Dear Transportation Industry Stakeholder:

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is pleased to announce the release of its revised 2016 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Disparity Study report and proposed overall FHWA Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal and methodology for federal fiscal years 2019-2021.  Documents are now available for review on the Office of Business and Economic Opportunity’s (OBEO) web site at http://www.dot.ca.gov/obeo/ 2016disparitystudy.html.

The OBEO will host a series of public comment meetings throughout the state to provide a forum for interested parties to ask questions and provide feedback regarding Caltrans’ proposed overall DBE goal and methodology.  These in-person meetings will occur the last two weeks of June. The OBEO will supplement its public comment meetings with two webinars.  Details regarding public comment meetings and webinars will be released shortly.

If you wish to submit testimony but are unable to participate in a public comment meeting or webinar, please submit your written testimony via:

E-mail: mario.solis@dot.ca.gov

United States mail: Caltrans Office of Business and Economic Opportunity, Attention: Mario Solis, 1823 14^th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811

Fax: (916) 324-1869

The deadline to provide written testimony is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2018.