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    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-03-12</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>true</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001609253</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>California Resources Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CRC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001283718</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE QUEEN STREET EAST, SUITE 2500</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5C 2W5</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-03-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3500000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>61.1</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7006895</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The securities reported herein are held of record by CPP Investment Board Private Holdings (6), Inc. (&quot;CPPIB-PH(6)&quot;). CPPIB-PH(6) is the wholly owned subsidiary of CPP Investment Board Private Holdings (5), which is the wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. As such, each of the foregoing entities may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by CPPIB-PH(6).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Canada Pension Plan Investment Board By: /s/ Pierre Abinakle, Managing Director, Head of Compliance</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CPP Investment Board Private Holdings (5), Inc., /s/ Brian Savage, Secretary</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CPP Investment Board Private Holdings (6), Inc., /s/ Brian Savage, Secretary</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
