California Code, Government Code - GOV § 3527

(a) “Employee” means a civil service employee of the State of California. The “State of California” as used in this chapter includes those state agencies, boards, and commissions as may be designated by law that employ civil service employees, except the University of California, the college named in Section 92200 of the Education Code, and the California State University.

(b) “Excluded employee,” means all managerial employees, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 3513, all confidential employees, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 3513, and all supervisory employees, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 3513, and all civil service employees of the Department of Human Resources, professional employees of the Department of Finance engaged in technical or analytical state budget preparation other than the auditing staff, professional employees in the Personnel/Payroll Services Division of the Controller's office engaged in technical or analytical duties in support of the state's personnel and payroll systems other than the training staff, employees of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, employees of the Bureau of State Audits, employees of the Public Employment Relations Board, conciliators employed by the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, employees of the office of the State Chief Information Officer except as provided in Section 11546.5, employees of the office of the Secretary of Government Operations within the Government Operations Agency, and intermittent athletic inspectors who are employees of the State Athletic Commission.

(c) “Supervisory employee organization” means an organization that represents members who are supervisory employees under subdivision (g) of Section 3513.

(d) “Excluded employee organization” means an organization that includes excluded employees of the state, as defined in subdivision (b), and that has as one of its primary purposes representing its members in employer-employee relations. Excluded employee organization includes supervisory employee organizations.

(e) “State employer” or “employer,” for purposes of meeting and conferring on matters relating to supervisory employer-employee relations, means the Governor or the Governor's designated representatives.