pueblo lands

There is a marked difference, however, between lands which are held by a municipality in trust for public, municipal purposes, such as pueblo lands, and lands acquired by a municipality through purchase or special grant, and held in proprietary right. Of the latter ... 'it is beyond the power of the state to control its disposition without the consent of the municipality.' In the other case, 'the lands, being simply ancillary to the execution of the public trust ... became equally subject to the sovereignty of the state of California through its legislature upon the change of government.