Cal. Gov. Code § 12809

All officers and employees of the Human Relations Agency who, on the effective date of the 1972 amendment of this section, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function transferred to or vested in the Health and Welfare Agency or the Resources Agency by Section 12803, 12806, or 12807 shall be transferred to the Health and Welfare Agency or the Resources Agency, as the case may be. The status, positions, and rights of such persons shall not be affected by the transfer, and shall be retained by them as officers and employees of the Health and Welfare Agency or the Resources Agency pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions exempt from civil service in the Human Relations Agency.