Category: Driver’s rights

Good News: 500 Thousand Driver’s Licenses Issued to Deserving Immigrants in California. That is Justice. Well Done CA Legislators!

September 25, 2015

It is never one person alone who determines a new course for improving the life of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, but it often takes one person in a position of power to move things forward. From California Governor Jerry Brown, to many compassionate legislators -current like Assemblymember Luis Alejo, and former like, pardon redundancy, … More Good News: 500 Thousand Driver’s Licenses Issued to Deserving Immigrants in California. That is Justice. Well Done CA Legislators!

The City of Parking Horror.

September 25, 2014

San Francisco is one amazing city… and one of horror, for those of us who have to use street parking, vulnerable to parking tickets, booting, and towing. Is this a darker side of San Francisco, one that very few dare to speak about?
Text and photos by Lupita Peimbert. … More The City of Parking Horror.

A human being in each undocumented immigrant

May 5, 2014

Empathy. Compassion. Economic realism. Congressmen Mike Thompson and Luis Gutierrez spoke about it while emphasizing the importance of immigration reform becoming real in Congress this summer, to a group of about 120 people during “Connecting Latino Voices,” a community gathering on May 3rd, at the beautiful Chateau St. Jean vineyard in Kenwood, Sonoma County. “It … More A human being in each undocumented immigrant

20 Years WITHOUT a DRIVER’S LICENSE

September 23, 2013

For people interested in understanding this issue that impacts millions of people in California: It all started in 1993. (California, USA)  – Taking away the access to driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants and other drivers in California in 1993, may have been as much as a well-intended move against massive, uncontrolled immigration as a bias … More 20 Years WITHOUT a DRIVER’S LICENSE

20 años SIN LICENCIAS de CONDUCIR

September 23, 2013

Para quienes intentan entender mejor la situación que impactó a millones de personas en California: todo empezó en 1993. (California, USA)  – Quitar el acceso a licencias de conducir a inmigrantes indocumentados y otros conductores de California en 1993, podría haber sido un acto bien intencionado en contra de inmigración masiva y sin control tanto … More 20 años SIN LICENCIAS de CONDUCIR

Driving Without a License in California.

September 17, 2013

By Lupita Peimbert. (California, USA) – That a person knows how to drive safely in California, and that he or she can show proof of identity and residence in the state, will be qualifying factors for the DMV or Department of Motorized Vehicles to be required by law to issue an original driver’s license, even … More Driving Without a License in California.

The “Break” to DREAMers kicks off a dirty Presidential Election Fight…

June 16, 2012

The “Break” to DREAMers kicks off a dirty Presidential Election Fight….

The issue is parking extortion

November 24, 2010

Oakland Mayor-elect Jean Quan got her car booted after $1,000 in unpaid parking citations. Sounds like a lot of money and parking citations but it is not. Most fines are $50 and over and if you do not pay within a very few days, the fee easily goes to $85 and more. Oakland parking extortion … More The issue is parking extortion

Parking Ticket Outrage

November 1, 2010

The way parking tickets are imposed on drivers is wrong. As some local rebels have said, – it is extortion. The big lie is that some of us who get parking tickets are irresponsible, careless bastards. The ugly truth is that we get parking tickets not because we are scofflaws, but because the municipalities have … More Parking Ticket Outrage