The State and Consumer Services Agency oversees the departments of Consumer Affairs, Fair Employment and Housing, General Services, and Technology Services. The Agency also oversees the California Science Center, the California African American Museum, the Seismic Safety Commission, the Fair Employment and Housing Commission, the Franchise Tax Board, the California Building Standards Commission, the State Personnel Board, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, and the Office of the Insurance Advisor.

The entities under the State and Consumer Services Agency are responsible for civil rights enforcement, consumer protection and the licensing of 2.3 million Californians in more than 230 different professions. The Agency also handles procurement of more than $4 billion worth of goods and services, the management and development of state real estate, oversight of two state employee pension funds, collecting state taxes, hiring of state employees, providing information technology services, adopting state building standards, and the administration of two state museums. In addition, the Secretary for the State and Consumer Services Agency is the Chair of the California Building Standards Commission and the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, and operates the California Office of Information Security and Protection.