owned medallions. that is what is being debated here. the cab companies have to have full-time medallions because they are vehicle leasing firms and that is not necessarily the same thing as addressing the issue of transportation service. taxi drivers are considered to be self-employed business owners and because they are, they have to be given the opportunity to have some degree of ownership in the business. that is what the single operator taxicab is. i strongly recommend you please to go forward with a single operator taxi medallion. my recommendation is to go forward with a three-year lease plan and at the end, give drivers the option to own to purchase the medallion. that is one way to deal with this. as far as rote -- company representatives say they cannot meet service demands, that is what we need single operator taxicab medallions. as far as them not being viable, they are. the plan that is being proposed today is uniquely san franciscan. it is not the toronto embassador cab that people are ta

for medallions. they're not making money out of it and they want to continue their kingdom of corruption. they're ready a system is down to zero and they are telling you a different story. i can sit with you one hour and explained their radio system is garbage. give me -- they are lying to you continuously. i proved to them last week. i have wrong calls on the on not able to stand with me. coming to this, they are -- i do requests some changes in the sand that is what, get them out of the company's hands, i request to you, i gave you the paper. what time to what time, [unintelligible] this is the future of san francisco. you are seeing it. this is the future of this industry and the public will be [unintelligible] we have hundreds of thousands of dollars each year and please approve this today. thank you. >> the public -- this will be the last speaker. anyone else want to identify themselves, this is your chance. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i believe the answer is centralized dispatching. if a

in medallion sales. the men and women that seek a livelihood and to maintain the value, for those investing in their financial future by purchasing a medallion. regarding the issuance of new medallions raises significant concern. the particular concern is the creation of another medallion private home -- a pilot program released by drivers. he the proposal is concerning for several reasons. it seems inconsistent with the prior actions last year when it established a program to provide an exit from the industry and bring a new generation of medallion holders. it has just completed its first year and it has been very successful in providing $20 million to older and disabled medallion holders. it still has no permanent long- term plan that direction from the board. the proposal seeks to add another type of medallion under another type of pilot program that struggles to maintain regulatory oversight and enforcement. if forgoes the public convenience and even though it will add taxes, it may have significant

we need more medallions. they decided to do -- put off an -- put up an rfp and that is supposed to be fast track and they will do awa pcn hearing and they come up with these 50 medallions that i do not understand. i have attended town hall meetings and tac meetings and that none of those was a single operating permit discussed. there were ideas about why it would not work and how it could. if your for your approval is an idea that one has been tried in other cities and has not been discussed by us. at the very least i would hope you would continue this item so it can be discussed and can be vetted. there is an rfp going out for the study. i would think that is what we want to wait for. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker? >> dan hines, ed healy, and mari. >> i am president of national veterans cab company. i would like to speak specifically on the item listed under 12. the single user permit issue. i support exploring a single user permit approach. for the drivers, the user permit offers the enormous advant

issue medallions under the leading less. if any new medallion is issued, it should go the drivers on the waiting list. use l 6 and in the hands and you get $225,000. under this proposal, you sell one medallion and you get more than $225,000. [chime] chairman nolan: next speaker. >> i am a member of the taxi advisor a council. of like to take issue with the claims a couple of previous speakers that a new constitution, that anybody is trying to kill the pilot program. i don't know of anybody that has that in mind. there are people on the pilot program who have for it any kind of discussion of fair system to come out of this. there are a lot of us still concerned with people on the list as the last speaker just spoke, they spend their career trying to get their medallion and planning of with all of this stuff. we put up with a lot of stuff. the are a lot of us the lead to discuss a possible future program that would be fair, and presented as a compromise solution. the pilot program was a small number of medallions and we will s