By Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED News Fix
A bill that would have allowed potentially millions of low-income Californians with traffic debt to regain or keep a valid driver’s license has been scaled back significantly to focus instead on expediting the state’s temporary traffic amnesty program.
Gov. Jerry Brown has characterized the traffic court system as a “hellhole of desperation” for the poor. In California and other states, the courts use license suspensions as a way to pressure drivers to pay for tickets and related court fees, which can snowball into hundreds of dollars for minor infractions such as driving with a broken taillight or alone in a carpool lane.
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