Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 10150.6

The Real Estate Commissioner shall not grant an original real estate broker’s license to any person who has not held a real estate salesman’s license for at least two years and qualified for renewal real estate salesman status, within the five-year period immediately prior to the date of his application for the broker’s license, and during such time was not actively engaged in the business of real estate salesman, except that an applicant for a real estate broker’s license having at least the equivalent of two years’ general real estate experience or graduation from a four-year college or university course, which course included specialization in real estate, files a written petition with the Department of Real Estate setting forth his qualifications and experience, and the commissioner approves, he may be issued a real estate broker’s license immediately upon passing the examination and satisfying the other requirements of this article.