. >> brad newsom. a previous speaker said that he was passionate about providing taxicab service in san francisco. i am one of thousands of cab drivers who have been passionate about providing cab service to the people of san francisco in my case for 27 years. i was distressed after the last hearing that the city attorney's office was here, and we had a discussion about a note that had gone from the sf mta to this body with some back door reassurances that cab drivers would get some sort of fair back door justice that might not fit the general description of the what everybody else gets. the city attorney -- how does this thing work? >> [inaudible] >> there you go. this is i letter from the city attorney -- drafted by the mayor and mayor new sum and peskin was being drafted and has them to draft legislation that respects the will of the voters on taxi issues. please keep our desire not to tamper with the intent of proposition k in mind as you draft the legislation. there was only one principle in prop