"...if you could look into it."

Lisa is a fellow software user, a volunteer.

CA's reconciliation of itemized deductions isn't on Form 540.  It's on California's  six page Sch CA, Part II, page 5-6.  Specifically, line 16.

Gambling losses are NOT an adjustment to income, they are itemized deductions.  Are you sure your client has enough in dedutions to itemize?