California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 14087.9685

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any obligation of the commission and its local initiative, statutory, contractual, or otherwise, shall be an obligation solely of the commission and shall not be an obligation of the county or of the state. Except as otherwise provided in this article, neither the county nor the state shall be liable for any act or omission of the commission.

(b) Except as agreed to by contract with the county, no liability of the commission shall become an obligation of the county upon either termination of the commission and its local initiative or the liquidation or disposition of the commission's remaining assets.

(c) All claims for money damages against the commission shall be governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided by other statutes or regulations that expressly apply to the commission.