medallion. i am a prek, not a post k, and i am another class of medallion holder, and it is that the city is just waiting for me to die, and i have nothing to show to my family for my hard work? when i purchased my medallion in 1978, i looked at it as an investment for some time in the future getting my investment back, a return on my investment. thank you. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker, please. secretary boomer: reading names] chairman nolan: hello. >> i have had mine for about 12 years. i had a ramp medallion. it is a very tiring job. -- training and job. i never would have stayed in this occupation if i felt it was just an accident or illness or disability that would wipe out the 25 plus years. it is a tiresome job. it is true. you must be -- maybe not highly intelligent, but it does take a toll on you. there are fluctuations in its blood pressure from driving. starter responses. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker, please. secretary boomer: [reading names] >> i am here to urge

to purchase a medallion and to be a medallion under, i am going to create jobs in the city. at least you know your or three people at work. so please, give us the opportunity to buy this medallion, to purchase it, to build our american dream. god bless america. thank you very much. secretary boomer: [reading names] chairman nolan: good afternoon. >> objective. -- how to do it. how to make its a people can do it. there are people who want to do this to make the industry better. to buy a medallion we currently have in place. i am ready. let's make it possible to transfer medallions from disengaged owners. from those not interested to concerts -- to contribute any more, in order to expedite this process, let's openness for those 16 and above. let's make another step towards a healthy system of medallion ownership, for the taxi service of san francisco. secretary boomer: richard fogel, followed by it -- [reading names] i cannot hand them out at this point. >> some of you have seen the letter i sent by email. for those of you have not seen it, it is just 1.5 pages, and i think he

medallion. and yet, your committee has passed on a report to you that takes out a specific group of people and deprived them of a privilege offered others. it is discrimination. it will go to court if it is presented that you are depriving the civil rights of people who have been treated by a city government equally, and yet when it comes time for an opportunity, it has been denied them. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker, please. secretary boomer: [reading names] chairman nolan: miss? >> bafta years of doing back seat work, i teach new drivers and a tax the class, and all of these things contribute to our industry. the only part of it that is really disturbing is that you are excluding people if they want to sell their medallion. anybody, anybody should be able to sell their medallion. i understand that it is important to try to restrict the age, but there are drivers that are 60 and older that would prefer to get out, i am sure. yellow cab is cabdriver-owner operated. it is not one guy. i

because they have made back whenever they purchased a medallion for about twice a year. >> the new medallion holders are being asked to put in most of their income to pay off the loan. they could have been putting the money into a savings account. they can do it a lot easier than anybody else. drivers get no extra income and there are required to fulfill this requirement. i noticed on the new fines and penalties, the section for $75 for disabling security camera, there's a lot on california vehicle code that gives us the right to disable them. and the cameras, most of them don't comply with the law. dr. the last person to turn into a speaker card -- to turn -- >> last person to turn in a speaker card. >> about the people waiting on the left of that have been largely ignored by the situation, of like to point out that they have made somewhere between $800,000 to $1 million. they are making about $3,000 a month without driving, so i have mixed feelings about it, but i don't think it is all that hair. as far as raising age, it was because the original aid was put at 60 in these meetings because

it is when we get through the medallions that are part of the pilot program. so we have gotten through the privately sold medallions of any buyers willing to sell at this point. excuse me, and the sellers. and we have also run out of medallions that were in the possession of the mta. we have no more to sell except that we continue, under the pilot program, we remain with the obligation of giving 25 more medallions to the list and we can sell about 25 more. we have sold about 30, and we have given away about 30. the pilot program will continue until those medallions that come to us through death or revocation meet that 60 and 60 requirement. there is no time limit. it will just continue until it runs its course. meanwhile, we have probably over 1000 taxi drivers that are eager and willing to purchase, and have no more medallions to sell. one of the things that begin this discussion, the people that have become disabled since the pilot program opportunity closed, we want to allow those people to exit the industry before the conditions make life very difficult. >

i support medallion holders who are disabled being able to sell, and i would support a medallion older who was turning 70 in the meantime to be able to sell, but not reducing to 60. director heinicke: next item. secretary boomer: any other members of the public wish to speak? moving on to the consent calendar, previously, 10.1, not to 10.2, p to s have been severed, and seeing that no member of the public has asked for another to be severed -- president nolan: all in favor, say aye. all opposed? and we want to thank one person for coming. ms. boomer, next item. secretary boomer: can we call item 11 together? ok, item number 11, a discussion of the disclosure in due diligence. >> a set of bonds. this presentation this afternoon is going to be done by sean tierney, who is the council from a firm, and the reason this is very important is because we have to make a pledge to the bondholders that we are disclosing all of the mta issues in our document so that their bondholders feel comfortable that we're being honest and forthright about our information, so the two gentlemen are going to wal

in 2006, he was given notice that he was eligible for a potential medallion.responded that he had not been driving his vehicle since 2001. as you are well aware, as an applicant for a medallion, you must be able to demonstrate that you follow the full time driver requirements. at the time, his application was two of the last three years of driving before getting a medallion career he responded by saying you had not driven. he was given a time waiver. what that would do it would give you one extra year to give you a chance to improve your driving and allow you to add an additional year of driving. he never responded. it read -- expired in july of 2007. after that, he was notified that there is a hearing and that he would be removed from the list. if he did not appear. he did not appear and was properly removed from the list carried and we were never able to get to the issue of whether this alleged disability would preclude him to obtaining a medallion. we feel he was properly removed from the waiting list. there are still 2800 names on that list, 16-17 years lo

there are analogies, it deals with medallion holders. they have to work their cabs. and for good reason. perhaps even more so in this situation, whether it's a question, you can sell a be, you can sell in medallion so easily. my personal view is that i don't see that big of a conflict between these rules. i do agree with everything everyone has said that any to take a hard luck at tightening of the rules and if we need assistance at all. i of the charter provides for patrol specials. he did not provide for assistant patrol specials, and i am not convinced, and no one has made the case for me why they ought to be authorized by this commission. that is my view, i agree that we will need to look at it again. >> i think there is some ambiguity where it says that if the patrol special is off for more than four days, the assistant can work the beat. does that mean that he just works the beach at all? it is ha not only the assistant patrol specials, but the question is, do we want to discuss whether, in this particular situation, could beat officer is incapacitated and can'

as an aside, one of the things i really did not want to hear was the concept of medallions for these food truck, because i sat in at the very -- at the very beginning. that did nothing for us. the two things that focused my attention and has affected my decision making are the following -- first, our city agencies are expected to create a consentual atmosphere. i do not see that here. i see that it has not occurred. i think that agencies have been able to help focus, to help refine the legislation so that they wind up creating a greater amount of consensus. as an example, when we dealt with limitations on the number of restaurants on a street, when it dealt with certain types of restaurants that were in excess of four or six, depending on the time frame, they had to go through a different process. i do not see a process occurring here. i do not see the refinement that will be reflective of less discord. adding to that, when i look at the specifics of the cases, and we did see the findings -- excuse me, we saw reports. we did not see a lot of identification of whether or not there was

it's what you're allowed to have as far as religious medallions and stuff like that. manager wants you to write a letter to him stating what you want. and he said he would try to do his best to get it to you by the end of the day. >> they won't take me over and let me get it? who is going to handle it? the thing i'm saying is no one is supposed to touch it. to touch it without my permission is a sacrilege. it defames it. >> i understand that. that's why i'm telling you to put it down on the paper. put those instructions on that paper in written form. if i go back and tell them -- >> the thing of the matter is it is right there in the property. if they take me over, i can pull it out and let them visually inspect it. >> i understand. you need to write it on paper for him. do you know what i mean? write it out and i will be back in a little while. i will take it to him. >> in less than 24 hours, kinslow hopes to have his religious items returned. but over in level two, haley french hopes he will be getting back his freedom. >> i'm waiting to see what the caseworker will

. >> they had a lot of medallions and reliefs. >> the working class would go out to go swimming in theocean. the wealthy would stay downtown like in the marines memorial or the elk and they would have heated saltwater. people wanted to swim in salt water. >> how did the water get there? >> there was a pipe that allowed it to flow all the way down. that pipe rusted out. people went swimming in the saltwater pools and they had different temperatures. >> you could have a cold swim or a warm swim. >> how did they heat this? >> he had a huge boiler. they're still trying to figure out exactly how he sucked in the sea water. he had a pumping system. >> didn't sutro make his initial fortune by being the engineer who figured out how to ventilate the mines at virginia city? >> that is the way he would phrase it. >> he drained them for water, not for air. >> he got backers for the tunnel. he said, we need this tunnel for safety, for air, for ventilation. he got this tunnel built and he got people to back it. just before it opened, it was proved to be not real helpful. he got out with his money. >

i hope that you consider us medallion holders, drivers. and we need your help. >> next speaker, please. >> these of the last two people that have turned in a speaker card. >> i don't know if i can be here for item number 16, but the back seat -- >> you cannot discuss this under public comment. >> it says in the report that you can't discuss it because you don't have enough information on that. >> you cannot make comment on an item that is agendized for discussion. i would disagree with that. i would call to that point of order. there is david to discuss about it, and i would like to discuss the data that you will not be discussing -- there is data to discuss. i was wondering if they were aware of the new 2011 data that i submitted in october for purposes to this body. it is fair to say, it is like radar. every year, it cuts through the san francisco fog that is being displayed here. i did not have a pen in my cab at the time, and my customers are not happy. what do you think about those televisions in the back seat? so what do you think ab

they are lying, the medallion holder from $1,500 has gone up to $3,000. dr. in the afternoon, chairman nolan. i want to say that high enough and of nelson. they take the work seriously, and i am not joking. they have done work for the transportation majority in they have done some great studies. they take their presentations seriously. the outcome is that we got our money's worth. my only concern is that i don't think they included enough feedback because they invited a select group of people. the outcome is still the point to make. let's minimize the cost of the drivers. why? and then make more money and they provide better customer service to the passengers. it is hard drive in san francisco. backseat monitors can be destructive to someone trying to listen to a passenger, try to pay attention to the traffic, trying to listen to the radio sometimes. there is a lot to pay attention to in the vehicle at the driver still has to drive safely and look at the car in front of them. that translates in the driver hitting safely from one destination to another. that i

i hope that you consider us medallion holders, drivers. and we need your help. >> next speaker, please. >> these of the last two people that have turned in a speaker card. >> i don't know if i can be here for item number 16, but the back seat -- >> you cannot discuss this under public comment. >> it says in the report that you can't discuss it because you don't have enough information on that. >> you cannot make comment on an item that is agendized for dss

the removal on august 30, 2007 of the appellants name from the public convenience and necessity medallionting list. this was on the board called the chair calendar for the past four years awaiting the outcome of a lawsuit filed against the city in which subject matter was being considered. that litigation is now over and when contacted, the appellant indicated that he wanted to have this matter heard. an october hearing that was elected but after mr. martinovsky failed to submit a brief, the matter was rescheduled to this date. mr. martinovsky indicated he was unhappy with the hearing date but refused to suggest an alternative. during a telephone conversation late last week, he indicated he did not attend to appear today. i am assuming he is not here. with that, i would recommend that we call the department representative to give him an opportunity to speak. president goh: agreed.

like i said, it would be much easier for the city to issue a medallion with instructions and a call for service. the other is a comprehensive knowledge test for those on the list. one that they would literally have to study for or be behind the wheel. bus schedules, ferry schedules. some people do not know where the odd side of the street is, and then when they go back, they have their score of the test and the numbers on the list. they would be in order. 599 would be before 700, but they would be where we issued. anyway, thoughts while driving. chairman nolan: anyone else to address the board on public comment? seeing none, secretary boomer? secretary boomer: these will be acted upon by a single vote unless a member wants to have one suburb. item 10.5 has been severed from the agenda by a member of the public but also by our vice chairman lee had requested this be severed, but no other member has requested that an item be considered separately. chairman nolan: for the rest of the consent calendar? all in favor? opposed? next. secretary boomer: item 10.5, obstruction. riding bicycles on

medallion of honey badger, drizzled in honey demi-glaze! i just might need this!g the honey badger isn't. yeah, you'll find out, gourmand. no, you will find out, when the killer bees discover you here and blame you for destroying their hive! heh, heh, heh! oh, you will find out! (gasping) (bees buzzing) don't move a muscle, bro! no way! the bees are looking for gourmand. but to a bee, one human looks just like another human! they'll take it out on us! i don't want to get stung again! 2000 times! please don't start singing, sweet tweet! any sound could set them off! ah, ah, ah-- don't sneeze, bro! (blowing) it's stuck on the honey! ah, ah, achoo! uh-oh! (bees buzzing) (screaming) ahhh! nice move, aviva! thanks, the buzz bike really-- look out! zach's jet is heading right towards you! whoa! ugh! zach is so annoying! after him, before dinner is served! am i the first one here? oh, are you going to serve that endangered mushroom salad that you served at the finding your inner villain seminar? i never cook the same dish twice! never! there it is! hey, guys, do your thi

carry it is a good opportunity with the group of commissioner wiener to understand there could be a medallion program or something that could bring those together. it does not -- it seems like something that can be worked out. really, we are coming to you as small business owners, asking you to uphold our permits. we did our best to choose a spot that adheres to the law. we put time and money and effort into following this legislation to a t. >> thank you. you will have six minutes of rebuttal as well. >> i am from the department of public works. in hearing the various appellants and everyone else has stated one of the major issues was economic costs, specifically they stated that the department has not done an analysis in these specific cases. that is true. we cannot disprove the allegation nor affirmed it in these specific cases because there is insufficient information, specifically as it relates to this. i believe the restaurant gaylord said they lost a certain percentage of their revenue in the last year. one thing that everyone needs to recognize is this is among the most difficult time