Cal. Pub. Resources Code § 6103.6
All officers and employees of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands who, on the operative date of this section, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function of the commission or division as an agency of the Department of Conservation which is vested in the commission or division by Section 6103.2 as an agency of the Resources Agency, shall be transferred to the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency. 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 State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions exempt from civil service in the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands in the Department of Conservation.
Ca. Pub. Res. Code § 6103.6