Cal. Fin. Code § 4882
In obtaining any approval of outstanding shares required for a merger, the surviving depository corporation and, in case the surviving depository corporation is to issue securities in consideration of the merger, the disappearing depository corporation shall each provide to its shareholders such information as the commissioner may require. In determining the information to be required, the commissioner shall give due consideration to regulations relating to proxy statements issued under Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 78n) by (a) the Securities and Exchange Commission, (b) in the case of a depository corporation that is a bank, the federal bank regulatory agencies, and (c) in the case of a depository corporation that is a savings association, the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Ca. Fin. Code § 4882