In California State Employees' Assn. v. Williams (1970) 7 Cal. App. 3d 390, the Court of Appeal noted the long-standing rule that the state civil service system did not prohibit the contracting out of services that cannot be performed " 'adequately or competently or satisfactorily' " by civil service personnel. ( Id. at p. 396.) The issue there was whether the state could hire an independent contractor to perform administrative tasks for the Medi-Cal program, rather than hire additional civil service employees to perform those tasks. ( Id. at p. 392.) The court concluded that the state constitutional policy protecting the civil service system only applies to existing civil service personnel, not to a situation where the state is delivering a new service. ( Id. at p. 397.)