
C N S-4024662#
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Signature