CA AB658

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to complete and post an affordability impact analysis on its website within 6 months whenever vehicle registration fees increase

The analysis must include the average increase in annual vehicle registration costs over the past 5 years, broken down by vehicle value

Mandates reporting on delinquent registrations, including total number, delinquent debt amounts, vehicles impounded and sold, and debt referred to the Franchise Tax Board for collection—all broken down by vehicle value and ZIP Code

Requires an itemized list of cost increases contributing to Motor Vehicle Account shortfalls and a description of DMV efficiency improvement efforts over the past 5 years

Must include proposals for achieving savings to mitigate registration fee increases and alternative strategies for eliminating account shortfalls while minimizing impacts on low-income and middle-class families