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Office of Local Assistance

The Local Assistance Office is responsible for providing federal and state funding to local agencies for the development and construction of transportation projects on their local street and road system. The Office works with federal, state, and local agency personnel to advance projects from planning through construction.

The Office provides engineering, environmental, and administrative support to the local agencies, and serves as their primary contact for policy and procedures, program management, and project implementation.

Completed Local Projects

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District 9 Program

District 9 Local Assistance provides services to local agencies in Inyo, Mono, and Eastern Kern Counties. With a staff of three, the District's Local Assistance branch works in partnership with the Regional Transportation Agencies (RTPAs) for each county and serves as the primary point of contact for local agencies to assist them with their federal or state funded projects from project implementation to project completion.

Office Mailing Address
District 9 Office of Local Assistance
500 South Main Street
Bishop, CA 93514		 500 South Main Street
Bishop, CA 93514
Office of Local Programs - Headquarters
1120 N Street
Sacramento		 PO Box 942873
Sacramento, CA 94274
Office of Local Programs - Accounting
1050 20th Street
Sacramento		 PO Box 942874
Sacramento, CA 94274
Office of Local Programs - Audit
1050 20th Street
Sacramento 		PO Box 942873
Sacramento, CA 94274

District 9 Local Agency Information

For local agency and/or project-specific information, please contact the local agency directly. Contact information and website links are listed below:

Local Agency/Phone Mailing Address Link to Web Site
City of Bishop
(760) 873-8458		 P.O. Box 1236
Bishop, CA 93515		 http://www.ca-bishop.us/
City of California City
(760) 373-7297		 21000 Hacienda
California City, CA 93505		 http://www.californiacity.com/
Inyo County
(760) 872-0201		 P.O. Drawer Q
Independence, CA 93526		 http://www.inyocounty.us/
Town of Mammoth Lakes
(760) 934-8989		 P.O. Box 1609
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546		 http://www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us/
Mono County
(760) 932-5440		 P.O. Box 457
Bridgeport, CA 93517		 http://www.monocounty.ca.gov/
City of Ridgecrest
(760) 499-5080		 100 W. California Ave.
Ridgecrest, CA 93555		 http://ci.ridgecrest.ca.us/
City of Tehachapi
(661) 822-2200		 115 S. Robinson Street
Tehachapi, CA 93561		 http://www.tehachapicityhall.com/

 

Programs

Many transportation programs available to local agencies are administered through Local Assistance. For a complete description of the federal and state programs available for financing local public transportation facilities, please see the Local Assistance Program Guidelines. The annual program totals close to $2 billion statewide and includes these major programs:

Procedures

See the Local Assistance Procedures Manual for a description of the various procedures required to process federal and state funded local transportation projects.

 

Training

Federal Aid Series for Local Agencies

This series of five, one-day courses provides comprehensive training on federal and state procedural requirements for transportation projects involving FHWA Funding, and is geared specifically to local agencies.
  • June 3, 2009 - Course I: Getting Your Federal-aid Project Started
  • June 4, 2009 - Course II: Environmental Analysis
  • June 11, 2009 - Course III: Right of Way Acquisition
  • June 18, 2009 - Course IV: Federal-aid Project Development Requirements
  • June 19, 2009 - Course V: Construction Contract Administration
For registration and details regarding these courses, please contact Jan Miller at (760) 872-0657 or Email: jan_miller@dot.ca.gov

 

Publications & Forms

Frequently Asked Questions