It will depend.
Most of the customers in this thread appear to have either a part-year resident state return or a nonresident CA state return.
Essentially, any amounts reported as belonging to California will be determined based upon your residency within the state, or if a nonresident, the income earned from California sources while a nonresident.
For example, if you invested in a stock but were a nonresident of California, most likely, your investment income would be sourced to your state of residence and not California. In this situation, you would enter zero for the California amount.
However, if you sold property that was located within California, then all of the capital gain allocated to that specific property would be reported on your nonresident California return. If this was the only capital gain reported on your federal return, then the amount reported on your nonresident California return will match the amount of the federal gain.
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