California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 23073

All officers and employees of the Department of Justice who, on the operative date of this division, are performing any duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction to which the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation succeeds, and who are serving in the civil service, other than as temporary employees or persons in positions exempted from civil service, shall be transferred to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.  The status, position, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by the transfer and shall be retained by those persons as officers and employees of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.