San Francisco City ID Card

(San Francisco, California) Today is the first day that San Francisco City ID Cards are available to serve as proof of identity and residency. Check out the administrative process at links.sfgate.com/ZFWA.

Since a person doesn't have to be a resident to vote in San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors thankfully didn't make actual residency a requirement for an ID Card either. For example, a Matricula Consular card, arguably of questionable value to start and easy to counterfeit, can "prove" one's identity and a note from a homeless shelter can "prove" that one has been in San Francisco for a couple weeks. There are several ways to "prove" being in the city but they don't necessarily require someone to have an actual residence.

In a nutshell, anyone with an official or quasi-official piece of paper displaying his/her name who can get somebody to vouch that he/she has been around town for a couple weeks can qualify for a San Francisco City ID Card.

Granted, I'm interpreting the administrative specifications to a certain degree. Readers should take a look for themselves.

On a related note, those individuals who previously didn't qualify for free sandbags during the rainy season will now be able to obtain them with an SFID Card.