so currently existing regulation by the cpuc focus on drivers and regulation. t.n.c.'s offer very little public data? however we can find some data that sheds some light on the safety data on osha and the bureau of labor statistics? taxi drivers are over 20 times more likely to be murdered on the job than other workers? and 32% of taxi drivers were murdered on the job in 2014. another example of the safety risk that exists can be found here. so as you guys can see, can imagine, the data is very comparable from t.n.c.s and taxi drivers, and that's what we're trying to highlight. another example of the safety that exists is the image on the right. this poses a safety risk for drivers that are attempting to identify or report passenger rideshare incident. next up, we have food delivery. third party food delivery companies are not regulated at the federal, state or local level. in san francisco, the city's department of public health issues permits to a variety of retail food operations, including farmers markets, caterers and mobile food vendors but does not appear to reg

it didn't need no app to standard or cpuc procedure and acceptance. you know, common sense would have solved it. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. next speaker, please. if i have called your name or you're interested in testifying on this item, please come forward. if not, this is the last speaker on this item. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is roland. i live in san jose. i think this presentation was really encouraging and shows what happens when the supervisor steps in and, you know, get -- miracles take place. what i do want to talk to you about is something that seems to be missing from the conversation, which is called the sandbox. if you don't know what a sandbox is, it's under the seats, behind the driver. and what it does is when the wheels lose traction, the sandbox will drop some very fine abrasive sand on to the rails. and that in turn is suppose to be restoring the traction and preventing the flat spotting of the wheels. but my understanding, that for some reason, the siemens don't have the sandbox. so maybe now, or by the next

and what we found before the cpuc regulations were in place, the t.n.c.s were operating at the airport, and that it was something that the public wanted to and from the airport. so we'd risk getting into a situation where they're not regulated at all and we'd have difficulties enforcing against them, reason if they took their dress off and decided to hide, it would be difficult to judge if they're doing a transaction. >> chair peskin: and in san mateo county, we probably need an m.o.u. with san mateo law enforcement. that's not legal advice because i'm not a lawyer, but i think that might be the answer. >> okay. i can try to get an answer, but i don't know if we can restrict them fully. >> supervisor fewer: well, it's my opinion, and i might be alone in this, we might try to push this as far as we can to eliminate their access to the airport. we have how muany millions and millions of dollars in transportation to the airport, and taxi drivers that are losing their livlihood, so i get that the public wants that immediately. it may be that the public, instead of just going to the curb --

in january 2013, years after the program was first approved, and seven months before the cpuc had given t.n.c.'s any legitimacy, ed lee praised the ridesharing companies in his state of city address and proclaimed july 13 th live today in san francisco. and as lieutenant governor in 2014, gavin newsom urged the california legislature not to stifle innovation by heavily regulating t.n.c. the positions taken by lee and newsom to promote and facilitate unfair competition, at the same time the city profited from medallion sales was sleazy, immoral, unethical, and very costly and illegal. may i have the projector, please this is a letter that the m.t.a. sent to a fellow cabdriver, who in 2013 believed in the m.t.a.'s promise of a future medallion market. even though the taxi industry is the real victim here, the credit union is there -- is in the claim against the m.t.a. if the law firm steps forward to represent the taxi industry on a contingency basis, we could file a lawsuit against the m.t.a. as well. as i said to supervisors on the land use and transportation committee for having a hear

the cpuc wants to double the fee to $0.10 while disability advocates are asking for it to be raised $0.50 said they're working with regulators to find a fair price. >>> hurricane season begins later tonight and a strong warning for people in the atlantic to be prepared. scientists are predicting nine to 15 atlantic storms this year, and those hurricane-force winds are actually not the most dangerous part of the storm. the bigger danger, the one that takes more lives is water, flooding and storm surge, both rcally for several years now, just the concerns that those people go through. >> yes, and usually august is the busiest time for hurricanes, so that will be something in the months ahead. of course, we will be following any kind of storms that develop back here at home. a view from palo alto towards the silicon valley. we have a few cumulus clouds tonight and currently 74 degrees, dropping into the 60s over the next few hours. we will talk about the weekend forecast and when we reach close to 90 degrees in few minutes. >>> a couple of years, a couple thousand cases, a couple million dol

we've also been very transparent throughout this process with the cpuc staff, who came and reviewed this work. and then the before we move forward with any design changes, our internal lrv4 safety committee reviewed the modification. >> supervisor yee: when you made the modification with the warranty still be active? >> yes. the warranty resets. it would start to the -- to the full five years. ie okay. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner mandelman? >> thank you, chair peskin. i have never bought a fleet of light-rail vehicles before. i don't know what is reasonable to expect around performance of a fleet, as you roll it out. i think to the public, you know, closing on, brake problems and coupler breakdown sounds not great. but i'm wondering is this within the range of what you would expect, as you roll out a new fleet or should we be concerned? >> rolling out any fleet that's this specialized, we're bound to encounter issues. we are currently exceeded what i am comfortable saying is a reasonable expectation. just on another piece of good news, although it's still very new, so i will re