Office route
Unknown office or agency.
Start with the office router. It separates city, county, court, tax, permit, DMV, labor, insurance, and state-agency links.
Find the right officeRoute Directory
Common California routes.
Choose an everyday route, then confirm the details with the official source.
3 common routes
Start With The Right Layer
Use these when the hardest part is knowing which office, map, page, or local layer comes first.
Local layer
City, county, and district layers.
Use Places when the answer depends on city limits, unincorporated land, a county office, or a local district.
Look up placesFast sorting
Bills, notices, deadlines, forms, and official letters.
Start with Tools. They are built for first steps, official links, checklists, and calculators.
Open Paperwork & Money4 common routes
Home, Rent, And Property
Good first stops for taxes, renting, projects, insurance, wildfire, earthquake, and coast topics.
Buying a home
Closing costs, tax bills, and parcel charges.
Start with the buying-cost guide to keep closing papers, later tax bills, local charges, and insurance proof in the right order.
Plan the first-year costsRenting
Rent, deposit, repair, notice, and eviction paths.
Start with the rent guide for the state and local layers, then use the router for the paper or deadline in front of you.
Read California rent rulesProjects
ADU, water, solar, and home-project routes.
Start with the project route that fits the work. A city, county, water agency, fire district, or utility may still matter.
Check ADU first stepsHome risk
Wildfire, insurance, earthquake, and coast map checks.
Start with the insurance guide for coverage and fallback paths. Use the checks for property work, retrofit clues, and official maps.
Understand insurance options3 common routes
Cars, Work, And Daily Paperwork
Use these when the task involves DMV, tickets, pay, benefits, records, school, food help, or business paperwork.
DMV and cars
DMV fees, smog, title, registration, tickets, and used cars.
Start with the DMV calculator if the problem is a fee. Use the car checks when title, smog, sale paperwork, parking, tolls, or court is the real issue.
Choose DMV calculatorWork
Paychecks, breaks, overtime, leave, unemployment, and job injuries.
Start with the work route that matches the problem. It should point you to the official agency path, not guess the outcome.
Check benefit pathsLife paperwork
IDs, records, address changes, school forms, benefits, and business licenses.
Start with the route closest to the paper in your hand. These topics often split across DMV, county records, schools, social services, and tax offices.
Find the record route3 common routes
Outdoors And Safety Checks
Use these before a beach day, park visit, campfire, fishing trip, snow drive, or remote road.
Outdoor planning
Parks, beaches, camping, trails, fishing, and dogs.
Start with Outdoors when the route depends on a park manager, land agency, beach rule, pass, reservation, or day-of condition.
Open outdoorsFire and weather
Fire, smoke, heat, snow, water, roads, and alerts.
Use the hazard checks before you go. Outdoor rules can change quickly when weather, fire danger, smoke, water, or road conditions shift.
Check outdoor hazardsCoast and water
Coast, tide pool, boat ramp, and fishing checks.
Start with the exact place and the exact activity. Beaches, tide pools, marine protected areas, boating, and fishing do not all use the same rule page.
Check beaches2 common routes
Trouble, Complaints, And Scams
Start here when something has already gone sideways and you need the right report or complaint path.
Scams
Fake texts, identity-theft warnings, scam calls, online fraud, and crypto problems.
Start with the scam route. Save proof, stop the loss if you can, and report through the official path that fits the problem.
Find the report pathComplaints
Contractor, mechanic, refund, licensed professional, and small-claims trouble.
Start with the complaint route. It separates license complaints, consumer complaints, auto repair, insurance, and court paths.
Find complaint helpSource rule
These routes are starting maps. They do not decide a case, replace a public office, or give legal, tax, insurance, medical, or professional advice. When the stakes are real, use the official source and get qualified help.