![]() “Like any state in the country, we have over-policing of lower-income and black and brown communities in California.” The ruling “limits this blunt instrument of punishing people for not taking care of traffic tickets when in reality, for many Californians, traffic tickets are simply too expensive to take care of,” said Rebecca Miller, senior attorney at the Western Center on Law and Poverty, one of the organizations that sued the Department of Motor Vehicles. A ticket for running a red light - which has a base fine of $100 - actually costs nearly $500 because of state and local fees, and more than $800 if the driver misses a deadline to pay or appear in court. California has among the highest traffic ticket penalties in the country due to a litany of state and county add-on fees. ![]()
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