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This agency has supervisory responsibility for multiple departments in California. These departments engage in important activities including ensuring highway safety, promoting tourism and the film industry, issuing driver licenses, assisting with affordable housing, enforcing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, and regulating state-chartered banks, credit unions, and security sales.  

This website is designed to help locate these departments and to show how they relate to other departments within this agency. Many of these departments are also using social media to increase quick access to public information. Information about those activities can be found here and through individual department websites.

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TRACI STEVENS

Acting Secretary
Business Transportation and Housing Agency

Ms. Traci Stevens has approximately 25 years of public policy experience, starting off as a district Staff Director for Assemblyman Bill Filante (Marin) and then moving to Sacramento and becoming Policy Assistant to the then Senate Minority Leader, Jim Nielsen (Woodland).  Subsequently, she became a Senior Budget Consultant for Senate Minority Leader Ken Maddy (Fresno). 

Ms. Stevens served as an appointee under Governor Pete Wilson and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Department of Housing, Department of Consumer Affairs and the State and Consumer Services Agency.

In 2000 Ms. Stevens left state service to concentrate on her family and return to the private sector. Ms. Stevens became Regional V.P. for Traffic Research & Analysis, Inc and worked as a Realtor for 8 years.

In 2009 Ms. Stevens returned to state service to accept her fourth appointment as Deputy Secretary for Legislation for the Business Transportation and Housing Agency.

In December of 2010, Ms. Stevens was delegated the position of Acting Undersecretary for the Business, Transportation & Housing Agency.

In May of 2011, Ms. Stevens was delegated the position of Acting Secretary for the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.  This is the third Governor that Ms Stevens has served under.