Cal. Fin. Code § 4828.3
A California state bank or an industrial loan company may, with the approval of the commissioner and its board and, if the transaction constitutes a reorganization as defined in Section 181 of the Corporations Code, subject to the provisions of Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 1200) of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, acquire in a single transaction all (except directors’ qualifying shares, if any) of the outstanding shares of another depository corporation in accordance with a plan that provides either of the following: