Final Filing Date: 8/28/2026.

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will not be accepted.

Following the examination's final filing date, an examination link will be sent to the email address provided on your state application.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Promotional Examination(s):

• DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR, ALCOHO - Promotional

In addition to meeting the Minimum Qualifications, competition is limited to individuals who meet at least one of the following filing criteria:

• 1. Have a permanent civil service appointment with a promotional testing department (see Testing Departments), or
• 2. Are current or former employees of the legislature for 2 or more years as defined in Government Code 18990, or
• 3. Are current or former non-elected exempt employees of the executive branch for 2 or more consecutive years as defined in Govt. Code 18992, or
• 4. Are persons retired from the United States military honorably discharged from active duty with a service disability or honorably discharged from active duty as defined in Government Code 18991. Applicants must provide a copy of discharge papers (DD 214) for verification purposes at the time of application.

Under certain circumstances other employees may be allowed to compete under provisions of Rules 234, 235 and 235.2. California Code of Regulations Rules 233, 234, 235.2 and 237 contain provisions regarding civil service status and eligibility for promotional examinations.

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Department of Cannabis Control
  Human Resources Branch- Exams
  PO Box 419106
  Rancho Cordova, CA 95741
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Department of Cannabis Control
  Human Resources Branch- Exams
  2920 Kilgore Road
  Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  This location is non-operations on weekends and holidays.

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Supervising Special Investigator, Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Or II

Three years of experience in investigation work, at least two of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity. (Experience in California state service applied toward this requirement must include at least two years performing the duties of a class at a level of responsibility equivalent to that of Supervising Special Investigator, Alcoholic Beverage Control.)

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

Training & Experience Examination: If you meet the minimum qualifications for this classification, your responses to the questions and statements on the Training & Experience Questionnaire Examination will be scored against predetermined rating criteria. You will not appear to take an examination.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

• Department policies, procedures, mission, relevant statutes, and case law to perform job duties.

• Investigative techniques and procedures to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure successful prosecution.

• Rules of evidence and collection techniques to ensure evidence security, integrity, preservation, destruction and admissibility in legal proceedings.

• Interviewing and/or interrogation techniques to obtain pertinent information.

• Legal procedures pertaining to criminal, and civil cases to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure successful prosecution.

• Laws of arrest, and search and seizure to prevent violations of individual rights, conduct thorough investigations and ensure successful prosecution.

• Variety of software applications (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to prepare correspondence and reports.

Ability to:

• Use professional, tactful, and effective communication to diffuse stressful situations.

• Develop, organize and prioritize short- and long-term plans to meet region goals and objectives.

• Apply the laws of arrest, and search and seizure to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure successful prosecution.

• Communicate information and ideas in writing in a clear, articulate manner using tone, vocabulary, and grammar appropriate to the audience.

• Give direction to individuals and subordinate staff to accomplish the Department’s mission, goals, and objectives.

• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with employees, allied agencies, stakeholders, and/or the public to exchange information and fulfill the mission of the Department.

• Swiftly analyze situations and identify key elements to take an appropriate course of action in a timely manner.

• Maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information with tact and diplomacy.

Willingness and Skill to:

• Work long and unusual hours including nights, weekends, and holidays to fulfill the mission of the Department.

• Perform job duties in adverse conditions (e.g. environmental, hostile, stressful) to fulfill the mission of the Department.

• Travel (e.g. extended trips, overnight, holidays, weekends, inclement weather) as necessary to fulfill the mission of the Department.

A Departmental Promotional eligible list for the DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR, ALCOHO Classification will be established for:

• Department of Cannabis Control

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference is not granted for promotional examinations.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of Cannabis Control

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of Cannabis Control reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.