http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#two500
Quote:
If you are a visitor in California over 18 and have a valid driver license from your home state or country, you may drive in this state without getting a California driver license as long as your home state license remains valid.
If you become a California resident, you must get a California driver license within 10 days. Residency is established by voting in a California election, paying resident tuition, filing for a homeowner’s property tax exemption, or any other privilege or benefit not ordinarily extended to nonresidents.
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So yeah, if you get pulled over and you've moved to CA, and you tell him/her you've been here for more then ten days, you are actually considered driving WITHOUT a driver's license which is a misdemeanor. It's not a simple 'ticket' like you'd think it would be.