Cal. INS § 14028

After a hearing the commissioner may deny a license unless the application makes a showing satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant, if an individual, has not, or if the applicant is a person other than an individual, that its manager and each of its officers and partners have not: (a) Committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480 of the Business and Professions Code. (b) Been refused a license under this chapter or had a license revoked. (c) Been an officer, partner, or manager of any person who has been refused a license under this chapter or whose license has been revoked. (d) While unlicensed committed, or aided and abetted the commission of, any act for which a license is required by this chapter. (e) Committed any act or crime constituting grounds for denial of license under Section 1668.