This is Carol Platt Liebau for Townhall.com. 

We’ve got yet another horrible idea emanating from California.

A new speeding ticket regime is launching in the once Golden State. Its towns can issue fines — based on the income level of the driver.

A new law allows California cities to set up speed cameras. But it also makes lower-income drivers eligible to have speeding fines dramatically reduced.

The last provision gives the game away. Not surprisingly, it’s rolling out first in San Francisco. Handing out different punishments for different people who commit the same infraction, based on nothing but their income level, may appeal to California leftists. It’s certainly “equity” in action.

But it’s also a violation of the American principle of equal justice under law. Let’s hope imposing different fines for different people is just another bad trend from California that becomes as obsolete as juice cleanses, pet rocks and streaking.