Long Beach WCAB District Office

The California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) publishes the Long Beach office's current street address, phone number, and court hours below, with the date this page checked them.

This guide covers which cases land here, what happens inside the building, and how to reach Yazdchi Law about a California workers' compensation claim. Yazdchi Law is based in Palmdale and does not keep an office at this or any other WCAB building.

Which cases go to the Long Beach office?

Generally, cases where the worker lives, the injury happened, or the worker's attorney has a main office within the ZIP codes DWC assigns to Long Beach.

California Labor Code section 5501.5 sets venue for a workers' compensation case. An application for adjudication of claim is filed in the county where the injured worker lives on the filing date, the county where the injury happened (or, for a cumulative injury, where the last exposure happened), or the county where the worker's attorney keeps a main office, if the worker has one. DWC's ZIP code locator helps you find the office tied to a ZIP code, mainly for filing forms, but the locator does not decide venue under section 5501.5. If your notice names a different office, follow the notice.

DWC's own ZIP code listing assigns 111 ZIP codes to the Long Beach office. Matched against city boundaries, those ZIPs cover all or most of the cities below. If you live, work, or were hurt in one of them, your case is likely to sit here, though your hearing notice and the office itself are the final word:

• Bellflower
• Carson
• Cerritos
• Compton
• Downey
• East Rancho Dominguez
• Hawaiian Gardens
• Lakewood
• Lomita
• Long Beach
• Lynwood
• Palos Verdes Estates
• Paramount
• Rancho Palos Verdes
• Rolling Hills Estates
• South Gate
• Torrance
• Willowbrook

A few of these ZIP areas only partly match the city they sit in. Willowbrook, Carson, and Torrance each have a smaller slice served by a different DWC office, and small parts of Compton, Lynwood, and Hawaiian Gardens do too. Your home, work, or injury address decides the ZIP and office that actually apply, not the city name alone.

What happens at the Long Beach office?

It holds weekday court sessions for cases on its calendar and houses an Information and Assistance Unit (I&A) and a Disability Evaluation Unit.

DWC lists the Long Beach court as in session from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and again from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, for whatever hearings sit on that day's calendar. Staff also process walk-through settlements and other walk-through filings Monday through Friday, in the two windows DWC posts on its own page.

Two units work out of this address. DWC describes I&A as a source of free information for employees, employers, unions, carriers, physicians, and attorneys about rights, benefits, and duties under California's workers' compensation law. It does not represent either side. A Disability Evaluation Unit is DWC's other listed unit at this location.

DWC also runs an injured worker workshop by video tied to this office: 3 p.m. on the first Friday of each month in English, and the third Friday of each month in Spanish. Workshop days and formats can change, so check the office's page before you plan around one.

Can you attend by video or phone?

Yes, through the current options DWC posts on its Virtual Courtroom Resources page.

DWC's Virtual Courtroom Resources page is the official, current place to find video and phone appearance options for its courts, including Long Beach. Links and formats change, sometimes week to week, so check that page close to your hearing date rather than reusing an old notice or a saved number. If your hearing notice gives different instructions than the page shows, follow the notice and ask the office which one controls that date.

I&A can answer general questions about remote appearances too, though it will not advise you on your specific case.

How do you get there, and is there parking?

DWC lists free parking through the building's front guard station, plus driving and bus links on its own office page.

DWC's office page links driving directions and Long Beach Transit's bus schedules for the Hughes Way location, and states that parking is free of charge through the front guard station at the building. DWC also notes a cafe in the same building, next to its offices. Building rules can change, so confirm current access on DWC's page before you drive over.

What should you bring?

The notice or letter that brought you there, a photo ID, and any documents it asks for.

Start with the hearing notice, letter, or form that is the reason for your visit, plus a government photo ID and your claim number. Bring copies of anything the notice asks you to produce. If you are walking through a settlement or other filing during the posted walk-through windows, bring the complete, signed paperwork and enough copies for the file. If a notice is unclear, call the office or ask I&A before your visit, not after.

Next steps if your case sits in Long Beach

Keep your hearing notice, claim number, and any letters from the claims administrator together before you call anyone. If you want help with a Long Beach WCAB hearing or have questions about a California workers' compensation claim, call Yazdchi Law at (661) 273-1780 or use the contact form. Yazdchi Law is based in Palmdale and does not have an office at this courthouse or any other. The firm reviews each matter individually before deciding whether representation fits.

If your notice points somewhere other than Long Beach, see the full list of California WCAB district offices. For a broader look at a specific city this office serves, see the Long Beach, Torrance, or Lakewood workers' comp pages.