The department may establish rules under which records of unsatisfactory service may lead to reduction in class and compensation, and providing for the manner in which persons falling below the standards of efficiency may be removed from their positions by the appointing powers, substantially as in the case of removals for cause.
Source:
Section 19992.12, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=19992.12..