A coalition of grass-roots organizations has launched a campaign for a city identification card that it says will make the community safer.
The Todo Tucson ID would be a city identification card available to any resident of Tucson to be used as a form of ID for police and government agencies, to cash a check and even to provide access and discounts to city institutions, organizers said.
The plan is for the ID to include information such as name, age, gender, height, weight, hair and eye color and current address.
About 10 groups have been working for the last couple of years on a proposal to present to the City Council, said Tony Ortiz, a member of Corazon de Tucson, one of the participating organizations.
They will host a public forum on Saturday, Nov. 21, to reach out to the community and other organizations interested in partnerships, he said. So far, theyâve done outreach in churches, some businesses and distributed fliers at swap meets.
Organizers say local businesses can use the card to offer discounts to encourage participation and stimulate the local economy.
The ID also can help victims of domestic violence, transgender people, immigrants, the homeless and students, Ortiz said.
He said the proposal is based on cities in states such as California, New Jersey and New York that have similar programs, but that so far no border city has issued its own ID card.
