KPIX KPIX 5 News At 530pm August 3, 2022
Years old, she was caught with an open container in her car. She wasnt working so she didnt have the money to pay the fine. And i didnt really pay much attention to it, but i guess after all these years passed, its really piled up, thousand of dollars. Reporter now the 30 something single mother and caregiver owes about 8,000 to the courts. Much of it from late charges called civil assessment fees. For example, fees added to a 35 fine for running a stop sign can increase the cost to 538. Civil rights attorney rio scharf says california has some of the highest Traffic Court fees in the nation, ...