Senator again pushes licenses to drive for illegal immigrants
Steve Geissinger

SACRAMENTO — A Los Angeles lawmaker will move ahead - once again - with a bill allowing illegal immigrants in California to obtain driver’s licenses, following the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s release Friday of security regulations for the REAL ID Act.

Democratic Sen. Gil Cedillo’s legislation has been vetoed repeatedly in past years, with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arguing that the state should wait until the federal government adopted the new security standards to make licenses more tamper-proof.

Cedillo said he was “pleased with the regulationsâ€