{"id":86,"date":"2020-02-20T07:35:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:41:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-slider align-wide\" data-slides-per-page=\"1\">\n\t<div style=\"--slider-height: 480px;\" class=\"content-slider-inner\">\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-tenup-content-slide content-slide has-background-dim-70 is-horizontally-center-placed is-vertically-middle-placed is-vertically-top-mobile-placed text-is-center-aligned content-width-100 content-width-mobile-100 has-ca-dmv-dark-blue-heading-color has-ca-gray-text-color has-overlay-color has-white-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<picture class=\"content-slide__picture--6656504d26af6013a2f00870d8482246\">\n\t\t\t<source 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