A municipal ID card could be used to gain access to a variety of city services, including library services and San Francisco’s new universal health care plan for the uninsured.

Newsom prepares for opposition to ID card
Sep 7, 2007 6:00 AM (20 mins ago)
by Bonnie Eslinger, The Examiner


The City may issue residents, including illegal
immigrants, municipal ID cards, similar to those
in New Haven, Conn. In May 2006, immigrant-rights
activists marched in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Illegal immigrants in San Francisco and other residents will be able to get an identification card that establishes residency in The City under a plan in the works by Supervisor Tom Ammiano, which has the support of Mayor Gavin Newsom.

If The City were to adopt a municipal identification program, it would follow in the footsteps of New Haven, Conn., which began issuing local IDs in July. To date, about 3,000 of the cards have been issued.

[b]A city-issued ID card would allow “everyone, regardless of immigration status, to participate fully in San Francisco civic life,â€