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/ Guillermo Hernandez, who uses his van for his businesses, lost work when his license was suspended in 2013 for failure to pay a ticket. He sued the DMV along with several other Bay Area residents and won. Legal advocates are trying to roll back California’s hefty traffic ticket fines and fees, which are among the highest in the nation. One attorney called them a “blunt instrument” punishing people “when in reality, for many Californians, traffic tickets are simply too expensive to take care of.” More than 400,000 Californians had their driver’s licenses reinstated last month after an appeals court ruled that the state was illegally penalizing people who failed to appear in court on costly traffic tickets. ....
After Court Ruling on Unpaid Traffic Tickets, State Lifts Suspensions of Half a Million Driver’s Licenses Guillermo Hernandez, who uses his van for his businesses, lost work when his license was suspended in 2013 for failure to pay a ticket. He sued the DMV along with several other Bay Area residents and won. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters ### More than 400,000 Californians had their driver’s licenses reinstated last month after an appeals court ruled that the state was illegally penalizing people who failed to appear in court on costly traffic tickets. The lawsuit was part of a broader, ongoing effort by legal advocacy organizations to roll back California’s traffic fines and court fees, which they contend disproportionately impact low-income residents and communities of color. ....