(a) No change in the appointment process for any City officer or employee shall affect the status of any person serving as a City officer or employee as of the Operative Date of this Charter. Changes in the process for removal of any City officer or employee shall be effective upon the Operative Date of this Charter.
(b) Individuals in civil service positions that become exempt through the enactment of this Charter shall not have civil service standing as to the newly exempt positions, but will retain their civil service status as to their prior position in accordance with Section 1001 (e).
(c) Any City officer or employee in the service of the City on the Operative Date of this Charter, whose position becomes part of the classified civil service by reason of the enactment of this Charter, shall continue in his or her present position with the full seniority and other rights he or she would have if he or she had been under the classified civil service from the commencement of his or her City service.