Goleta WCAB District Office

The Goleta WCAB district office sits at 120 Cremona Drive, Suite 270, Goleta, CA 93117. The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) lists (805) 770-6161 as its phone number and holds Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) hearings there for cases venued in Santa Barbara County.

WCAB stands for Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the state body that hears disputed California workers' compensation cases. DWC assigns each filed case to one of its district offices, and the Goleta location is the one tied to Santa Barbara County under California's venue law, covered later on this page. The details below come from DWC's own office page, checked October 14, 2026.

Source: DWC's Goleta district office page, checked October 14, 2026. DWC updates this page directly, so confirm hours and contact details there before a visit or filing.

Which cases go to the Goleta WCAB office?

A case goes to the Goleta office when California's venue rule points to Santa Barbara County, most often because the injured worker lives there, the injury happened there, or their attorney's main office is there.

California Labor Code section 5501.5 sets venue for a workers' compensation case. Under that law, a worker can file in the county where they live on the filing date, the county where the injury happened (or, for a cumulative injury, where the last harmful exposure happened), or, if they have a lawyer, the county of that lawyer's main office. When a county has more than one appeals board office, the case goes to whichever office in that county fits those rules, and the worker's written consent to that choice goes in the file with the application.

DWC's own ZIP code list assigns 103 ZIP codes to the Goleta office, which is why the DWC ZIP code locator often points Santa Barbara County addresses here. The locator is a convenient starting point, not a ruling on venue for a specific case; the statute, not a ZIP code, controls. For general background on the appeals board itself, see What Is the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board?

Yazdchi Law currently publishes a dedicated city guide for this office's area:

• Santa Barbara workers' comp lawyer

What happens at the Goleta WCAB office?

The Goleta office holds WCAB hearings, offers walk-in help from DWC staff, and runs a monthly injured-worker workshop by video.

DWC lists an Information and Assistance Unit at this location. That unit answers general questions for workers, employers, and other interested parties about rights, benefits, and duties under California workers' compensation law. It explains the system; it does not act as anyone's lawyer or decide a case.

DWC also holds an injured-worker workshop by Zoom from this office: in English at 3 p.m. on the first Friday of each month, and in Spanish at 3 p.m. on the third Friday. These workshops are general information sessions, separate from any individual hearing.

Can you attend a Goleta WCAB hearing by video or phone?

Many pretrial conferences now happen by video on DWC's CourtCall platform instead of by phone, while some hearings still require an in-person appearance.

Starting March 3, 2025, DWC moved status conferences, mandatory settlement conferences, priority conferences, and lien conferences from phone lines to the CourtCall Video Platform. Each judge keeps a separate virtual courtroom link on DWC's Virtual Courtroom Resources page, which also lists current CourtCall setup guides and support contacts. Formats can change, so check that page and your own hearing notice rather than an older printout, and never share a virtual courtroom link or access code publicly.

How do you get to the Goleta office and park?

The office is on Cremona Drive in Goleta, near Hollister Avenue and Storke Road, with free parking in the lot in front of the building.

DWC lists the address as 120 Cremona Drive, Suite 270, Goleta, CA 93117-3167, with free parking in the lot in front of the building. The office page links current driving directions. Confirm the route before you go, since construction or a building change can shift parking or entrances without notice to this page.

What should you bring to a Goleta WCAB hearing?

Bring your hearing notice, a photo ID, and copies of the documents tied to the issue on that notice, and plan to arrive before the lobby opens.

Bring the hearing notice itself, a photo ID, your claim number, and copies, not your only originals, of the records tied to that specific hearing, such as medical reports, wage statements, or prior orders. DWC says the court lobby opens 30 minutes before the morning session, five days a week except holidays, and that items can be date stamped and filed at the lobby information desk. DWC also asks that children not be brought to court.

If you need an interpreter, ask the office well before the hearing date; our guide on interpreter rights at WCAB hearings explains how that works. The California workers' compensation consultation checklist has a broader list of documents to gather before you talk with a lawyer.

What should you do next about a Goleta WCAB case?

Save your hearing notice and the envelope it came in, write down the date and session time, and match it to your claim file before you call anyone. If the notice itself is unclear, DWC's Information and Assistance Unit at this office can explain the process in general terms.

Yazdchi Law P.C. is based in Palmdale and does not have an office in Goleta or Santa Barbara. Call (661) 273-1780 or use the contact form to ask whether the firm can review a Santa Barbara County workers' compensation matter. Yazdchi Law reviews each matter individually before deciding whether to accept it.

See every California WCAB office on one page at WCAB district offices in California, or go directly to the Santa Barbara workers' comp lawyer guide for that city's claim and appeal basics.