The District 1 seat is currently vacant, as former board member Derek Barrs was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2025 as the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Two candidates are running in this non-partisan race, which is open to all voters regardless of party affiliation.

U.S. transportation officials have announced that California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants.

The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has now found problems in eight states in the wake of several deadly crashes.