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California Vehicle Code 23152 (a)/(b). Online: sandiegodefenders.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Welcome everyone to the DUI Minute, a series of videos brought to you by San Diego Defenders for the purposes of education, not to be construed as legal advice. Today we’re going to talk about the statute, or the numbers involved with a DUI. What is a DUI? If you get a DUI or somebody you know gets a DUI most likely they’re going to end up with a ticket or a release document from the jail, and it’s going to have a series of numbers on it. In California those numbers are VC, it stands for vehicle code, followed by 23152a and 23152b. Now what do those code sections mean? Well 23152a means that you are charged with driving a vehicle while impaired by alcohol and drugs. Now it says “and drugs”, don’t let that bother you; it’s primarily alcohol that were dealing with. The second code section you’ll see is VC 23152b; that means that you’re charged with driving over the legal limit of .08 or greater blood alcohol content. It’s that simple. You’ll see that 23152a and 23152b, they’re both vehicle codes. That’s the state of California; now it may be different in your state. “Driving a vehicle”, that can also mean you may be in a boat, it maybe a very similar code section, but you’re driving a vehicle. Now generally that’s a motor vehicle in most cases, and we associate that with cars. They can be, however, a bicycle, anything with wheels that’s moving if it is perceived as something that …

www.todopoderalpueblo.org 10-18-2011 // Oxnard, Califas Elliott Gabriel of the Todo Poder al Pueblo Collective (todopoderalpueblo.org ) issues statement regarding the Collective’s checkpoint campaign and the passage of AB 353, legislation which limits impound and towing policy at the statewide level for unlicensed drivers in California. This video is an excerpt of the City Council session for 2011-11-18. Oxnard City Council meetings are public record, so this video is public domain. From ow.ly : “Statewide data shows that nearly $40 million in profits have been generated by towing and impound fees alone. In Oxnard, there is an extra $241 charge for the police to release the vehicles taken from us. Forced to pay over $1500 in fees (ransom) due to the 30-Day Impound hold, many residents are forced to leave their cars in the impound yard, where they are later sold. Warrants and arrests related to unpaid tickets often lead to incarceration and detention. For undocumented workers, this process can lead to deportation under existing “Poli-Migra” partnerships between the Ventura Sherriff’s Department and the Department of Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS-ICE). Our community can take the lead in resisting the abuse taking place at checkpoints.Hard-working families have absolutely no reason to put up with being bullied or harassed in their own neighborhoods for other people’s gain; we have to demand that changes be made to stop this shameful process from …