Fusion
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Let us know when you guys get the stickers and if they are indeed red and what the papers say about the expiration.
California DMV - Plates & HOV Stickers
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kiwiguy
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I applied in early January and just got my white stickers last week. Came a few days after the check was cashed.
kiwiguy
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MelaniainLA
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Mailed in application mid Jan. Check hasn’t been cashed. Called today. They’re on apps that they have received first week in January. Lady said all new apps will be getting red stickers which will be good through 2022! So we won’t have to reapply! Nice eh? Makes sense.
According to the dmv site it’s a March 2018 cutover to red. I wonder if timing is everything here.
MelaniainLA
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See my post above. Just got off the phone with them. If you don’t already know the direct line is +1 (916) 657-8035 and to bypass the lengthy wait and have them call you press 1, then 1, then 1, then 1, then 2. They’re very helpful. Have plates or VIN ready.
xanatos
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Answering my own question, the arb site here: https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/carpool.htm
Says:
NOTE: Owners of vehicles issued the above Red, White, and Green HOV decals from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018, may apply for a new Clean Air Vehicle Decal that will expire on January 1, 2022.
So as ridiculous as it sounds, seems like everyone needs to re-apply next year.
Fusion
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So the new stickers are only good for 3 years? Those who started in 2017 got it for 5 years.
rxlawdude
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Actually, how about this? There are no more white or green stickers, as the red ones cover the vehicles that previously had either white or green.
White Clean Air Vehicle Decals are no longer being issued, but are valid until January 1, 2019 (per AB 266). These stickers were issued to an unlimited number of qualifying Federal Inherently Low Emission Vehicles (ILEVs). Cars that met these requirements were typically certified full zero emission vehicles (100% battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles) and some very clean compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles.
Source: https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/carpool.htm
i think i may have figured it out. go read that actual bill (544). it seems that the decals after 1/1/19 are going to be for a rolling 4 year period. so the reason they say the red expires 1/1/19 is because they don't have the next color picked out.
if i were a betting man, i think come late this year, existing white and green folks that got theirs after 1/1/17 are going to be told to reapply for red, and then after 1/1/19 there's going to be a new color for the 2019 to 2023 crowd and us red will expired in 2022.
or in a more costly move, they make white green and red reapply for a new color. but that seems silly.
5205.5 (5) identifies a sticker for people who apply between 1/1/17 and 1/1/19, but half of that time period has already passed. you cannot go back and create a new sticker for the 2017 crowd. might as well move them to red.
Bill Text - AB-544 Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
if i were a betting man, i think come late this year, existing white and green folks that got theirs after 1/1/17 are going to be told to reapply for red, and then after 1/1/19 there's going to be a new color for the 2019 to 2023 crowd and us red will expired in 2022.
or in a more costly move, they make white green and red reapply for a new color. but that seems silly.
5205.5 (5) identifies a sticker for people who apply between 1/1/17 and 1/1/19, but half of that time period has already passed. you cannot go back and create a new sticker for the 2017 crowd. might as well move them to red.
Bill Text - AB-544 Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
thecloud
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OK, that page does seem to be very clear that the Red sticker will cover ZEV. The previous page did not specifically mention ZEV, except under the criteria for the White sticker.
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Just got my stickers today and also the SCE $450 rebate at the same time! They are white and said good until end of the year.
Car purchased on 12/18/2017
Applied right after I got the license plate and registration in mail around middle of January 2018
Check cashed last week of Feb 2018
Received white stickers in mail on 3/9/2018
Maybe the red stickers will be mailed out if your check is cashed in march or later?
I am not sure I understand the red stickers. It seems like they just combine the categories of white and green stickers together. But all the stickers (red, white, green) expire on the same day 1/1/2019. I hope it is not the case that you could only reapply for the new stickers next year if you currently have the red one....
UPDATE:
Mailed app/check 1/22/18
Check cashed 3/7/18
Stickers received on 3/12/18
Stickers are still white and the registration paperwork that came with the stickers say expire 12/8/18.
Mailed app/check 1/22/18
Check cashed 3/7/18
Stickers received on 3/12/18
Stickers are still white and the registration paperwork that came with the stickers say expire 12/8/18.
MelaniainLA
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-Got car 12/21/17
-Got plates 1/13/18
-Got very excited and mailed all + Check 1/13
-Called every day and checked bank every day starting 2/20
-3/10 receive my application back in the mail because I hadn’t signed it and accidentally wrote 2017 instead of 2018!!
-3/12 mail in perfect app AGAIN, crying because I’m at the back of the line. Here’s to another 2 month wait. Ugh
-Got plates 1/13/18
-Got very excited and mailed all + Check 1/13
-Called every day and checked bank every day starting 2/20
-3/10 receive my application back in the mail because I hadn’t signed it and accidentally wrote 2017 instead of 2018!!
-3/12 mail in perfect app AGAIN, crying because I’m at the back of the line. Here’s to another 2 month wait. Ugh
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