Chon Gutierrez is the new director of the CA DMV. He is also the shares the lead of the California Performance Review(CPR).
www.cpr.ca.gov.
Mr. Gutierrez,
I published this on the CPR site yesterday (Business Climate in California) in hope of discussing this with somebody at DMV. I have an interview with ABC news on 5/7 to talk to them about the issues in California related to lost revenue (Approximately $300,000,000.00 a year). I’d love to be able to mention DMV as taking a look into this issue. That has not been my experience to date.
Allen D. Lung
SB-100 of 1999 allows the licensing of 500 specially constructed vehicles a year. This is not enough. Attorney General Lockyer recently convicted a man in a massive vehicle registration fraud case.
http://www.ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/2004/04-042.htm , This is how people licensed cars in the past since there was no mechanism to license a replica with modern parts, including a modern engine. The difficulty is associated with the smog requirements. This smog issues may or may not be real. These cars are driven 2000-3000 miles a year. Some of these vehicles cost $80,000.00, that generates a lot of business in California., including the tax and the recurring revenue for the License. (DMV?).
If Lockyer was to offer the current load of illegally licensed vehicles immunity (to get current with license and tax), this would generate approximately $300 Million. The next step beyond this is to look at what's happening. I believe that DMV is about to cripple the Hot Rod industry in California. There are currently 70,000 vehicles licensed illegally in California, there are more 1932 Fords on the Highways in California than Ford ever built.
WE need to look at this issue with some clarity. California will be loosing a Multi Billion Dollar Hot Rod industry if we continue down this destructive path.
I’m looking for support on this issue. The Sacramento Bee has already interviewed me and the article was published. I have an interview with A.B.C coming up within the next two weeks. I’d like to communicate that DMV is working on the issue. For now all I can say is DMV has ignored all my requests to escalate this issue.
Allen D. Lung
916-505-7784
Letter to CA DMV
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