CA.gov Locator
California Government office locator
In collaboration with California State Portal, CA.gov
CA.gov Locator is the one-stop mobile directory that provides location and contact details for California government service centers and offices, right from your iPhone or iPod Touch. The application has been developed in collaboration with the California State Portal, CA.gov and the data has been provided by California State Agencies/Departments.
- Search for California government services
- Find a government office near you
- Access maps, directions and contact information, including phone number and email
- Download the latest updates to the office locations and additional services
- Save your favorite locations for easy access
View / Search services
View a list of California State Government services. Currently, the list includes service centers and office locations for Employment Development Department's One Stop Career Centers, Department of Motor Vehicles field offices, Public Libraries, among others. This list is centrally managed and continually updated with additional services and locations. The CA.gov Locator downloads the updates as they become available. You can choose to download the data on demand, or automatically, by choosing appropriate setting on the Settings screen.
- View a list of California Government Services
- Search for specific services
View / Search offices
This screen displays a list of offices for the selected service near your current location. The office locations are grouped by county. If the iPhone / iPod Touch cannot determine your current location through GPS or due to unavailability of Wi-Fi access, the CA.gov Locator will search near your preferred zip code. Please visit the Settings screen to change the search range or zip code.
- View list of office locations for the selected service near you.
- Switch between map of office locations and the list of office locations.
- View all office locations for selected service.
- Search for the locations near you or in all locations.
Office address and contact details
Select an office or service center to see the detailed contact information. You can navigate from this screen to get directions for the office address, call or email, or browse the office website.
- Access contact details such as address, phone, tty, web address and email
- Review office hours and available services at the selected location
- Call or email directly from this screen
- Bookmark the selected office for easy access later, adding it to your Favorites list by clicking on
Access maps, directions, web page
or contact via phone/ email
My Favorites
This screen displays your favorite bookmarked locations. By adding your location to the favorites list, you can access them easily without having to search through the locations list.
- View the list of your favorite locations
- Access address and contact details for a location
- Click on the "Edit" button to edit and delete locations from your favorites.
Search Settings
The CA.gov locator is a location-aware application, and uses the current location of the iPhone or iPod Touch for filtering the offices near you. If the location can not be determined, or if you choose not to use the location service, the Ca.gov Locator uses the user-provided zip code.
- Change the "Search Range" to configure search area for locations "near" you
- Switch "Use Zip Code" to "ON" to search near your preferred zip code. Provide your preferred "Zip Code".
- With this option, the location service will not be used for the search, hence the searches will be not from the current location, but the provided zip code.
Preferred Location
Choose to search offices near a zipcode.
- Enter the desired zipcode
- App searches the city for the entered zipcode
- Select the city name.
Download Settings
The CA.gov locator uses an extensible framework to ensure that the services and location information can be easily added and updated to provide the most current information to users. The framework is supported by a web-based database repository to manage the information, and secure access for State staff to update the information. The CA.gov Locator downloads the latest services and office locations information from this web-based repository. Users can choose to download these updates automatically or on demand.
- Switch "Auto Download" to "ON" to download the latest updates automatically, checking each time the application is started.
- If "Auto Download" is "OFF", you will see a "Download Now" button, which allows the user to download the updates on demand.
