Most of us coast through life without giving thought to the documentation we use throughout the day to prove our identity.   So what do you do if you don’t have documentation? 

As we’ve said before, California state law doesn’t require that you carry documentation to prove who you are, but, frankly, in our society it can be a huge inconvenience not to. 

So, in San Francisco, they created a municipal identification card for residents there — including people who might not otherwise qualify by virtue of their immigration status.  Check out this report on the law here:

Someon, however, contested the law in court, claiming that it circumvented federal law and that it granted some people privileges that not everyone enjoys. 

Well, the suit was dismissed by the court.  The law will stand (for now).  You can read the ACLU’s report of it here.Â