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Featured News

• Avoid the REAL ID Fright: Secure Yours Now Before It Haunts You Later! (October 3, 2024)
  
  
  
  

News Releases

• DMV Hosts First Community Hackathon to Facilitate Additional Uses for Mobile Driver’s License (October 1, 2024)
• DMV’s Gilroy Office to Reopen October 14 after Renovations (October 1, 2024)
• Written Knowledge Test Requirement Eliminated for Most California Driver’s License Renewals (September 30, 2024)
• Californians can now store driver’s licenses, state IDs in Apple Wallet (September 19, 2024)
• DMV’s Santa Ana Office to Reopen September 26 (September 25, 2024)

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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

B-Roll Video for Media

• REAL ID TSA Sacramento Airport 2024 (b-roll)
• Kiosk (b-roll)

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