Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 7402

All sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, both surveyed and unsurveyed, which are now or hereafter included within the exterior boundaries of a military, Indian, forest, or other National reservation, or of a reserve, or of a National forest, National park, or National monument, or within the exterior boundaries of lands withdrawn from public entry, may be used as bases for indemnity selections except as otherwise provided in this chapter.