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District 1’s region is comprised of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties.

General Information:

Phone: (707) 445-6600
TTY: 711
Fax: (707) 445-5330

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 1
1656 Union Street
Eureka, CA 95501 

Mailing Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 1 
P. O. Box 3700
Eureka, CA 95502-3700

District 1 Website

  • Cori Reed
    Chief Public and Media Affairs
    (707) 834-9530
  • Myles Cochrane
    Public and Media Affairs - Humboldt and Del Norte Counties
    (707) 498-4272
  • Manny Machado
    Public and Media Affairs - Lake and Mendocino Counties
    (707) 496-6879
  • Meriah Miracle
    Public and Media Affairs - Social-Media
    (707) 496-1781
  • Rhiannon Montgomery
    Public and Media Affairs - Clean California
    (707) 601-9913

District 2 includes the counties of Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties. District 2 also services portions of Butte and Sierra Counties.

General Information:

Phone: 530-225-3426
Fax: (530) 229-0502

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 2
1657 Riverside Drive
Redding, CA 96001

District 2 Website

Serving the Counties of Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba.

General Information:

Phone: (530) 741-4572

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 3
703 B Street
Marysville, CA 95901

District 3 Website

  • Steve Nelson
    Chief Public Information Officer
    (530) 632-0080 24/7 line
  • Dennis Keaton
    Public Information Officer - Sacramento and Yolo Counties
    (530) 825-5252
  • Gilbert Mohtes-Chan
    Public Information Officer - Butte, Colusa, Yuba, Glenn, and Sutter Counties
    (530) 682-6145
  • Kevin Murphy
    Public Information Officer - Clean California Program
    (530) 812-7282
  • Jeremy Linder
    Public Information Officer - Placer, Nevada, and Sierra Counties
    (530) 701-5209
  • John O'Connell
    Public Information Officer - El Dorado County and Lake Tahoe Basin, CPRA Coordinator
    (530) 701-9459
  • Sergio Ochoa Sánchez
    Public Information Officer (Bilingual) - Sacramento and Yolo Counties
    (916) 826-3093

Serving the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Franciso, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma.

General Information:

Phone: (510) 286-4444

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 4
111 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94612

Mailing Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 4
P.O. Box 23660
Oakland, CA 94623-0660

District 4 Website

Bay Bridge Information: Bay Bridge Website

  • Bart Ney
    Chief Public Information Officer
    (510) 715-7212
  • Pedro Quintana
    Branch Chief B
    Public Information Officer - Alameda, Marin, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties
    (510) 867-6028
  • Vince Jacala
    Branch Chief A
    Public Information Officer - Contra Costa, Napa, San Francisco, Sonoma, and Solano Counties
    (510) 385-7069
  • Victor Gauthier
    Public Information Officer - Santa Clara County
    (510) 290-5116
  • Matt O'Donnell
    Public Information Officer - Marin County
    (510) 852-5113
  • Alejandro Lopez
    Public Information Officer - San Mateo County
    (510) 385-6856
  • Janis Mara
    Public Information Officer - Alameda County
    (510) 715-9291
  • Marcus Wagner
    Public Information Officer - Contra Costa County
    (510) 622-8758
  • Jeff Weiss
    Public Information Officer - Sonoma and San Francisco Counties
    (510) 715-8770

District 5 is made up of Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz Counties.

General Information:

Phone:

  • Monterey Peninsula area:
    (831) 372-0862
  • Salinas area:
    (831) 753-0187
  • San Luis Obispo area:
    (805) 549-3111
  • Santa Barbara area:
    (805) 568-0858
  • Santa Cruz area:
    (831) 423-0396

Email:
Public Information Officer

Physical/Mailing Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 5
50 Higuera Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5415

District 5 Website

  • Colin Jones
    Chief Public Information Officer
    (805) 549-3189
  • Heidi Crawford
    Public Information Officer
    (805) 549-3318
  • Kevin Drabinski
    Public Information Officer - Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties
    (805) 549-3138
  • Jim Shivers
    Public Information Officer - Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties
    (805) 549-3237

District serves Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, and Tulare Counties.

General Information:

Phone:

  • Fresno/Kings Counties:
    (559) 488-4067
  • Madera County:
    (559) 444-2518
  • Kern/Tulare Counties:
    (559) 444-2409

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 6
1352 W. Olive Avenue
Fresno, CA 93728

Mailing Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 6
1352 W. Olive Avenue
P. O. Box 12616
Fresno, CA 93778-2616

District 6 Fresno Offices Map:

District 6 Website

  • Tami Cox
    Chief Public Information Officer
    (559) 488-4082
  • Larry Johnson
    Public Information Officer, Customer Service Liaison - Madera County
    (559) 444-2518
  • Christian Lukens
    Public Information Officer - Kern and Tulare Counties
    (559) 444-2409
  • Elizabeth Yelton
    Public Information Officer - Fresno and Kings Counties
    (559) 488-4067

Serving Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.

General Information:

(213) 897-1200

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 7
100 South Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

District 7 Fact Sheet

Caltrans District 8 covers Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in Southern California, which includes 49 incorporated cities.

General Information:

Phone: (909) 383-4631

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 8
464 W. 4th Street
San Bernardino, CA 92401

Mailing Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 8
464 W. 4th Street MS 1247
Attn: Public Affairs
San Bernardino, CA 92401

District 8 Website

Caltrans District 9 encompasses the central-east portion of the State with its headquarters in Bishop. The District is responsible for all of the State Highway Systems in Inyo, Mono and eastern Kern Counties.

General Information:

Phone: (760) 872-0601
FAX: (760) 872-0678

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 9
500 S. Main Street
Bishop, CA 93514

District 9 Website

Covering Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties.

General Information:

Phone: (209) 948-7543
Fax: (209) 948-3895
Email: District 10 PIO

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 10
1976 East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Stockton, CA 95205

District 10 Website

  • Anthony Presto
    Chief Public Information & Legislative Affairs Officer
    (209) 986-0859
  • Skip Allum
    Public Information Officer - San Joaquin County, Amador & Calaveras counties
    (209) 601-7943
  • Brian Hooker
    Public Information Officer - Alpine, Mariposa & Merced counties
    (209) 693-3897
  • Erin McQueary
    Public Information Officer - Stanislaus & Tuolumne counties
    (209) 670-9001 
  • Gary Ellenbolt
    Public Information Officer - Customer Service Liaison
    (209) 693-3497

Serving San Diego and Imperial Counties.

General Information:

Phone: (619) 688-6699
Fax: (619) 688-2508
Email: District 11 Public Information

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 11
4050 Taylor Street
San Diego, CA 92110

District 11 Website

Public and Legislative Affairs:

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Serving Orange County.

General Information:

Phone: (657) 328-66309

Physical Address:

California Department of Transportation
District 12
1750 East 4th Street, Suite 100
Santa Ana CA 92705

District 12 Website

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