Publisher’s note: This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 edition of the Lassen County Times.
Joining immigrant rights, community, faith, law enforcement and local elected leaders in Los Angeles and Fresno, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. recently signed AB 60, extending the legal right to drive on the state’s roadways to millions more Californians.
“When a million people without their documents drive legally and with respect in the state of California, the rest of this country will have to stand up and take notice,” said Brown. “No longer are undocumented people in the shadows. They are alive and well and respected in the state of California.”
AB 60 by Assemblymember Luis Alejo requires the California Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a driver’s license to undocumented persons who can prove identity and California residency and meet all other licensing requirements, such as passing the written and behind-the-wheel driving exams. The law becomes operative no later than Jan. 1, 2015…