maria yuhas, appealing the position on the 90 day suspension on-ramp taxi medallion no 9038. it is on for today and the agents that seven minutes to present the case. >> good evening, commissioners, my name is jacob masel and i represent maria yuhas on this manner. i am with the cab company here in the city of san francisco. and i really hope that we are not going to meet together and just we could settle that quietly. i will try to make my point and be successful in that. back in 94, there was medallions, they were created sort of for the disabled community and i think that it was the right step. it started with a very small number and then expanded up to 100. and, the task was to serve wheelchair-bound people and give them a priority, so to speak, when there is a choice for the cab driver who to pick up, the wheelchair customer obviously would go first. back, this is the taxi cab, regulations dated back to 2000. and throughout all regulations, that consumed ramp or wheelchair accessible minivans it said, if available from the services, it is desirable to have the wheelchair

there is no facts that maria yuhas has ever refused to pick up anybody, ever. >> the town taxi historically has that many calls, we have four minivans and three, and we got two more. and so when we have a call coming into the dispatch for the wheelchair accessible van. if i have at least half an hour, we have almost 100 percent success rate. again, maria is completing her two years mandatory staying with the program, petition amt to exchange the medallion and they denied and she bought another vehicle for $30,000 and she is a mother of two small kids and working hard. i think that this is a crime without punishment. i believe that again, we all have our own level of entrepreneurship and i don't see what maria has done to deserve those fines and also the suspension. i think ultimately, they have to make a living, if there is available wheelchair accessible call, she will go or someone else will go and pick them up, or if she see them on the street if not they will move on, they will go to the airport and do whatever to make an earning. again these people have no benefits, no pensions, no sal