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Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill placing limits on DUI checkpoints

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10-10-2011, 03:48 AM
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Not sure if this is the right forum to place this, but seeing as it affects us all (in CA anyway), why not? Mods feel free to move it.

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Police agencies in California will no longer be able to freely impound cars from sober but unlicensed drivers who are stopped at drunk-driving checkpoints under legislation signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Under the new law written by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), if a sober driver is caught at a DUI checkpoint without a valid license, law enforcement officers must release the car to a qualified driver representing the registered owner. In cases where a legal driver is not readily available, AB 353 says, the vehicle is to be released to one later at the impound yard.

Some Latino lawmakers have alleged that sobriety checkpoints have been misused by some cities to unfairly target illegal immigrants who do not have a driver’s license. Because cities can hold cars taken from unlicensed drivers for 30 days, the accumulated impound fees can turn out to be more than the car is worth, resulting in some drivers losing their cars.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/cali...eckpoints.html
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10-10-2011, 07:44 AM
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Greatest state in the nation, time we secede and save our selves from the debacle that is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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10-10-2011, 10:12 AM
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Brown '12
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10-10-2011, 10:52 AM
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that's pretty cool. Don't know why this thing was in place to begin with...
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10-10-2011, 02:14 PM
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Now if they only allowed persons to obtain driver's licenses regardless of their immigration status. A simpler solution.
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10-10-2011, 02:42 PM
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^this!
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10-10-2011, 03:01 PM
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Now if they only allowed persons to obtain driver's licenses regardless of their immigration status. A simpler solution.
No, no, you can't do that. It'd infringe on the privileges of over two hundred million in this country who worked so hard to become U.S. citizens...oh wait...that's right...
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thats cool why the hell did i ever move out of California..godammit
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10-10-2011, 11:40 PM
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seems like california's dreamers have someone with commonsense, you guys should probably organize and send out letters or some sort of message thanking him.
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10-11-2011, 02:37 AM
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^Agree, we gotta start something to thank Gov. Brown, and we gotta keep thanking Durbin for his perseverance in the passing of DREAM.
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