It is the policy of the state that reduced worktime for partial service retirement shall be made available to state employees and legislative employees eligible pursuant to Section 19996.32 who do not desire to work standard working hours on a full-time basis. Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this act shall be used to reduce the number of full-time equivalency positions authorized to any department.
Source:
Section 19996.34, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=19996.34..