so, there is a number of reports that are due to the cpuc. and the difficulty from my perspective about this reporting requirement is that it really amounts to self-regulation because if i just asked the taxi industry to send me a report, when they violate something, then, i don't think that i would be very effective. but, the reports that are required, are the number of drivers down to the committed violations or who have been suspended and the zero tolerance and the out comes of investigation, and each accident or other incident which is not defined and that involves the tnc driver and was reported to the tnc and the cause and the amount paid to any party in each incident and the date and time and the amount paid by the driver's insurance and the tnc's insurance and any other source. the average and mean number of hours, driven by each tnc driver, so i guess, at the end of the year, we will start to see some actual documentation or at least self-reported documentation, and how many drivers and vehicles we have. >> is there any regulation on

so, there is a number of reports that are due to the cpuc. and the difficulty from my perspective about this reporting requirement is that it really amounts to self-regulation because if i just asked the taxi industry to send me a report, when they violate something, then, i don't think that i would be very effective. but, the reports that are required, are the number of drivers down to the committed violations or who have been suspended and the zero tolerance and the out comes of investigation, and each accident or other incident which is not defined and that involves the tnc driver and was reported to the tnc and the cause and the amount paid to any party in each incident and the date and time and the amount paid by the

cpuc conducts post audits of compliance with that particular requirement. and discrimination was another big subject during the cpuc's hearings because the tnc drivers are freely allowed to pick up who they want. and the drivers can rate the passengers but the pcup says that they are not allowed to discriminate either to deny service or base it on origin of religion, sex, or sexual orientation and age and, identity. i think that is a noble sentiment, but i don't know how that is

cpuc conducts post audits of compliance with that particular requirement. and discrimination was another big subject during the cpuc's hearings because the tnc drivers are freely allowed to pick up who they want. and the drivers can rate the passengers but the pcup says that they are not allowed to discriminate either to deny service or base it on origin of religion, sex, or sexual orientation and age and, identity. i think that is a noble sentiment, but i don't know how that is going to be enforced it is a very subjective thing and so, that is a difficult point, i think. and the tncs are required to report this in september again i think this is 2014, how many rides were requested and how many rides were not accepted by the zip codes and so that will be the performance measure at the end of the year to see how ny

and the cpuc decision also recognized that this was not ride sharing or car pooling. so that is why we encourage everybody to stop using the word ride sharing because it did not and never did describe the services that are providing by these companies, the cpc also recognized that what the companies are characterizing as a voluntary donation was in fact a commercial fare for hire. so some of the issues that have been a very prominent part of the debate nationally is insurance, and that is one of the more important elements of regulation to make sure that there is appropriate insurance in place. so, this cpuc's decision requires the tncs to maintain a commercial liability policies and providing not less than a million dollars, for incidents involving the vehicles and drivers while they are providing tnc services and i think that many people are aware that that last phrase saying that the insurance would apply while the tnc is providing services as cast some doubt on to the situation if there doesn't happen to be a passenger in a car at the time that there is a collisio

cabs and the cpuc does not have the authority to override state law, which gives cities the exclusive authority over taxi cabs. >> have you that authority right now. >> thank you. >> next speaker? >> i think that we can. oh, it is working wonderful. >> hello, my name is ruba grafis and i have been cab driving for 40 years. i also teach the city mandated class for new cab drivers. this includes several hours of sensitivity training, for the people with disabilities. the puc spokesperson was a complete disappointment. she sounds like the famous court craze that argued that separate and equal were going to make good accommodations and adequate runs for blacks as well as whites. we certainly know where that went. >> 1934, we got to the civil rights act that completely refuted that and it took us 26 years to add disabled people to that list, one would think that the puc, did not have to see what the harm was. all that they have to do is make their rules compliant with current federal law thank you. >> thank you so much. >> i am going to call a couple more names, cuterer harrison, robert fa

>> one minute is too short. >> my name is tara and i drive for the desoto cab and cpuc does not have data because they refused to have data and there was a formal request for an evidentiary hearing and at least 20 entities seconded that motion and they refused to and as far as the incoming down 15 dollars, my income is down 30 to 50 percent and i have got 30 years experience in this business. >> 3,000 cars are circling because of these tnc and they also are encouraged discrimination by the rate the customer feature and you never know because the neighborhood that you are in or because you don't fist bump, and director cannot get the tnc because she has been red lined and she followed all of the rules, i urge you to seize regulatory control in any way possible and don't wait for the cpuc. they don't have the regulators. >> thank you. >> next speaker? >> i have been in the taxi business about 35 years now and i have owned metro cab for 20 years and if one of my iv

cpc staff and hers even the questions for you folks rks and there is a major disability that shows cpuc is not responsive to the ada and the july 2013 letter to cpuc indicated, that to use these tnc services you need a smart phone. and i am sorry that is right away, duh. that is an economic disparity issue that is separate from what has been reported that they don't have to have wheelchair accessible avehicles, i am suggesting that you folks ought to not think about modifying, adopting and working for the seattle model, instead your plausable basis to file a department of justice complaint against the cpuc for violating the ada, they talk about needing data and ignoring the smart phone itself is a data indication that not everybody can be served by tncs that their vehicles are not all, and that some of them are not equipped, and also an indication that they are neglect cpuc and don't talk about the companies, and go to the source of the lack of jurisdiction and the lack of enforcement, and the cpuc and that is the target. >> thank you. >> next speaker? >> they are waiting for more infor

because the cpuc did not make a decision based on clear and thorough, thoughts. and thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i am going to call a few more names and i am getting to the bottom of the list, richard magoo and jacob davis and michael madox who i know came up earlier and mary mcchoir and paul good fader and sharm a and jeffrey rosne and bary corn gold. >> the taxi cab is in the big cities and moved to restore that and it has been kind and for the last few months 4,000 cab drivers with angry face. and angry find, this is not a joke. so, if you have to restore that and i have a slogan since 1998, that you can have 20 different color schemes but it is going to be just under one umbrella. and the taxi cabs. and so the taxi cabs that we have issued are more, issue for the gay marriage before the proposition 13 because they thought that it was the right thing to do and so taxing those other people is 25 percent each fare they pick up from tomorrow. >> thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> my name is constantine. >> did i call

they"safety is our number one priority and the cpuc has broad authority to ensure the safe operation of utility services, equipment, and physical property. >> reporter:however residence have mixed feeling about the idea "i dunno you got to get to the pipes that's important"

as far as the cpuc is concerned, they have oversight over this program. [speaker not understood] could send a letter of inquiry to find out what the status is and how we could go about cashing in to that kind of money that might be available for us. >> thanks for teeing that letter up for us. is that something you can [speaker not understood]? >> [speaker not understood]. i'd be more than happy to draft that. it would be something that could come from the board of supervisors, not lafco itself. i could dylan ratiganv it since we have an advise i level to the board. i'm sure there are a few of them that might be interested in having it go through the board process. >> great, thank you. any other updates to provide on the cleanpowersf program? any questions from colleagues, no? we can go to public comment. >>> good afternoon again, commissioners. eric brooks, san francisco green party, local grassroots organization in our city and san francisco clean energy advocates. so, first, just touch quickly on the shell or the horse shoe of the shell contract. it has

bloom head, if you could comment, we had a short discussion of potential cpuc funding to the tune of 800 million statewide for energy efficiency use and a letter coming from the board of supervisors to urge access to those funds. do you have any suggestions of what we as a city could do to access more of those funds? >>> well, cleanpowersf is a way of accessing those funds. there's a tremendous amount of money that is devoted to -- that is generated from san francisco rate payers. we're currently getting, as i said, about $7 million a year of that. we believe we could get a substantial amount larger and do more work here in the city. >> thank you. >>> other than that, we participate in the regular proceedings at the cpuc which if any of you know what that regulatory process is about, it's very tedious and complex and ever more complex. the other thing is that we're not compensated for that work and so we get that money out of our overhead and a little bit out of the puc work order and it's a very difficult task, but we've been very successful at working with local governments across

page that is because that is the only thing that the local, authorities are allowed to do, under the cpuc's decision. >> i have been part of a monthly phone call with my colleagues and counter parts all over the country and even over the world, to talk about what is developing in different cities, and the cities that have more experience with it, are often contacted by cities where these services are new. and so, we have been talking a lot about, you know, what the issues are and how we should respond, and so, i know that tncs are actually prohibited in new york city, and austin, and new orleans and portland and miami and detroit and philadelphia. and the other jurisdictions where they have appear are scratching their heads and trying to figure out where and how to regulate the service and particularly to insurance and that is happening in boston, chicago, and washington, d.c., and georgia, denver, and dallas and houston and pittsburgh and happening all over the country and i am hopeful that there will be coordination among the state and local governments, on this issue. and so that we don'

thank you, mark and speaking for united taxi cab workers and i can say that as a participant in the cpuc proceedings they were not fair proceedings and these companies went into business complete lie against the law and the cerebral palsy who gave them their blessing after having started the proceedings and then in the document that initiated those proceedings they said, these proceedings are being called to determine how to regulate this industry. and not whether to regulate it, not whether they had the authority and jurisdiction to do so. but how to do it. and it went on from there, we never had a fair shot at this. and right now, they are saying, we will have more hearing, you know, maybe later this year, people are dying. our little girl died and people are being injured while they are fiddling, and their rules do not protect the public. and this is uncontionable. what can the city do? an auful lot. these are taxi cabs in every sense of the word they are taxi cabs and the cpuc does not have the authority to override state law, which gives cities the exclusive authority over taxi cabs

my name is au tin peterson and taxi driver 20 years and my income has gone way down and this is the cpuc and is this the same organization that is responsible for the gas line in san bruno in and i think that they have too much on their plate and so that i can them out of the picture. >> thank you. >> next speaker? >> hello my name is rich magoo and i am a driver for yellow cab and i don't understand the political process in this city. for three years now, this has been going on. and these people have just started being basically gypsy cabs and they have just allowed to roam and do whatever they are doing and now we are talking about providing choice for the consumer, and we are talking about whether or how they should be regulated, the process, there was a procedure, there is a, there is a regime in the city for the issuing of new cabs and that has completely been bypassed >> thank you, sir. >> next speaker? >> good afternoon, chris, ceo of city wide taxi in san francisco, and i have grown up in and around the taxi cab industry for over 30 years and make no mistake, these companies are

can we trust the cpuc? no. >> he believes companies should not have to foot the entire bill. >> we have to look at what would the cost be if we didn't have electricity for six months. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> a san francisco multi millionaire in court today to face domestic violence charges the 31-year-old is accused of beating his girlfriend in august. a police officer testified he tried to smother the woman with his hands. it was captured on his home security camera and his attorneys want that evidence kept out as evidence. >> when you hit, punch someone. when you enter someone's space without permission, domestic violence happens. and happens in poor families and multi millionaire families >> he is the head of raid yim 1 and 2 other companies he founded sold for $300 million >> the attorney for a man can accused of killing his wife say his client didn't do it. her body found in 1989. her husband, david zimmer arrested after prosecutors say they uncovered new evidence. saying money was a motive. da

colleagues to see if there are jurisdictional issues that we can apply and can we have it severed from the cpuc and we can actually make the streets safer and have the regulation here locally? and so i have been working with the people from the stake holders related to the taxi industry and to see, if we can do just that, and i have been working with supervisor mar to ask our city attorney if we could explore what jurisdiction we can have, and for the regulation and for bringing those forward, and so, i am, i think that it is time for that to happen. and the stories, from taxi drivers, about how you have lost so much after your years of service, is just incredible to me and we cannot let this industry fail and we have to bring it up to to the same standard for anyone who is providing the service in san francisco and so i look forward to working with my colleagues on that. and working with the taxi industry, to help to make that happen as well. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. >> and so, we have finished our comments on this, could ask if we could continue this to the call of the chair and we wi

pb defended his effort to change how the cpuc works. >> we have 1,000 employees and it is not easy to change the culture of an entity, let alone many other bigger entities. >> peavy was appointed to the job back in 2002 by governor gray davis. he was then given another six- year term in 2008 by arnold schwarzenegger. >> on 90th avenue a few hours ago. kpix reporter on what they found inside and why they are considering it a significant victory. glenn. >> this is all part of the latest push here in oakland to make an impact on violent crime. this investigation has been going on for months involving the oakland police department and the fbi, but today, agents and officers were able to serve a search warrant on a home here on 90th avenue. a resident has had a significant role in a series of recent crimes involving guns and drugs. officers arrested eight adult males and seized ammunition for semi-automatic weapons. they took a small amount of narcotics and three pounds of marijuana off the streets. in addition to large amount of cash was seized. now for a little bit of a time, less than a