California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 6152

(a) A director shall automatically cease to be a director upon becoming the subject of an order for relief in bankruptcy or upon conviction of a criminal offense involving dishonesty or a breach of trust.

(b) In the case of an association which converts from a mutual association to a stock association, for a period of up to five years from the date of the conversion, a director may not otherwise be removed except for cause on the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of members or stockholders eligible to be cast at a legal meeting.