CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel

February 20, 2026

An act to amend Section 669 of the Civil Code, relating to property.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law provides that all property has an owner, whether that owner is the state, and the property is public, or the owner is an individual, and the property is private.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 669 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

669.

All property has an owner, whether that owner is the State, state, and the property is public, or the owner is an individual, and the property is private. The State state may also hold property as a private proprietor.