Hey bro you dont have to pay the insurance tickett. All you have to do is bring in your current insurance card wich you can get from your insurace company and they will drop that tickett. as for the stop sign ticket ask if you can set up a payment plan cause you cannot pay it all right now or even in the next 2 months. they will probably set up like a 6 mo payment program for you. all you have to do is show them that your willing to pay it but just need some help and I bet they will be more than willing to help ya out. And that way you can have jeff finish your motor.
Thats how shit works in kansas anyway. I would assume its the same in california. I only know this cause ive had a few tickets in my life. Also I am a finance manager at a car lot and hear all kinds of stories.