Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New Laws in Calif to estabishHIGHER fines

[Rick (Forza355]

 

From: David

Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:44 PM

To: Rick

Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] New Laws in Calif to estabishHIGHER fines

What they DON?T tell you is that this is just the basic fine. To each of these add in court processing fees and other crap and that $145 ticket becomes $600 in a flash?. Ask me how I know L

 

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Unless you are an Illegal Alien caught driving without a license or insurance. Then they just ask you to promise that you will appear in court, then they turn you loose to a sanctuary city like San Francisco.

 

 

The LA Times reports two California cities are following LA's lead: they're no longer impounding the cars of unlicensed drivers. Scofflaws apprehended in Bell Gardens and Huntington Park can now reclaim their cars immediately? instead of waiting a month and paying hundreds of dollars in fines and fees. Huntington Park City Attorney Francisco Leal said the impound law imposes an "unfair hardship" on the state's illegal immigrants: "There is no way these people can afford that." Immigrant rights advocate Cynthia Anderson-Barker filed a lawsuit against the state and several cities challenging the 30-day impounds. She underlined Leal's point. "The hardship on these families is just phenomenal. When the car is gone and the family loses their transportation, it pushes them further into poverty." State Sen. Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), sponsor of several failed bills to give California's illegal immigrants the right to apply for a driver's license, called for a statewide moratorium on the impounds. Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), countered that ending impounds would send a clear signal that California welcomes illegal immigrants. Imagine that.