California DMV Extends Office Hours At Select Locations For The Summer
The summer months may seem like a time where more people vacation and take breaks, but it often is a very busy time for people. That is true for the Department of Motor Vehicles also, as all these teenagers are working to get their driver's license and the DMV fills up quickly.
To help ease that, the California DMV announced they will open 64 field offices across the state an hour earlier. This will be for the summer months and the earlier hours started on Thursday, June 2, and will run through Friday, September 30.
What Field Offices Have The Extended Hours?
As the DMV stated in their press release, 64 field offices will have these extended hours for the summer months. These field offices will open at 7 a.m. every weekday, except Wednesdays. On Wednesdays, the offices will open at 9 a.m. and they close at 5 p.m. daily. The office locations are:
- Auburn
- Banning
- Chula Vista
- Concord
- Daly City
- Davis
- East Riverside
- El Cajon
- El Monte
- Eureka
- Folsom
- Fremont
- Gilroy
- Glendale
- Hemet
- Laguna Hills
- Lodi
- Manteca
- Merced
- Modesto
- Napa
- Norco
- Palm Desert
- Palm Springs
- Pasadena
- Pittsburg
- Pleasanton
- Pomona
- Poway
- Redding
- Redwood City
- Reedley
- Riverside
- Rocklin
- Roseville
- Sacramento
- San Bernardino
- San Clemente
- San Diego
- San Diego Clairemont
- San Francisco
- San Mateo
- San Pedro
- Santa Clara
- Santa Maria
- Santa Monica
- Santa Paula
- Santa Teresa
- Shafter
- South Sacramento
- Temecula
- Thousand Oaks
- Torrance
- Tracy
- Turlock
- Vacaville
- Vallejo
- Van Nuys
- Ventura
- Victorville
- Visalia
- West Covina
- Whittier
- Woodland
Shift To More Digital Services
We have seen the DMV make a lot of shifts to offering more digital services. Because of that, a lot of DMV tasks do not require an office visit. The DMV encourages all customers to use its online services, and other service channels to complete transactions, including eligible driver’s license and vehicle registration renewals. Customers can also use the Service Advisor on the DMV website to complete DMV tasks.
Applying For A REAL ID
DMV Director Steve Gordon said, “While most folks no longer need to visit us at the office, for the rare times they do, we’ve extended our hours. Giving customers an extra hour to complete their DMV transactions is just another way the DMV is making things convenient for our customers. The extra hour also allows more customers to complete their REAL ID application now instead of waiting until next spring as the federal enforcement date nears.”
You can apply for a REAL ID by filling out the online application and upload your documents. A visit to a DMV office is required to complete the application. Starting May 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will require a valid passport or other federally approved documents, like a REAL ID driver’s license or identification card, to board flights within the United States and access secure federal facilities and military bases.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our friendly support staff. If you want to start your driver's license journey with Coastline Academy, make sure to sign up for Drivers Ed and book your driving lesson today.
About the Author
Nigel Tunnacliffe is the co-Founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, the largest driving school in the country, on a mission to eradicate car crashes. An experienced founder and technology executive, Nigel and his team are shaking up the automotive industry by taking a technology-centric approach to learning and driver safety. Having served over 100,000 driving students across 500+ cities, Coastline was recently named the 6th fastest-growing education company in America by Inc. Magazine. Nigel is a frequent podcast guest and quoted driving education expert for major publications such as Yahoo!, GOBankingRates, and MSN.