Cal. Health & Safety Code § 101880

The Legislature finds and declares that a corporation subject to this chapter shall continue to be private, notwithstanding this chapter, and in any event, shall not be subject to the provisions of the Government Code or the Education Code made applicable to any public agency, or any public or constitutional corporation, generally, or collectively. Nothing in this chapter grants any authority to any person, including any public agency or constitutional corporation, to establish a corporation to which this chapter applies.