"The new California law, signed at Los Angeles’ Holocaust Museum, clarifies that California law should take precedence in local Holocaust art restitution cases. It allows Californians “to bring an action for damages or to recover artwork or personal property, as defined, that was stolen or otherwise lost as the result of political persecution.”

According to the law, “California substantive law shall apply in actions to recover fine art,” and that “the true owner cannot be divested of ownership without actual discovery of their rights in, and the location and possessor of, the artwork.”

https://www.jta.org/2024/09/19/culture/california-passes-law-to-help-holocaust-survivors-and-heirs-recover-nazi-looted-art?utm_source=JTA_Iterable&utm_campaign=JTA_DB&utm_medium=email