California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 11325.22

(a) Participation in activities assigned pursuant to this section may be sequential or concurrent.  The county may require concurrent participation in the assigned activities if it is appropriate to the participant's abilities, consistent with the participant's welfare-to-work plan, and the activities can be concurrently scheduled.

(b) The participant has 30 days from the beginning of the initial training or education assignment in which to request a change or reassignment to another component.  The county shall grant the participant's request for reassignment if another assignment is available that is consistent with the participant's welfare-to-work plan and the county determines the other assignment will readily lead to employment.  This grace period shall be available only once to each participant.

(c) Any assignment or change in assignment to a program activity pursuant to this section shall be included in the welfare-to-work plan, or an amendment to the plan, as required in Section 11325.21.

(d) This section shall not apply to individuals subject to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 11331) during the time that article is operative.

(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026, or, if automation is necessary, the later of July 1, 2026, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement this section.