SANBAG Looking For New General Counsel

By Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law

SANBAG, San Bernardino Associated Governments, is looking for a new General Counsel. Here is the job announcement:

General Counsel

Categories/Deadline:

• Legal
• 11/21/11

Essential Information

Employer	San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG)
Street Address	1170 W. 3rd Street 2nd Floor San Bernardino, CA 92410
Phone	916-784-9080
Website URL	www.bobmurrayassoc.com

San Bernardino Associated Governments, known as SANBAG, is the council of governments and transportation planning agency for San Bernardino County. SANBAG is responsible for cooperative regional planning and furthering an efficient multi-modal transportation system countywide. SANBAG is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of 29 officials consisting of the mayor or a council member from each of the 24 cities and all five members of the Board of Supervisors. SANBAG is seeking an experienced General Counsel to join the executive team. The Board would benefit from an individual who has an open form of communication, strong written and verbal skills and the ability to keep the Board and staff well informed. The selected candidate will provide legal advice on issues affecting operations and capital improvement functions, conflicts of interest, procurements, legislation, personnel matters, policies, compliance with SANBAG requirements and stay up-to-date on changing policies and procedures. The incoming General Counsel will direct the preparation of fair and consistent legal/litigation recommendations concerning the enforcement of general law, the Brown Act, transportation laws, land use, state/federal laws, and other related laws and ordinances. Successful candidates will have at least 10 years of work experience as a practicing attorney advising public agency clients including Contract Law, Public Liability Labor/Employment law “At Will” status in a public agency. The ideal candidate will have a J.D. from an accredited law school and be licensed to practice law in California. The salary for the General Counsel is open and is dependent upon qualifications. SANBAG also offers an attractive benefits package. If you are interested in this outstanding opportunity, please apply online at http://www.bobmurrayassoc.com. Please contact Mr. Bob Murray at (916) 784-9080 should you have any questions. Brochure available.
Closing date November 21, 2011.

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Additional Information

Industry: Government

Manages Others: yes

Job Duration/Time: Full-time

County: San Bernardino

Why a new general counsel for SANBAG.  According to this staff report:

… County Counsel has informed SANBAG that they will need to end their arrangement with SANBAG  to provide legal counsel which creates a need to recruit a General Counsel for SANBAG.

Earlier in the year, I used SANBAG as an example in my how-to series regarding the California Public Records Act, examining SANBAG’s procurement policies, particularly as they related to the procurement of legal services associated with acquisition of right-of-way for the sbX Project.   In the first entry, I discussed the basics of making a request.  In the second entry, I talked about the use of the California Public Records Act by journalists.  In the third entry, I discussed making a California Public Records Act request with SANBAG for a particular purchase order disclosed on one of their agendas.  In the fourth entry, I discussed receiving the initial response to my California Public Records Act request.  In the fifth entry, SANBAG told me that the records were ready.  In the sixth entry, I collected the records.  In the seventh entry, I showed how to make a follow-up request, and I requested new documents from SANBAG.  In the eighth entry, they sent me an electronic response to my request.  In the ninth entry, I asked about the status of the request. In the tenth entry, I obtained the documents from the second request.  In the eleventh entry, I discussed the purchase orders that I requested.  In the twelfth entry, I discussed SANBAG’s Public Records Act policy.

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