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There’s a warrant out for my arrest.

I’m from the midwest! I’m a sweet girl!

I moved to California a year ago, got an apartment, got a job, and promptly started living paycheck to paycheck. I didn’t register my car. I couldn’t afford to! Then I started collecting parking tickets: 5. I couldn’t afford to pay them either. I got pulled over a month ago and was cited for having expired registration and was to appear in court this past Friday. That’s okay, I thought, my lease is up in August, I’ll be homeless for a month or so, save up the money, register my car, and all before the deadline. Then I learned that you need to have an address to register a car. ****. So I found an apartment, moved in, and made an appointment to register my car, but the only one available was tomorrow AFTER the Friday court date. I’m also in school: I’m finishing my last course for my degree and Friday was the first day of school. I could have gone to court without the registration, had my car taken and missed class and my chance to register for IT and have to wait another year to take it(long story), or I could go to class. I chose class. Now there’s a DMV hold on my record which prevents me from registering my car, and a warrant out. I’ll go to court tomorrow (in a rented car so I’m not breaking the law) and they’ll make me pay bail (who knows how much), the $1000 fine, an additional fine for failing to appear, all my parking tickets, and of course the court fees to punish me for not being able to afford to pay a fee in the first place, and if I can’t pay they’ll send me to jail for six months. Assuming the total cost is less than or equal to the $1400 I have in my checking account, I’ll be able to pay it but I’ll be left dead broke and unable to pay car registration (the original problem!), rent, phone, tuition, or groceries. Since I won’t be able to drive my car, I’ll have to scratch together the $60 for a bus pass and loose hours at my jobs since it’ll take me twice as long to get to class. All of this not helping the problem! I already qualify for welfare but won’t take it because I feel it’s better to work for my money, live on a budget, and study so eventually I can live more comfortably. Since I didn’t apply for welfare but qualified this whole last year can the state of California and I just call it even?

Why is it so hard?

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