California Code, Fish and Game Code - FGC § 2072.7

The department may, in the absence of a petition from an interested party, recommend to the commission that it add a species to, or remove a species from, either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species.  If it makes a recommendation under this section, the department shall include the information specified in Section 2072.3.  A department recommendation under this section shall be considered by the commission as a petition with a departmental recommendation to accept and consider as described in subdivision (b) of Section 2073.5, and is subject to Sections 2074 to 2079, inclusive.