. >> reporter: brad newsham says he's been driving for 32 years and work conditions could lead to a strike. >> i think it would be good to get a strike not only to get this story out but to get cab drivers organized. because we've been a powerless, unorganized group. >> reporter: some cab drivers are hardened by the fact that on may 16, they will hold a hearing to see if car fares will go up. some are still upset and as you heard have been threatening to strike. sal castaneda, ktvu channel two channel 2 news. >>> san francisco also imposed a hefty fine for parking in a disabled parking space of $500. >> there's definitely people parking in disabled parking spaces so we want to make sure that fee goes up and instead of going down. >>> reed says he doesn't want to take anything away from the retired workers but needs to in his words stretch out benefit that is people have owned or accrued. san jose city management calls for eliminating 195 police officers, 64 firefighters, eight code enforcement positions and cutting library hours to three days a week. the city council as received an offer b

. >> brad newsham. >> i have been a cab driver for 25 years. i am with green tab. i say it is time for a strike to put the cab industry on the front pages. but the cab industry on the front pages and on the airwaves. you go up in the street and used up 10 pedestrians, you stop 10 cabdrivers, no one knows the shenanigans going on here. no one knows that in 2007 a group of shady politicians, still anonymous, in a dark room not far from this room, slipped three sentences into a 10 page transportation bill and delivered the cab industry bound and gagged to the mta. it has been a disaster. no one knows that the high benefit high salaried employees from the mta have been taking billions of dollars from the minimum wage, zero benefit cabdrivers. the city of san francisco has always had a soft spot for the cab drivers. i think it is time for a strike to make this thing public. [applause] >> tarik mahmoud, lackwinder pal, anjan raj, roshan bata. >> good afternoon, directors. i am a driver. first of all, you are helping the double. -- the devil. all the drivers, when i die,