Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 30141

Every applicant for a license as a distributor shall file with the board, security in the amount and form as the board prescribes. Any security in the form of cash, insured deposits in banks or savings and loan institutions, or a bond or bonds duly executed by an admitted surety insurer, payable to the state, conditioned upon faithful performance of all the requirements of this part and expressly providing for the payment of all taxes, penalties, and other obligations of the person arising out of this part shall be held by the board in trust to be used solely in the manner provided in this section.