To: Governor Gavin Newsom
TRAFFIC TICKETS & WARRANTS PRICES & PROCESS
People are going to jail because they cannot pay for their traffic tickets. A ticket that was once $35 is now approximately $200. I know people with traffic tickets that have turned into warrants of $1,500 because they could not afford to pay the initial ticket. They get pulled over, go to jail, their car is taken, and they don't even get time served for the warrant. The money is still due. It's a never-ending cycle to keep poor people poor and make them poorer.
Why is this important?
I was personally effected by this before but managed to crawl out. I know several people that are afraid to drive their cars because they don't have jobs and terrified of getting their cars taken and can't afford to get them back and face jail time.