Cal. Health and Safety Code § 34278

(a) An authority shall select from among its commissioners a vice chairman. It also may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, technical experts, and any other officers, agents, and employees that it requires, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, terms of employment, and compensation. The authority shall adopt personnel rules and regulations applying to all employees. Those rules shall contain procedures affecting conflicts of interest, use of funds, and personnel procedures on hiring and firing, including removal of personnel for inefficiency, neglect of duties, or misconduct in office. Those rules and regulations shall be of public record. (b) An authority may contract with the Department of Housing and Community Development, any city, any county, or any other authority, for the furnishing by the department, city, county, or authority of any necessary staff services associated with or required by an authority and which could be performed by the staff of an authority.