Cal. Gov. Code § 19816.6

All officers and employees of the State Personnel Board, the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, the Department of General Services, and the Department of Finance, who, on the operative date of this part, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function vested in the department by Section 19816 shall be transferred to the department. The status, positions, and rights of these persons shall not be affected by the transfer and shall be retained by them as officers and employees of the department pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions exempt from civil service.