Alexander v. State Personnel Board

Opinion

MORRISON, J.

With specified exceptions, state workers are governed by the civil service system provided by the California Constitution. (Cal. Const., art. VII, § 1, subd. (a); see Professional Engineers v. Department of Transportation (1997) 15 Cal.4th 543, 548 [63 Cal.Rptr.2d 467, 936 P.2d 473].) In 1980, as part of the State Civil Service Act (Gov. Code, § 18500 et seq.), the Legislature adopted Government Code sections 19600 through 19607, which authorize the State Personnel Board (the Board) to conduct, supervise, and evaluate demonstration projects to determine whether a specified…