The head of the California Assembly’s Transportation Committee has introduced a resolution rejecting REAL ID. Wired’s Threat Level blog reports:
Howard Posner, a policy consultant to the Transportation Committee, said that last year the committee contemplated moving legislation to accept Real ID, but reconsidered after “looking at the cost, and the incredible inconvenience for driver’s license holder and the privacy issues.”
“We heard the feds had enacted this without any kind of review process or holding hearings,” Posner said. “We thought someone ought to step back and see if this is the most cost effective way to secure driver’s licenses.”
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