ms. contreras: to date we have not heard those stories. we do require in statute and the legislation that there be a report indicating any cases of discrimination that you reported to the state. in california it is a crime to discriminate based on that marked card. is in violation of the civil rights act. in the coming years as we get reports coming from parts of the community we may have data at that point. i have not heard anecdotally if it's been a problem. for us, isn't helpful that during the presentations of the workshops there was law enforcement sitting next to the of the representative saying don't be afraid, come out, they wanted to get licenses and insurance. everything will be safer. we have not seen it. >> thank you. mr. hunter: i heard a couple of times when you are discussing your own outreach plan, reaching up to this community-based ethnic organizations. did you encounter resistance as government officials contacting these partners who serve what would be vulnerable communities to partner with government? was there resista

ms. contreras: for california and mentioned the dmv did a beginning job of their work for the limitation through the workshops. they were soliciting information from the community about what type of documents would you suggest we use in verifying the identity if you can't use traditional document. workshops.er 200 legislators had a lot of interest in doing outreach and educate the community about it. the media played a key role. spanish media played a key role. level i have been very impressed with the amount of outreach that the of the has done and we are very pleased. i am austin from georgetown university. we are doing a research project on the rollout in d.c. we are interviewing individuals who are looking to apply for the license or who are in the process. we are asking them about some of the reasons you might be held back from doing it. what are some of the difficulties or why you are not applying? we are finding some people, whether or not it is rational, are afraid of coming out of the shadows to apply for this license. my question is for anybody on the panel. has there been any

ms. contreras: once the legislature decided they would move forward with a more current priorities, whatriorities remain ensuring that the states strike a balance between meeting the requirements and not putting this population at risk for deportation or discrimination, even in our local governments. there was definitely a lot of thought and work with into the legislation. the author had been working diligently with the stakeholders, including law enforcement on providing direction. specifically about discrimination and protection, indicating the information provided both for identity in the information, for example he list, applicants were not republican information or public record. there was a lot of thought put nto that process in the senate with the bill was in the house. there were efforts to strengthen that. we work very closely with the dmv and the governor to make sure they remained as this bill headed to the governor for signature. that was critical for our legislature. mr. hunter: after the bill was passed and the california dmv stood up to the program over the course of your,