California Contacts

Please direct all general inquiries to rd.ca.general.inquiries@usda.gov. All messages will be routed to the appropriate person or office.

Dibakar Barua, Business & Co-op Programs Director

Justin Garey, Community Facilities Programs Director

Antonio Ybarra, Acting Water and Environmental Programs Director

Jennifer Gooler, Acting Single Family Housing Program Director  

Area Directors

• Jennifer Gooler, Northern Region, serving the counties of Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama and Trinity
• Dibakar Barua, Gold Country Region, serving the counties of Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sierra, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba
• Antonio Ybarra, Valley Region, serving the counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz and Tulare
• Lyanne Mendoza, Southern Region, serving the counties of Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura