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This position can be located in Sacramento or Riverside County.
 

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is a global leader in protecting air quality, fighting climate change, and furthering environmental justice. CARB's Executive Office plans, organizes, and directs the activities of staff to further the Board's mission. The Legal Office is part of the Executive Office. Its mission is to provide the highest quality legal advice and representation to the Board and staff to support programmatic efforts to improve air quality to protect public health and the environment and to ensure that all legal obligations of CARB are met in carrying out these efforts. The Legal Office provides legal support on a variety of complex topics related to the control of air pollution (criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases), including, but not limited to: adopting, interpreting, implementing, and enforcing State and federal environmental and administrative laws and regulations, litigating disputes in conjunction with the Attorney General's Office, resolving personnel matters, drafting contracts, avoid conflicts of interest, conducting hearing, and drafting legislation. The Legal Office maintains the primary responsibility for assisting CARB staff in developing regulations and the necessary supporting documents. The Legal Office also provides legal assistance to California's 35 Air Pollution Control and Air Quality Management Districts.


Under the general direction of an Assistant Chief Counsel, the Deputy Counsel and Chief Counsel, the Attorney III in this position is responsible for independently providing written and oral legal advice to CARB's executives, management, and staff on legal issues. The position will focus on climate and air quality regulations, many of which are cutting-edge and highly innovative. As part of this work, the attorney would help develop, implement, defend, and enforce regulations, including regulations related to climate change programs and performs difficult and complex litigation, negotiate disputes, serve as a legislative liaison, appear in hearings, conduct legal research and draft memoranda; respond to legal correspondence; develop strategy and tactics in complex disputes or litigation; and coordinates their actions with other CARB attorneys and enforcement staff as needed to maintain consistent enforcement policy and strategy. These assignments may also include legal support for incentive programs, addressing general law questions, and meeting other legal needs.

  

The Attorney III in this position will work closely with CARB staff and officials from other federal and State government agencies, on all phases of the development and implementation of the State's climate change and air quality programs. This includes independently developing and drafting regulations and preparing rulemaking materials to ensure regulations can withstand any subsequent legal challenges in both federal and State courts. Key functions of this position include: providing legal advice on requirements of various State and federal environmental laws; review of staff reports, letters, guidance and other documents for potential legal issues relating to interpretation of statutory and regulatory provisions and program implementation; and providing legal assistance to support Board actions. This position will provide CARB Executive Management, CARB staff, the Chief Counsel, Deputy Counsel, and Assistant Chief Counsels with written and oral advice, draft and review legal correspondence and documents, and perform a variety of related legal tasks.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

 

Working Conditions

This position may be eligible for hybrid in-office work and in-state telework. The amount of telework is at the agency's discretion and is based on the California Air Resource Boards' (CARB) current telework policy. While the CARB may support telework, some in-person attendance is also required. 

Beginning July 1st, 2025, per Executive Order N-22-25, CARB employees will be required to report into office four days a week.

The positions at the CARB may be eligible for telework with in-person attendance based on the operational needs of the position under Government Code 14200 for eligible applicants residing in California, subject to the candidate meeting telework eligibility criteria outlined in the CalEPA telework policy and/or future program need. Employees not residing in California are not eligible for telework. Regardless of hybrid telework eligibility, all employees may be required to report to the position’s designated headquarters location at their own expense, as indicated on their duty statement.

Headquarters Working Conditions:

  • Position located in a high-rise building.
  • Requires being stationary, consistent with office work, for extended periods.
  • Standard office environment (artificial lighting, controlled temperature, etc.)  
  • Daily use of a personal computer, office equipment, and/or telephone.