Cal. PRC § 6404

Any state agency that sells any of the lands listed in Section 6403, other than tax-deeded lands, may, with the approval of the commission, dispose of oil and gas, other gases, including, but not limited to, nonhydrocarbon and geothermal gases, oil shale, coal, phosphate, alumina, silica, fossils of all geological ages, sodium, gold, silver, or other mineral deposits, metals and their compounds, alkali, alkali earth, sand, clay, gravel, salts and mineral waters, uranium, trona, and geothermal resources, together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove such deposits or resources, and to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land as may be necessary therefor.