San Francisco offers noncitizens a voice in local race
San Francisco in November will become the largest city in the nation to allow noncitizens the chance to vote in a local election, making the city once again a flashpoint in the debate about immigration.
Noncitizens, including those without legal status, will only be allowed to vote in a school board race and only a little more than 40 have registered to vote so far.
Still, the decision carries major symbolic force and has become the latest punching bag for conservatives who already are using California's efforts to protect people in this country illegally from President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown as a political issue in the midterm election.
California has gone further than
