Health & Saf. Code, § 51614

(a) The agency is hereby vested with full power, authority, and jurisdiction over the insurance fund. The agency may perform all acts necessary or convenient in the exercise of any power, authority, or jurisdiction over the insurance fund, either in the administration thereof or in connection with the business administered under this part, as fully and completely as the governing body of a private insurance carrier.

(b) The agency may create task forces and advisory committees, when appropriate and as the members deem necessary, for the purpose of obtaining advice on issues arising as a result of the agency’s activities under this part. Ex officio members of those task forces and advisory committees may include, but are not limited to, the Insurance Commissioner or his or her designee, the Director of Housing and Community Development or his or her designee, the Director of the Seismic Safety Commission or his or her designee, and the Director of Emergency Services or his or her designee.