California DMV

Extracted Attributes

• Director

  Steve Gordon

• Headquarters

  Sacramento, California, USA

• Field Offices

  172 (as of December 2017)

• Parent Agency

  California State Transportation Agency

• Employee Count

  8,900+ (as of December 2017)

• Licensed Drivers

  26,957,875 (as of December 2017)

• Law Enforcement Personnel

  ~200 armed sworn officers

• Records Maintained (Persons)

  30,112,927 (as of December 2017)

• Records Maintained (Vehicles)

  35,391,347 (as of December 2017)

Timeline

• Maintained records for 30,112,927 persons and 35,391,347 vehicles while employing over 8,900 staff members. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-12-31

• Governor Gavin Newsom released the DMV Reinvention Strike Team report and appointed Steve Gordon as Director to improve transparency and efficiency. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-07-23

• Suspended the autonomous vehicle deployment and testing permits of Cruise for allegedly withholding accident footage from a safety incident. (Source: Document e56e229d-0037-4cf0-acf6-e8b3670587e1)

  2023-10-24

California Department of Motor Vehicles

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is the state agency that registers motor vehicles and boats and issues driver licenses in the U.S. state of California. It regulates new car dealers (through the New Motor Vehicle Board), commercial cargo carriers, private driving schools, and private traffic schools. The DMV works with the superior courts of California to promptly record convictions against driver licenses, and initiates administrative proceedings before its own administrative law judges to suspend or revoke licenses when drivers accumulate excessive convictions (as measured by a point-based system). It issues California license plates and driver's licenses. The DMV also issues identification cards to people who request one. The DMV is part of the California State Transportation Agency. It is headquartered in Sacramento and operates local offices in nearly every part of the state. As of December 2017, the DMV employed over 8,900 people—35% at headquarters and 65% at 172 field offices (and various other locations). Also, as of December 2017, it maintained records for 30,112,927 persons, 33,993,857 driver licenses and/or identification cards (there is overlap as some persons can and do hold both documents), and 35,391,347 vehicles. California has 26,957,875 licensed drivers. On July 23, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom released a report by the California Government Operations Agency "DMV Reinvention Strike Team" detailing recommendations for improving DMV transparency, worker training and performance, speed of service, and overall consumer satisfaction. As part of the release of the report, Newsom announced the appointment of Steve Gordon as the director of the California DMV.

Web Search Results

• California Department of Motor Vehicles - Wikipedia

  The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is the state agency that registers motor vehicles and boats and issues driver licenses in the U.S. state of California. It regulates new car dealers (through the New Motor Vehicle Board), commercial cargo carriers, private driving schools, and private traffic schools. The DMV works with the superior courts of California to promptly record convictions against driver licenses, and initiates administrative proceedings before its own administrative law judges to suspend or revoke licenses when drivers accumulate excessive convictions (as measured by a point-based system). It issues California license plates and driver's licenses. The DMV also issues identification cards to people who request one. [...] The DMV is part of the California State Transportation Agency. It is headquartered in Sacramento and operates local offices in nearly every part of the state. As of December 2017( the DMV employed over 8,900 people—35% at headquarters and 65% at 172 field offices (and various other locations). Also, as of December 2017( it maintained records for 30,112,927 persons, 33,993,857 driver licenses and/or identification cards (there is overlap as some persons can and do hold both documents), and 35,391,347 vehicles. California has 26,957,875 licensed drivers. [...] Today, the DMV maintains a cadre of approximately 200 armed sworn state law enforcement officers classified criminal investigators for enforcement duties relating to vessel or motor vehicle theft, vehicle or hull identification number and odometer fraud, chop shops, counterfeit or fraudulent DMV documents, disabled parking permit placard misuse, identity theft, unlicensed vehicle dealer ("curbstoner") and dismantler activity, out-of-state vehicle registration plate misuse to avoid California registration, internal employee investigations, etc.[citation needed]

• California DMV

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• Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) - CA.gov

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• Contact Us - California DMV

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• Online Registration Renewal - California DMV - CA.gov

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