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Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Caltrain" title="Caltrain">Caltrain</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">California Department of Transportation</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caltrans.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Caltrans.svg/150px-Caltrans.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Caltrans.svg/225px-Caltrans.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Caltrans.svg/300px-Caltrans.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="207" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1972<span class="noprint">; 53 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1972</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">California Bureau of Highways</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">California Department of Highways</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_California" title="Government of California">California State Government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">1120 N Street, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=California_Department_of_Transportation&params=38.574564_N_121.49366_W_type:landmark_region:US"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°34′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°29′37″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.574564°N 121.493660°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.574564; -121.493660</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">19,887 (Sep 2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$17 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Tony Tavares, Director</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Transportation_Agency" title="California State Transportation Agency">California State Transportation Agency</a> (CalSTA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key document</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224130540/http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/archive/Statutes/1972/72Vol2_Summary.pdf">Ch. 1253, Assembly Bill 69</a> (1972)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dot.ca.gov/">dot<wbr />.ca<wbr />.gov</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127743#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Footnotes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Feb_2018_org_chart_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feb_2018_org_chart-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>California Department of Transportation</b> (<b>Caltrans</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive</a> department of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. The department is part of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_California#State_agencies" title="Government of California">cabinet</a>-level <a href="/wiki/California_State_Transportation_Agency" title="California State Transportation Agency">California State Transportation Agency</a> (CalSTA). Caltrans is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Caltrans manages the state's <a href="/wiki/State_highways_in_California" title="State highways in California">highway system</a>, which includes the <a href="/wiki/California_Freeway_and_Expressway_System" title="California Freeway and Expressway System">California Freeway and Expressway System</a>, supports <a href="/wiki/Public_transport" title="Public transport">public transportation</a> systems throughout the state and provides funding and oversight for three state-supported <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> intercity rail routes (<i><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Corridor" title="Capitol Corridor">Capitol Corridor</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Surfliner" title="Pacific Surfliner">Pacific Surfliner</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/San_Joaquins" title="San Joaquins">San Joaquins</a></i>) which are collectively branded as <i><a href="/wiki/Amtrak_California" title="Amtrak California">Amtrak California</a></i>. </p><p>In 2015, Caltrans released a new mission statement: "Provide a safe, sustainable, integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_Department_of_Transportation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cal_Trans_District7_HD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Cal_Trans_District7_HD.jpg/250px-Cal_Trans_District7_HD.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Cal_Trans_District7_HD.jpg/375px-Cal_Trans_District7_HD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Cal_Trans_District7_HD.jpg/500px-Cal_Trans_District7_HD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Caltrans_District_7_Headquarters" title="Caltrans District 7 Headquarters">Caltrans District 7 Headquarters</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Thom_Mayne" title="Thom Mayne">Thom Mayne</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sb_dt_state_001a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sb_dt_state_001a.jpg/250px-Sb_dt_state_001a.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sb_dt_state_001a.jpg/375px-Sb_dt_state_001a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sb_dt_state_001a.jpg/500px-Sb_dt_state_001a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Caltrans District 8 Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino" class="mw-redirect" title="San Bernardino">San Bernardino</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1120_N_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/1120_N_Street.jpg/250px-1120_N_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/1120_N_Street.jpg/375px-1120_N_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/1120_N_Street.jpg/500px-1120_N_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>Caltrans headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest predecessor of Caltrans was the Bureau of Highways, which was created by the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California Legislature</a> and signed into law by Governor <a href="/wiki/James_Budd" title="James Budd">James Budd</a> in 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood11_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood11-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This agency consisted of three commissioners who were charged with analyzing the roads of the state and making recommendations for their improvement. At the time, there was no state highway system, since roads were purely a local responsibility. California's roads consisted of crude dirt roads maintained by county governments, as well as some paved streets in certain cities, and this <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad_hoc" class="extiw" title="wikt:ad hoc">ad hoc</a> system was no longer adequate for the needs of the state's rapidly growing population. After the commissioners submitted their report to the governor on November 25, 1896, the legislature replaced the Bureau with the Department of Highways.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood12_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the state's weak fiscal condition and corrupt politics, little progress was made until 1907, when the legislature replaced the Department of Highways with the Department of Engineering, within which there was a Division of Highways.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood11_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood11-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> California voters approved an $18 million bond issue for the construction of a state highway system in 1910, and the first <a href="/wiki/California_Highway_Commission" title="California Highway Commission">California Highway Commission</a> was convened in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood11_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood11-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 7, 1912, the department broke ground on its first construction project, the section of <a href="/wiki/El_Camino_Real_(California)" title="El Camino Real (California)">El Camino Real</a> between <a href="/wiki/South_San_Francisco,_California" title="South San Francisco, California">South San Francisco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burlingame,_California" title="Burlingame, California">Burlingame</a>, which later became part of <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_82" title="California State Route 82">California State Route 82</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood13_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The year 1912 also saw the founding of the Transportation Laboratory and the creation of seven administrative divisions, which are the predecessors of the 12 district offices in use as of 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_Department_of_Transportation&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood12_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original seven division headquarters were located in:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willits,_California" title="Willits, California">Willits</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mercantile Building for <a href="/wiki/Del_Norte_County,_California" title="Del Norte County, California">Del Norte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California" title="Humboldt County, California">Humboldt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California" title="Mendocino County, California">Mendocino</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redding,_California" title="Redding, California">Redding</a> C.R.Briggs Building for <a href="/wiki/Lassen_County,_California" title="Lassen County, California">Lassen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Modoc_County,_California" title="Modoc County, California">Modoc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siskiyou_County,_California" title="Siskiyou County, California">Siskiyou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tehama_County,_California" title="Tehama County, California">Tehama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a> Forum Building for <a href="/wiki/Alpine_County,_California" title="Alpine County, California">Alpine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amador_County,_California" title="Amador County, California">Amador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calaveras_County,_California" title="Calaveras County, California">Calaveras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colusa_County,_California" title="Colusa County, California">Colusa</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Dorado_County,_California" title="El Dorado County, California">El Dorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_County,_California" title="Glenn County, California">Glenn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada_County,_California" title="Nevada County, California">Nevada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Placer_County,_California" title="Placer County, California">Placer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_County,_California" title="Sacramento County, California">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_County,_California" title="San Joaquin County, California">San Joaquin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sierra_County,_California" title="Sierra County, California">Sierra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanislaus_County,_California" title="Stanislaus County, California">Stanislaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sutter_County,_California" title="Sutter County, California">Sutter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuolumne_County,_California" title="Tuolumne County, California">Tuolumne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yolo_County,_California" title="Yolo County, California">Yolo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yuba_County,_California" title="Yuba County, California">Yuba</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> Rialto Building for <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a>, San Francisco, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County,_California" title="Santa Cruz County, California">Santa Cruz</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo" class="mw-redirect" title="San Luis Obispo">San Luis Obispo</a> <a href="/wiki/Union_Bank_of_Delaware" title="Union Bank of Delaware">Union National Bank</a> Building for <a href="/wiki/Monterey_County,_California" title="Monterey County, California">Monterey</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Benito_County,_California" title="San Benito County, California">San Benito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County,_California" title="Santa Barbara County, California">Santa Barbara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_County,_California" title="San Luis Obispo County, California">San Luis Obispo</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno" class="mw-redirect" title="Fresno">Fresno</a> Forsythe Building<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for <a href="/wiki/Fresno_County,_California" title="Fresno County, California">Fresno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inyo_County,_California" title="Inyo County, California">Inyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kings_County,_California" title="Kings County, California">Kings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madera_County,_California" title="Madera County, California">Madera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariposa_County,_California" title="Mariposa County, California">Mariposa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merced_County,_California" title="Merced County, California">Merced</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mono_County,_California" title="Mono County, California">Mono</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tulare_County,_California" title="Tulare County, California">Tulare</a> counties</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> <a href="/wiki/Union_Oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Oil">Union Oil</a> Building for <a href="/wiki/Imperial_County,_California" title="Imperial County, California">Imperial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riverside_County,_California" title="Riverside County, California">Riverside</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="San Bernardino County, California">San Bernardino</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura</a> counties</li></ul> <p>In 1913, the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California State Legislature</a> began requiring vehicle registration and allocated the resulting funds to support regular highway maintenance, which began the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood13_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood13-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1921, the state legislature turned the Department of Engineering into the Department of Public Works, which continued to have a Division of Highways.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood32_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood32-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, three additional divisions (now districts) were created, in Stockton, Bishop, and San Bernardino.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood32_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood32-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1933, the state legislature enacted an amendment to the State Highway Classification Act of 1927, which added over 6,700 miles of county roads to the state highway system.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood32_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood32-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To help manage all the additional work created by this massive expansion, an eleventh district office was founded that year in San Diego.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood32_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood32-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The enactment of the Collier–Burns Highway Act of 1947 after "a lengthy and bitter legislative battle" was a watershed moment in Caltrans history.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood72_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood72-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act "placed California highway's program on a sound financial basis" by doubling <a href="/wiki/Road_tax" title="Road tax">vehicle registration fees</a> and raising gasoline and diesel <a href="/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States" title="Fuel taxes in the United States">fuel taxes</a> from 3 cents to 4.5 cents per gallon. All these taxes were again raised further in 1953 and 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood72_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood72-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state also obtained extensive federal funding from the <a href="/wiki/Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956" title="Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956">Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956</a> for the construction of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Interstate_Highways_in_California" title="List of Interstate Highways in California">its portion</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System" title="Interstate Highway System">Interstate Highway System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood73_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood73-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next two decades after Collier-Burns, the state "embarked on a massive highway construction program" in which nearly all of the now-extant state highway system was either constructed or upgraded.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood73_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood73-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In hindsight, the period from 1940 to 1969 can be characterized as the "Golden Age" of California's state highway construction program.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood74_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood74-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The history of Caltrans and its predecessor agencies during the 20th century was marked by many firsts. It was one of the first agencies in the United States to paint <a href="/wiki/June_McCarroll" title="June McCarroll">centerlines on highways</a> statewide; the first to build a <a href="/wiki/Arroyo_Seco_Parkway" title="Arroyo Seco Parkway">freeway west of the Mississippi River</a>; the first to build a <a href="/wiki/Four_Level_Interchange" title="Four Level Interchange">four-level stack interchange</a>; the first to develop and deploy non-reflective raised pavement markers, better known as <a href="/wiki/Botts%27_dots" title="Botts' dots">Botts' dots</a>; and one of the first to implement dedicated freeway-to-freeway connector ramps for <a href="/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane" title="High-occupancy vehicle lane">high-occupancy vehicle lanes</a>. </p><p>In 1967, Governor <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> formed a Task Force Committee on Transportation to study the state transportation system and recommend major reforms. One of the proposals of the task force was the creation of a State Transportation Board as a permanent advisory board on state transportation policy; the board would later merge into the <a href="/wiki/California_Transportation_Commission" title="California Transportation Commission">California Transportation Commission</a> in 1978. In September 1971, the State Transportation Board proposed the creation of a state department of transportation charged with responsibility "for performing and integrating transportation planning for all <a href="/wiki/Mode_of_transport" title="Mode of transport">modes</a>." Governor Reagan mentioned this proposal in his 1972 <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_State_address" title="State of the State address">State of the State address</a>, and Assemblyman <a href="/wiki/Wadie_P._Deddeh" title="Wadie P. Deddeh">Wadie P. Deddeh</a> introduced Assembly Bill 69 to that effect, which was duly passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Reagan later that same year. AB 69 merged three existing departments to create the Department of Transportation, of which the most important was the Department of Public Works and its Division of Highways. The California Department of Transportation began official operations on July 1, 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-Karner_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Karner-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new agency was organized into six divisions: Highways, Mass Transportation, Aeronautics, Transportation Planning, Legal, and Administrative Services.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood128_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood128-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Caltrans went through a difficult period of transformation during the 1970s, as its institutional focus shifted from highway construction to highway maintenance.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood127_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood127-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agency was forced to contend with declining revenues, increasing construction and maintenance costs (especially the skyrocketing cost of maintaining the vast highway system built over the past three prior decades), widespread <a href="/wiki/Highway_revolts_in_the_United_States" title="Highway revolts in the United States">freeway revolts</a>, and new <a href="/wiki/United_States_environmental_law" title="United States environmental law">environmental laws</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood127_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood127-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970, the enactment of the <a href="/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Act" title="National Environmental Policy Act">National Environmental Policy Act</a> and the <a href="/wiki/California_Environmental_Quality_Act" title="California Environmental Quality Act">California Environmental Quality Act</a> forced Caltrans to devote significant time, money, people, and other resources to confronting issues such as "air and water quality, hazardous waste, archaeology, historic preservation, and noise abatement."<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood128_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood128-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The devastating <a href="/wiki/1971_San_Fernando_earthquake" title="1971 San Fernando earthquake">1971 San Fernando earthquake</a> compelled the agency to recognize that its existing design standards had not adequately accounted for earthquake stress and that numerous existing structures needed expensive <a href="/wiki/Seismic_retrofitting" class="mw-redirect" title="Seismic retrofitting">seismic retrofitting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood129_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood129-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maintenance and construction costs grew at twice the inflation rate in this era of high inflation; the reluctance of one governor after another to raise fuel taxes in accordance with inflation meant that California ranked dead last in the United States in per-capita transportation spending by 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood129_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood129-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1980s and 1990s, Caltrans concentrated on "the upgrading, rehabilitation, and maintenance of the existing system," plus occasional gap closure and realignment projects.<sup id="cite_ref-ForsythHagwood129_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForsythHagwood129-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_Department_of_Transportation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For administrative purposes, Caltrans divides the State of California into 12 districts, supervised by district offices. Most districts cover multiple <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a>; District 12 (<a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County</a>) is the only district with one county. The largest districts by population are District 4 (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>) and District 7 (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura</a> counties). Like many state agencies, Caltrans maintains its headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a>, which is covered by District 3. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_Department_of_Transportation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CalTrans_District_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/CalTrans_District_Map.svg/250px-CalTrans_District_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/CalTrans_District_Map.svg/375px-CalTrans_District_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/CalTrans_District_Map.svg/500px-CalTrans_District_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="765" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Caltrans district map</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District<sup id="cite_ref-districtoffices1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtoffices1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Area (Counties)</th> <th>Headquarters </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eureka,_California" title="Eureka, California">Eureka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity; portions of Butte and Sierra</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redding,_California" title="Redding, California">Redding</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marysville,_California" title="Marysville, California">Marysville</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma,</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo,_California" title="San Luis Obispo, California">San Luis Obispo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Kern (west)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caltrans_District_7_Headquarters" title="Caltrans District 7 Headquarters">7</a></td> <td>Los Angeles, Ventura</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Riverside, San Bernardino</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino,_California" title="San Bernardino, California">San Bernardino</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Inyo, Mono, Kern (east)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishop,_California" title="Bishop, California">Bishop</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockton,_California" title="Stockton, California">Stockton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Imperial, San Diego</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Orange</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana,_California" title="Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Board</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/California_Health_and_Human_Services_Agency" title="California Health and Human Services Agency">HHS</a> departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Aging" title="California Department of Aging">Aging</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_Department_of_Child_Support_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="California Department of Child Support Services (page does not exist)">Child Support Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Community_Services_and_Development" title="California Department of Community Services and Development">Community Services and Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Developmental_Services" title="California Department of Developmental Services">Developmental Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Emergency_Medical_Services_Authority" title="California Emergency Medical Services Authority">Medical Services Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Health_Care_Services" title="California Department of Health Care Services">Health Care Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Managed_Health_Care" title="California Department of Managed Health Care">Managed Health Care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Managed_Risk_Medical_Insurance_Board" title="California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board">Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Public_Health" title="California Department of Public Health">Public Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Rehabilitation" title="California Department of Rehabilitation">Rehabilitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Social_Services" 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