[SmithL]

While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office has no official position on SB626, he did veto a similar bill in 2005, noting that such legislation "would send a message to unlicensed drivers that it is acceptable to break the law."

What would Angelides do?

[RFH]

On the John and Ken show (KFI here in Los Angeles) a few weeks ago they had a guy on from Santa Ana. His neighborhood streets were filled with old (10-15 year old) cars being sold to illegals. These cars usually sell for less than $1000, lack registration, and are intended to be "walk-aways" - in otherwords, if the driver gets into an accident or the car gets impounded or ticketed, the owner would simply walk away as the cost of getting the car out or paying the ticket would exceed the value of the vehicle.

Of course, the LA Times made the guy who complained about the problem out as the villain.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-feud20jun20,0,4485130.story?page=1&coll=la-home-local