The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hereby succeeds to, and is vested with, all the powers, functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, and jurisdiction of the following entities, which shall no longer exist: Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, Department of Corrections, Department of the Youth Authority, Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training, Board of Corrections, and State Commission on Juvenile Justice, Crime and Delinquency Prevention. For purposes of this article, the above entities shall be known as "predecessor entities."
Ca. Gov. Code § 12838.5