State Property: San Pasqual Battlefield State Park.

Assembly Member Alvarez's proposal to return ancestral lands within San Pasqual Battlefield State Park to the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians would transfer approximately 3.68 acres of state-owned parkland to the tribe at no cost. The Department of General Services would execute this transfer through a quitclaim deed for three specific parcels currently under state ownership.

The legislation also addresses adjacent city-owned parcels within the park boundaries. While encouraging the City of San Diego to transfer its land holdings to the tribe, the bill requires the state to relinquish any interests it maintains in city parcels - including leases and permits - should the city agree to such a transfer. The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians plans to operate a public park on the transferred land to showcase the tribe's history and contributions to the community.

The bill's findings document the historical context behind this proposed land transfer. In 1835, the Mexican government established a civil pueblo for the tribe in San Pasqual Valley. Though initially granted as a reservation by the U.S. government in 1870, that designation was rescinded in 1871. An 1891 federal act intended to establish a reservation on the tribe's occupied lands in Township 12, but due to an error, the reservation was instead placed in Township 11, leading to the tribe's forced relocation. The park, which has been closed with no scheduled reopening date, contains a tribal cemetery within its boundaries.