Well my warrant is in Philadelphia, i went in, told them the situation and all they did was gave me a choice of adding more to my fine, jail time or both(with less jail/fine) so i picked adding more to my fine, i paid $100 bucks and walked out, now im on a monthly "payment plan" of $33 a month and my warrants are good, it just depends on the way you handle it, how soon after you actually do handle it and show them you have the will to solve your own problems without them forcing you to do so.
They will be lenient if you are respectful and act responsible. Now i could be wrong but ive heard LA wont put up with any bullshit so MY personal advice is get it handled ASAP. Not telling you what to do, and your offence is pretty minimal so i dont see them extraditing all the way from "back east" but then again, ive heard some horror stories since ive been doing my research and the last thing you want is a 3 day van trip in shackles all the way back to LA from wherever you are at for something so small, picking up other prisoners and what not on the way, you never know. Just handle it and it will be worth it, they WANT to work with you, not because they want to help you but like was said above, overcrowding and a plethora of other issues.
Small time JAIL offenders= State makes little/no money.
Big time PRISON offenders= State makes BIG money.
Dont let it get to the latter. Goodluck!
