State Agencies
Business, Transportation and Housing Agency
www.bth.ca.gov/
916-323-5400
980 9th Street, Suite 2450
Sacramento, CA 95814-2719
The Business, Transportation and Housing Agency includes 13 departments and several economic development programs and commissions consisting of more than 44,000 employees and a budget of $20 billion, a budget larger than that of almost half the states in the nation. The Agency's portfolio is one of the largest and most diverse in the State of California. Its operations address myriad issues that directly impact the state's economic vitality and quality of life including transportation, public safety, affordable housing, international trade, financial services, tourism, and managed health care. CalTrans is the agency most active with the RADD California Coalition.
Office of Traffic Safety
www.ots.ca.gov/
916-509-3030
2208 Kausen Drive, Suite 300
Elk Grove, CA 95758
The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) strives to eliminate traffic deaths and injuries. It does this by making available grants to local and state public agencies for programs that help them enforce traffic laws, educate the public in traffic safety, and provide varied and effective means of reducing fatalities, injuries and economic losses from collisions. OTS draws from several federal government funding sources for its grants. OTS also mounts public awareness campaigns and acts as a primary traffic safety resource in order to enlist the help of the general public and the media encouraging traffic safety.
California Highway Patrol
www.chp.ca.gov/
323-259-2000
2901 West Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90041
The mission of the California Highway Patrol is to provide the highest level of safety, service, and security to the people of California. This is accomplished through prevention of loss of life, injuries, and property damage; minimization the loss of life, personal injury, and property damage resulting from traffic collisions through enforcement, education, and engineering; and the enforcement of the provisions of the California Vehicle Code and other laws to prevent crime.
Department of Motor Vehicles
www.dmv.ca.gov/
800-777-0133
2415 1st Avenue Mail Station F101
Sacramento, CA 95818
California DMV will effectively and efficiently serve the public by registering vehicles to identify and authorize use, and titling vehicles to establish ownership interest; licensing and regulating the motor vehicle industry, and licensing drivers to protect consumers and promote traffic safety; establishing true identity to ensure the validity of licensed drivers and ID card holders; and securing and protecting personal information.
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
www.abc.ca.gov/
916-419-2500
3927 Lennane Drive, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95834
The mission of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is to administer the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act in a manner that fosters and protects the health, safety, welfare, and economic well being of the people of the State.
Caltrans
www.dot.ca.gov/
213-897-3656
100 S. Main Street
Los Angeles
Caltrans improves mobility across California. Its strategic goals are to provide the safest transportation system in the nation for users and workers, to maximize transportation system performance and accessibility, to efficiently deliver quality transportation projects and services, to preserve and enhance California's resources and assets, and to promote quality service through an excellent workforce.
University of California, Irvine
www.health.uci.edu/
949-UCI-WELL
G419 Student Center
Irvine, CA 92697
UCI's Health Education Center, Office of Traffic and Safety (OTS), and RADD have collaborated to form a College DUI Awareness Program. The goal of this two-year project is to reduce the number of drunk crashes in the State of California. Volunteer positions are available for those who want to be a part of the RADD crew.
