CAAA Asks WCAB to Keep Goleta District Office Open

The California Applicants' Attorneys Association is asking the Division of Workers' Compensation to reconsider its decision to close the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's district office in Goleta."The planned closure of the Goleta WCAB will impose considerable hardship on injured workers, particularly those without the ability to travel nearly one hour to Ventura or San Luis Obispo counties to pursue their insurance claims," Jill Singer, CAAA Central Coast Chapter president, said in a press release Thursday. "For example, there is no public transportation that would get in...