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Mayor announces city secures lifting of thousands of driver‑license holds tied to unpaid traffic citations
Summary
Mayor London Breed and city officials announced that holds on driver’s licenses statewide for failure to appear in traffic court have been cleared in San Francisco, restoring licenses for thousands of residents who previously could not drive legally because they could not afford fines or missed court dates.
Mayor London Breed announced at the April 16 Board of Supervisors special order that the city secured the removal of holds on driver’s licenses placed for failure to appear in traffic court, a step city leaders said could restore driving privileges to thousands of San Franciscans and ease employment barriers.
Breed said the city identified roughly 88,000 suspensions in the superior court database stemming from failure to appear for traffic matters and worked…
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