Campbell v. Department of Motor Vehicles

I respectfully dissent.

I acknowledge that appellate decisions in this state, save perhaps one (People v. O’Rourke (1932) 124 Cal.App. 752, 759 [13 P.2d 989]),1 have *719historically characterized statutes prescribing driver’s license suspension as regulatory rather than penal. (See Talley v. Municipal Court (1978) 87 Cal.App.3d 109, 113-114 [150 Cal.Rptr. 743]; Goss v. Dept, of Motor Vehicles (1968) 264 Cal.App.2d 268, 270 [70 Cal.Rptr. 447]; Beamon v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles (1960) 180 Cal.App.2d 200, 210 [4 Cal.Rptr. 396].) Of these cases, however, none has denied the penal nature of such…