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by ec109685 1550 days ago
The CA DMV is way better now than it was a few years ago (it was horrible). Nearby, there's a massive driver license / renewal center and you can do more online than before. And some positive stories here: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/16/grieving-parents-get-...

It also doesn't make sense that you need competitive elections to fix something like the DMV. There are humans in the seats of government and why wouldn't they want to do a good job?
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spaetzleesser 1550 days ago
A lot of government workers want to do a good job. I think in a lot of cases it's intentional underfunding that's causing problems.
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bluGill 1550 days ago
I'm not convinced it is under funding. It could also be too many managers and not enough front line staff. Or it could be too many regulations making the process need far more time (time=money).

I don't know, but I lean to too much process.

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zbrozek 1550 days ago
I watched pretty closely while I was changing from a KY vehicle registration to a CA registration. The staffer was plenty quick, there was just an absolute heap of stuff to do that all seemed pointless. I'm sure each of those little legally-mandated whatsits was well-intentioned, but in aggregate they bedraggle getting anything done. Similar story in zoning / planning. And in both arenas the result is that doing things is slow and expensive. Please, government, spend some tiny modicum of effort on deregulating and streamlining for the sake of not wasting my limited lifespan.
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thatfrenchguy 1550 days ago
California DMV is so efficient, I’ve never seen a government agency be so fast during Covid.
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pishpash 1550 days ago
Because they're not graded? No KPI tracking.
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ec109685 1550 days ago
Why wouldn't they have KPI's? It doesn't make sense that government has to equal incompetent: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/about-the-california-departmen...

The military is a government agency and while not perfect in a lot of ways, they aren't incompetent.

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scarface74 1550 days ago
The military is very incompetent. It has bases that it neither needs or wants and are just make work projects. But this is the fault of the civilian government.
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koolba 1550 days ago
> There are humans in the seats of government and why wouldn't they want to do a good job?

I can’t tell if this is a joke.

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