California Code, Education Code - EDC § 90401

The trustees may provide for the establishment of a separate California State Polytechnic University at the campus or complex situated in the County of Los Angeles, more particularly described in subdivision (b) of Section 90400, and may execute any necessary agreements and receive, on behalf of the state, any property or interest in property which may be conveyed to the state in connection therewith or for any purposes of this section.

From and after the date upon which final action for the establishment of such separate university has been taken by the trustees, there shall be, within the California State University, two separate California state polytechnic universities, comprised of the respective campuses or complexes described in Section 90400. The provisions of Section 89067, the provisions of Sections 90404 to 90406, inclusive, and any provisions of law limited in applicability specifically to the California State Polytechnic University, unless otherwise therein specified, shall be deemed applicable to either or both of such California state polytechnic universities.