DMV Director Jean Shiomoto – California Globe

Sen. Bates: SB 57 Doesn’t ‘Scrap’ California’s Motor Voter Law

January 23, 2019 11:31 amJanuary 28, 2019 5:37 am

Offering voter registration opportunities at the California Department of Motor Vehicles is causing people to question the integrity of our election system, according to Sen. Pat Bates (R-Laguna Niguel). Bates authored Senate Bill 57 to make the needed legislative repairs. However, a...

DMV Enables Massive Voter Fraud in the Golden State

January 9, 2019 6:00 pmJanuary 9, 2019 7:14 pm

“California officials still can’t say whether non-citizens voted in the June 2018 primary,” Bryan Anderson wrote in the January 4, 2019, Sacramento Bee, “because a confusing government questionnaire about eligibility was created in a way that prevents a direct answer...

DMV Director Jean Shiomoto to Step Down

December 17, 2018 12:53 pmDecember 18, 2018 1:06 pm

Following mounting pressure and many tribulations within the department, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has confirmed today that director, Jean Shiomoto will be stepping down from her position. The DMV said, “Director Shiomoto announced to staff last month her intent...

Cox Looks to Clean House at DMV

October 18, 2018 11:12 amOctober 18, 2018 5:31 pm

With November 6th elections less than 3 weeks away, gubernatorial candidate John Cox is increasing his promises to voters. Call it a last ditch effort, call it a clear vision, call it what you want, but whatever you want to...

Governor Brown Orders Audit of DMV

September 24, 2018 2:48 pmSeptember 24, 2018 2:48 pm

In lieu of outrageous wait times, out of touch technology and improper voter registration, Governor Jerry Brown has decided to conduct an audit into California’s disconcerting Department of Motor Vehicles. The Department of Finance, which handles these types of matters,...

Legislators Look To Cut DMV Wait Times

August 29, 2018 7:48 pmAugust 31, 2018 10:19 am

Members on the Assembly Floor considered a batch of State Budget clean-up bills on Wednesday, including SB 862 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), a seemingly mild proposal that would make clarifying and technical revisions necessary to implement the Budget...

Cox Deploys Godwin’s Law Against DMV

August 22, 2018 7:00 amAugust 23, 2018 5:33 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox last week likened long wait lines at DMV offices to the Holocaust. But he quickly backtracked, apologizing to anybody offended yet also insisting he didn’t really say what he clearly did say. The whole fracas...