“It’s necessary to take the kids to school,” he said while waiting to apply for a license at the San Jose center. Mesa, who picks raspberries, paid the fine and got right back behind the wheel. Victor Mesa, 27, of Watsonville (Santa Cruz County) said he had to pay $500 once after being pulled over and cited for driving without a license. On Friday, some applicants expressed relief such difficulties would be a thing of the past. Some said police impounded their car at a traffic stop and they could not pay to get it out - or they feared being deported for trying. Supporters of the law argued that allowing undocumented people to drive legally in the state will improve road safety and increase the number of insured drivers.Īs the bill was debated in 2013, undocumented people lined up by the dozens to speak about their fear of driving without a license. Jerry Brown signed AB60 into law in 2013, but its implementation was delayed one year to allow the DMV time to draft rules for how people without immigration documents would prove their identity. The DMV has extended its hours and opened the processing centers. In the next three years, an estimated 1.4 million people lacking other documentation are expected to apply for driver’s licenses under the law. “It’s been really busy,” said Gonzalez, who was at a driver’s license processing center in Stanton (Orange County). on Friday, more than 11,000 people statewide had applied for the special driver’s license, said DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez.
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