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Featured News

• Donate Life and DMV Honor Team Member’s Late Sister at 2023 Rose Parade (December 6, 2022)

News Releases

• Number of Californians with a REAL ID Grows as DHS Extends Enforcement Date (December 5, 2022)
• Give a Gift to Your Family and Apply for Your REAL ID Today (December 1, 2022)
• DMV, SFO and United Airlines Team Up to Encourage Travelers to Get a REAL ID Now (November 17, 2022)
• Twentynine Palms DMV Field Office to Reopen with Expanded Customer Lobby (November 10, 2022)
• More Californians Thankful for a REAL ID (November 8, 2022)
• Newhall DMV Field Office to Reopen November 18 after Renovations (November 8, 2022)

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Media Resources

Media Toolkits

• REAL ID Social Media Toolkit – Educators
• REAL ID Social Media Toolkit – Senior Drivers

Other Resources

• History of the DMV
• Statistics
• Research and Reports
• Autonomous Vehicles in California
• HD B-roll video to use in news stories related to DMV programs
  • Disabled Person Parking Placard Enforcement – Sacramento (b-roll)
  • DMV Field Offices – Rancho Cucamonga and Roseville (b-roll)
  • REAL ID and graphics (b-roll)
  • Unlicensed Vehicle Dismantlers Enforcement Operation (b-roll)
  • Essential DMV Services – DMV Director Steve Gordon – March 27, 2020 (Soundbite)
  • Save the Space PSA (English and Spanish)

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