The Center Square: Washington judge reverses license suspensions for unpaid tickets
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Other groups like the Association of Washington Counties expressed concern the bill could stop up a $240,000 annual funding stream for the state's local courts by ending license suspensions. Municipal data from San Francisco shows traffic court revenue has climbed 8.9% since the city ended license suspensions for failure to pay in 2015.
"That's because people can go to work and earn money to pay their fines back," Vicki Christophersen of the bipartisan Justice Action Network told the Senate Law and Justice Committee in February.