District 4 Office of Local Assistance

Local Assistance provides assistance to local and regional agencies in securing federal and state financing for transportation projects, developing projects, obtaining environmental and right-of-way clearances, reviewing plans, specifications and estimates, and monitoring construction of Federal-aid and State-aid local agency administrated engineering projects within the District. Oversees development of local agency projects to ensure adherence to all current State and Federal guidelines and regulations.

Division of Local Assistance (DLA) website provides statewide guidelines and procedures information, as well as project monitoring and status reports such as Cooperative Work Agreement (CWA), Inactive Projects, PE Over 10 Years, Project End Dates and E76/Invoice/PSA Status.

For general public inquiries, please see District 4 Public Affairs page, or visit Division of Maintenance page to submit public Customer Service Request

Directory

Name Title/Responsibility Phone Number
Ephrem Meharena Office Chief, DLAE (510) 960-0806
 
Jimmy Panmai Branch Chief (SM/SF/CC), DBE/EEO Coordinator (510) 507-9943
Marco Militante San Mateo, MTC (510) 421-6389
Alan Wong Contra Costa (510) 410-0108
David Pneh Contra Costa, PPM, XCH, FTA (510) 407-4760
Ruben Izon San Francisco, DBE Support (341) 766-2527
Michael Hufana Invoice/Local Assistance Program Support (510) 849-7984
 
Vacant Branch Chief (ALA/SCL), ER Coordinator
Iris Chi Alameda cities, Santa Clara county and cities (510) 960-0803
Val Chauhan Alameda county and cities (510) 542-0278
Kevin Tran Oakland, Sunnyvale, Mt. View (510) 926-0602
Delaram Tassbini Santa Clara cities except Cupertino, City of Santa Clara and Santa Clara County (510) 407-4146
Lisa Wolfl Invoice/Local Assistance Program Support (510) 421-6265
Calvin Tan Reports/Local Assistance Program Support (341) 766-2465
 
Herman Sealey Branch Chief (MRN/NAP/SOL/SON), HBP Coordinator (510) 926-0556
Furquan Shaikh Marin county and cities (510) 715-9390
Jonathan Nyam Solano cities (510) 907-1277
David Guevara Sonoma county, Marin cities (510) 807-1635
Trang (Jenny) To Invoice/Local Assistance Program Support (510) 715-8357
Mustafa Hadaf Sonoma cities (510) 376-8109
 
Tom Holstein Branch Chief, Environmental (510) 960-0794
Dan Rivas ENV: Napa, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda (510) 496-9416
Thomas Premo ENV: Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano (510) 496-9273
Hugo Ahumada ENV: Marin, San Mateo, Sonoma (510) 506-9362
Keevan Harding Biologist (510) 421-4327
Kelli Alahan Archaeologist (510) 421-6224
Ana Covarrubias Env/Invoice/Local Assistance Program Support (510) 529-5262
 
Xi Zhang ATP&HSIP Coordinator, IT Support (510) 960-0785
Evan Yamamoto Cupertino, City of Santa Clara, County of Santa Clara, HBP/ATP support (510) 907-0779
Louis Schuman SB-1, STIP, Acting ER Coordinator, Discretionary Program Coordinator, GGBHTD/BART, Section 130 (510) 960-0820
Haiyan Zhang Environmental Manager (HQ), NEPA Assignment (510) 286-5235
Muhammad Rahman Construction Oversight Engineer (HQ): North Bay Counties and Contra Costa County (279) 599-4025
Patrick Dussell Construction Oversight Engineer (HQ): Rest of Bay Area (916) 202-9216
Ida Tu Clean California Local Grant Coordinator (510) 496-9069