The DMV announced Wednesday its last day of Saturday hours will be October 24.
The department added Saturday to its schedule after Assembly Bill 60, a law allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for drivers licenses in California, went into effect in January.
People inundated DMV offices across the state in hopes of getting identification, prompting 60 offices statewide to stay open Saturdays to meet the demand.
“By providing extended hours, we have been able to successfully serve the enormous influx of Assembly Bill 60 (AB 60) driver license applicants while continuing to provide timely service to all our customers,” said DMV Director Jean Shiomoto. “Now that the initial wave of AB 60 applicants has subsided and we have returned to normal operations, we no longer need to keep our field offices open on Saturdays.”
An estimated 487,000 have gotten licenses under the law, and the DMV expects they will issue 1.4 million by 2018.
