what is sfmta's response. >> hi, kate toran. yeah, this is something we've heard as well.d the price tag on that is $161 million. and as i mentioned earlier at the start of the presentation, earlier on in the presentation, that in the medallion sale program, most of the money went back into the taxi industry, so so you can understand the money flow. [interjections] >> please allow her to speak. >> when a medallion was surrendered for consideration, that means that the individuals pre- -- >> we understand you disagree, but -- you can thumb's down, that's fine. >> so the medallion holder, the pre-k holder or post k holder was able to surrender for consideration. the consideration was $200,000, so when that transaction happened, the holder of that program, they netted the $200,000 and the mta received 50,000 out of that. so most of the money that was generated through the medallion sale program went back into the taxi industry. $110 million. so it's not like there is a pool of money available. and these are very challenging tradeoffs. i wish i had a magic wand. i understand t

. >> chair peskin: kate toran, thank you. >> my name is kate toran, and i want to thank sfmta for the implementation of these new taxi rules. and i'm here today to report on the -- our progress related to our new taxi rules at s.f.o. which were implemented on february 1. and before doing that, i'm just going to give some background just to make sure we all have the same context. okay. i want to start off with the important role of the taxi industry? the taxi industry has a lot of pride and has been part of our paratransit program for many years. it's actually been part of paratransit since 1981. we've had wheelchair accessible ramp taxi service since 1994. taxis provide the only level of on-demand service where you can have a street hail. there are a higher level of safety in the taxi industry. drug and alcohol checks, background checks. our background investigators review and investigate every sing single complaint that comes in through 311. we have professional drivers. we're proud of our clean air fleet. we have 95% clean air vehicles at this time, and taxis are part of our commitm

and with all due respect to kate toran, i think we need to evaluate her leadership and power over this regulatory thing. there's major taxi stands at, like, the hyatt regency, at the up i donunion hotel. i think signs are a very basic thing. people working in the industry aren't regulating the industry. when i was a corporate chauffeur, we actually had to carry i.d. cards, and we didn't carry them, we would get fined by s.f.g.t.u. i think there is a requirement for that, and how can somebody enforce that? >> chair peskin: like i said, we've got to get into an agreement with san mateo county. next speaker. >> thank you so much for you gather all the people here today. [please stand by]. >> the problem we have, we have a disease called cancer, and they're diagnosing with tuberculosis, and that never happened before. we work hard, and they pay us and give us our money back. this will not work, i cannot live anymore in the dark. thank you so much, sir. god bless you. >> chair peskin: thank you. i believe that supervisor fewer has finished her last meeting and will be able to attend momenta