Sacramento WCAB District Office

This office holds workers' compensation hearings for cases venued in the Sacramento area.

It is one of the California WCAB district offices run by the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC). The details below come from DWC's official Sacramento district office page, checked October 14, 2026.

Not sure your ZIP code matches this office? Use the DWC ZIP code locator as a starting point. A locator result is not a legal determination; the next section explains what actually controls venue.

Which cases go to the Sacramento WCAB district office?

This office generally hears cases tied to Sacramento and the nearby cities that DWC's ZIP code assignments route here, though a statute, not a ZIP code, actually sets venue.

California Labor Code section 5501.5 controls where an injured worker may file a workers' compensation case: in the county where the worker lives on the date of filing, in the county where the injury or last harmful exposure happened, or, when a lawyer represents the worker, in the county where that lawyer keeps a main office. Read the full rule at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. DWC's ZIP code list and locator tool are useful starting points, but neither one overrides this statute.

Under those ZIP code assignments, workers in the following cities usually have their cases heard here:

• Sacramento
• Elk Grove
• Citrus Heights
• Folsom
• Rancho Cordova
• Roseville
• Vacaville
• Fairfield

Live or got hurt somewhere else nearby? Use the ZIP code locator above, or ask your attorney which office actually holds your file.

What happens at this office?

Judges hold workers' compensation hearings here, and the building houses several DWC support units.

Along with hearings, DWC lists the Audit Unit, the Disability Evaluation Unit, the Information & Assistance Unit, the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, and the Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund among the units based at this location, as of the date checked above. The office also runs a free injured worker workshop by Zoom at 3 p.m. on the first Friday of each month in English and the third Friday of each month in Spanish. Confirm the current schedule on DWC's page before planning around it, since workshop timing can change.

Can you attend a hearing by phone or video?

Several common hearing types now run on a video platform, though trials still happen in person.

DWC has shifted status conferences, mandatory settlement conferences, priority conferences, and lien conferences off telephone lines and onto its CourtCall Video Platform, while trials, lien trials, and expedited hearings continue to be set in person. Every judge keeps a virtual courtroom on that platform, and the access details are posted on DWC's Virtual Courtroom Resources page and printed on your own hearing notice. Rely only on those two sources for the current link, since setup details can change, and never use a number or access code posted anywhere else.

How do you get there and park?

DWC points visitors to regional transit and driving directions rather than listing a specific lot or garage.

By bus, Sacramento Regional Transit serves the area around the building. By car, DWC's own page links out to driving directions rather than naming a particular lot. An on-site CHP officer patrols the district office, and a security service patrols the nearby parking lots. Weapons and other dangerous objects are not allowed inside. Give yourself extra time if the area is new to you, since the office page does not publish a specific garage name or meter rate.

What should you bring?

Bring a photo ID and any paperwork tied to your hearing, and plan around the building's posted hours.

The hearing court sits on the 3rd floor, and its lobby opens at 8:00 a.m., five days a week except holidays. Walk-throughs run Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., though they depend on a judge's walk-through calendar or the presiding judge's designation, and front office staff assign each one out. DWC asks that children not be brought to court, and only bottled water, not other food or drink, is allowed in the 3rd floor hallways, lobbies, and courtrooms.

If you already have a hearing or appointment at this office, the date, time, and any video details are on your own notice, not on this page, and they can change. Direct scheduling questions to the number on that notice or to DWC's Information Services Center.

Yazdchi Law P.C. is based in Palmdale and represents injured workers from across California, including cases venued in the Sacramento area. The firm keeps no office inside the Sacramento WCAB building or anywhere else in the Sacramento region. Call (661) 273-1780 or use the contact form to ask whether the firm can look at your case. Each matter is reviewed on its own facts.

See every California WCAB district office, or find local pages for Sacramento, Elk Grove, and Roseville.