State Senator Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) stated Thursday, August 9 that she will plead no contest to a misdemeanor reckless driving charge and pay the fine assessed. Migden's statement was issued late Thursday morning, following the announcement that the Solano County District Attorney's office plans to file a misdemeanor charge against the lawmaker Friday.

The charge stems from erratic driving and an auto accident in May.

[Updated: On Friday, an attorney for Migden entered a no contest plea to a count of reckless driving. She faces a $710 fine and two years of court probation, but is not required to check in with a probation officer.]

Kathy Coffer, chief deputy district attorney, released a statement Thursday morning that she plans to file a single count against the senator on Friday. Coffer did not release any other information.

Migden, 58, caused a three-car accident on Highway 12 near Fairfield May 18. At first she claimed she was distracted by her cell phone, but later revealed she has battled leukemia for 10 years and said a negative reaction to the medicine she takes could have caused her to lose control of her vehicle.

"I have always accepted full responsibility for the accident I caused," Migden said in the statement. "I feel terrible for the woman whose car I hit. I have fully cooperated with both the legal process and my medical team."

Migden went on to state that her doctors determined that the driving incident was the result of a medical condition. "I am not driving unless and until my doctors clear me to drive," she stated.

Tests performed on Migden indicate her cognition is normal and there is nothing about her condition that will affect her ability to do her job, she added.

The California Highway Patrol recommended the lesbian lawmaker be charged with reckless driving.