Stanley Young, a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board, took exception to Pruitt's characterization of relations between the two government agencies. "Pruitt himself has never met with anyone from CARB - even when he was in California in March," Young wrote by email. He added that EPA and CARB officials have had three "nonsubstantive" meetings over the past four months. "This is not, by any stretch of the definition, 'working with California,' " Young said.