San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved municipal ID cards to SF inhabitants yesterday. These (hopefully adorable) new cards can be used by anyone here, it seems -- U.S. resident or not. Tommy Ammiano introduced the legislation, which, according to the Chronicle, "would require companies holding city contracts to accept the municipal card as a legitimate form of identification." (So does that mean they can be used to get into bars? Sweet.)

Ammiano also claims that these cards would help people "living on the social margins" cross the velvet rope into such exclusivity as getting their own bank accounts, as well as feeling more comfortable about calling the police if they, or someone else, needs help.

Eh, sounds like a good idea. The anti-immigration rhetoric as of late comes across like an attempt to close Pandora's Box, etcetera, etcetera, and so forth. (Okay, bad reference -- how about, an attempt to un-ring a bell? to catch a moonbeam in its hand?) We'll get one of the new IDs, but only if it's pretty, sparkly, and comes with funky graphics; otherwise, we'll stick to our driver's license.

Oh, and Supervisor Sean Elsbernd was the only one to vote against the ID legislation. So...there you go.