If you entered your Charitable Contributions in the Deductions & Credits section in the Federal return in the Desktop version, and you didn't get credit for them in the Federal return because your itemized deductions were less than your Federal standard deduction, then the Contributions should appear on California Schedule CA in Part II - Adjustments to Federal Itemized Deductions and on Line 18 of Form 540.
If your California itemized deductions were less than your California standard deduction, then the standard deduction will appear on Line 18 of Form 540.
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