Municipal ID Delay Spurs Queer Youth Protest
by Kathryn Speraw, Sep. 17, 2008
http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Municipal_ID_Delay_Spurs_Queer_Youth_Protest_6095.html (http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Municipal_ID_Delay_Spurs_Queer_Youth_Protest_6095.html)
Gay and immigrants' rights activists gathered outside City Hall yesterday to express anger at Mayor Gavin Newsom's self-imposed delay in implementing the city's municipal identification card program. Originally slated to begin next month, Newsom announced in August the suspension of the plan pending a thorough review of possible state and federal legal consequences.
The rally was organized by the Queer Youth Leadership Project, a group affiliated with San Francisco Pride at Work—an AFL-CIO group. Josue Argüelles, a member of the leadership project, told the crowd of 40 why the ID program, and the Sanctuary City policies in general, are important to him.