and why did you allow that medallion hold er to sell? >> i don't remember, i remember the corporate permit and they are not allowed to sell period and the other one, was simply because the conduct that we found was agregious enough that we were able to take them to a hearing and penalize them a fine amount and in lou, of that, they decided rather than losing the medallion and paying an at dishal $96,000 in fines they would rather turn it in. >> but was that medallion revoked at the time that you allowed him to sell. >> no, it was not, it was simply a discussion beforehand. >> we had initiated proceedings. but we had not gone to hearing. >> okay, thank you mr. murray. >> i have nothing. >> thank you. >> commissioners the matter is submitted. >> i just will start out, because he it is significantly egregious conduct in my mind, but impart of it is that it is the population that is being served here. and a para transit community and i think that the evidence establishes the fraud and the abuse on this community. and in the public. and it ha

into that medallion. >> there has been and that is correct. and he has paid for his medallion and all of the records there, he paid $250 and took a loan out with a bank. under the revocation, and mr. goldstein is correct, he would get most of that money back but he would lose, $50,000 approximately of that money. and so, he would get back roughly $200, for the 250 but he would lose 50,000 of that money. >> i was going to say that the only way prior to revocation assuming that we were not moving forward, i mean that he has the right, if there were no issues, he would have the right to sell his medallion for the full amount. >> and currently what is the medallion worth in today's value? >> $250,000. >> it is still worth. >> and the mta sets the price. >> so he can sell it or he can't sell it >> if he were not having any issues. >> meaning, >> and with the board, correct. he would have been able to sell it. if he just had felt like, you know what i don't want this any more i am going to sell it. >> he cannot sell

and they just it is way too much, behind that medallion in his family. and so, i am pleading with you commissioners to exercise leniency and come up with the solution that will prevent similar situations in the future. and also, send a message to everybody else around that. and i don't think that the punishment for that is equal. and so what has happened. >> any additional public comment? >> seeing none, we will start with our rebuttal. mr. goldstein. >> he comes from a different culture where some of these kinds of things go on all of the time and i just want to mention that to you. and in this case, the sfmta is overstated the case. the balance checks were made on credit cards of his grandmother, his grandmother's best friend and their friend all of whom are over 80 years old and he held their cards because they were exclusive users and he served them all of time, and he took them to the doctor and to the store and to see their friends and they relied on them because they could not rely on other drivers because nobody would pay the kind of attention to

if my medallion is going to be taken away it is going to hurt my family a lot. thank you. >> we can hear from the department now. mr. murray? >> >> good commissioners, jarvis can the sfmta and we are here related not because of something that is a minor infraction, i think that the average person you would have to ask yourself, how would that person feel if they found out that a driver a taxi driver who owned the vehicle was using their credit card when they were not in the vehicle and running it and charging money on that credit card. i think it is our duty as the sfmta, to up hold our drivers and especially our medallion holders who have complete ownership and control of that vehicle to a standard that says you can't do this to the riding public. you can't do this to our most vulnerable population which is the elderly and disabled. what we have here is the usage of the para transit card and now i explained it in my brief but to quickly so that you can understand again, the para transit program is a program that is being used here in san francisco to allow our

the list of the mfa, they going to complain to the mta, they going to push them to add like new medallion and who is going to hit the number, the company that collect $86,000 a year from the driver and they pay the driver like some money and the problem is the failure of dispatch and is also uber cab company, a violation of license, transportation violation of public utility commission, violation of no license with mta, violation of dispatch, it is also -- listen to me please -- also there is now two meter in the cab, one is allowed by san francisco weight and measures and mta, the other one is not, belongs to uber, who is uber, who is uber technology. they don't have license, how do they operate. all of them from uber technology, the game is cash money and all over they are going to put us out of business. >> nor aiesa >> good evening, my name is nor aiesa, i have been a driver for about 35 years, i have experienced up cycles and down cycles. this cycle i must be honest it's one of the worst i have experienced and yet i have not seen the market end of the tunnel. but i still strongly bel

taxi medallion, i gave you an update on the full-time medallion and peak hours of medallion and we've made pay phones accessible. i see the data each month and the transaction that's done by pay by phone has been increasing so very well received. a couple of highlights on project goal two. in terms of the goals. our customer satisfaction picking up. nowhere near where we want to be, but moving in the right direction. in terms of bunches and gaps and we're measuring to on time performance, we haven't been able to make much head way there. with improvements such as the red carpet treatment and the new vehicles, more pacted supervision of this service, we expect to see that start to move up. in terms of what i consider to be the core goals of the entire strategic plan and this is the most shift goal. you recall we had a goal of moving from 38 percent non private trips up to 50 percent. it looks like we got data suggest that we'll achieve that and achieve it sooner so we may need to come to you to reset a higher bar in that realm. i don't know if we know the causality of that. i don't kno

. >> jim margolis, i'm a medallion holder, i've been with the yellow cab co-op since it began. i can see both sides of this. i think we do have a problem fighting some of these other companies that provide the innovation, they talk about innovation, the ubers of the world. they have no innovation, their innovation is they are trying to operate vehicles without insurance or adequate insurance. that's an innovation i think they should be ashamed of. but i understand this body does not regulate them so there's really not that much you can do. i want to see people being able to be picked up by taxicabs and i know that yellow cab and most of the other cabs because of the regulation have decent vehicles, have hybrid vehicles, have better vehicles than these other companies do in terms of environmental factors. i think a problem, and i've been away from this a little bit, is this publicity. i don't think people know who have the smart phones or whatever, you know, they hear about uber, it's cool and this and that, i don't think people know about the other alternatives. some people do.

this is a serious problem that is going to threaten the medallion system. if companies like mine are actually going to soon say why am i paying up to $2500 for the use of a medallion if i can get a state tcp license or state new tnp license put vehicles charge for rides, put as many cars as i want, this is going to move in this direction if we don't do something about this. as a matter of fact, this is not like what i would call hitchhiking dot com. when you do not set standards for who can pick up the public, criminality will follow. this industry needs to be tightly regulated in terms of the type of vehicles, the inspections on vehicles, when we just look the other way here, the industry will collapse and it's starting to do that now. i truly believe the industry still can be saved and can be recovered but when there's an open entry now to anyone picking up the public as a public passenger vehicle, it is an existential moment for the taxi industry. thank you. >> howard strassner. >> good afternoon, director, howard strassner, i want to continue where we l

the remaining 100 permits were put into the half dozen medallion pull and issued to those on the waiting list. and that started in april and we'll issue the permits in july. 65 have been issued. the remaining 35 are scheduled to be issued within the next six weeks or so. so that first 120 would have all gone out and 100 are going to those highest on the medillion waiting list, so that's good. for the 200 you authorized for next year, and we plan to issue 100 to the remaining 100 so fulfilling that 200 designated another 100 as part-time single operator permits and the remainder 70, we would just really move to a full price and continue to work down the waiting list as we talked about earlier this year and last year. what that gets us to is we're up to 18 -- $1,018,000 permits. it wasn't that long ago that we were at 1575. so an increase in a fairly short amount of time. and by the end of this year, we'll be up to 1886 and 1536 will be sedan and 150 will be the permit lease to taxi companies and then of course with the additional 2004 be up to 2,106 permits. an increase per your direction

talk about when we spend money from the sfmta this is an opportunity for me to say with the new medallion sale system and the revenues generated from the taxi industry, there must at some time be some investment back into the industry not just going forward with different types of subsidies or agreements into new programs but i ask you to really redirect some resources back to the industry as you mentioned about pr, driver training, there's so much that can be done with very little and with the medallion sales and income as they are, i really hope you would look at that as you go forward with new contracts and put money toward these things. >> thank you, mr. kim, next speaker. >> charles rathbone, followed by ed healy. >> hiagain, commissioners, just very briefly, this would be money well spent, this proposal. if nothing else it will help put an end to the dangerous system of time-based shorts out of the airport and instead go to a gps based, they important to do that to cut down on speeding on the freeways. thank you. >> next speaker. >> ed healy and then rashid. >> i think this is very

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

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make the day drivers busier, they get a better view, you are going to protect the value of the medallion. the next issue is the -- oh, shoot -- i wanted to say i think it's important -- the last issue is the person assigned to look at this, jerry robins, i am part of his fan club. i want to say that the people who are concerned about this a getting this improved, the best person to look at this and solve the problem is jerry robins so i think the fact that he did the research on this, he is probably the most underpaid city employee because of the amount of effort he picks in trying to solve this problem. so i hope you will take his advice and the fact he likes to compromise. thank you ?oo smoo next speaker. >> espinola jackson and chris (inaudible) those are the last two speakers on this item. >> good afternoon, miss jackson. >> good afternoon, i didn't come here to speak on this item but after hearing so many speakers, i would like to say 70 years ago my mother came to san francisco and i went to school at hayes school across the street from alamo park is. listening to many of the speak

hopefully there's in opportunities we have, but it's something we have to monitor unless we put more medallion but the main point is moving in accordance of what you authorized over the last year and a half or so. next with regard to safety in the south of market area. i want to talk about two different things. 6th street. on folson street, we held a community meeting a couple of weeks back to talk about the proposed pilot on folsome. they're being studied that is evaluating a number of street gates and street changes throughout that whole corridor, but what we have been working towards on folsome between 11th and 4th is doing a pilot where we'll remove a travel lane to create a much better buffer, easier to see bike lane much as we've done on 8th street in that same area. we've been working with supervisor kim's office. i've done a lot of outreach and the staff has contacted more than 25 community groups. generally the potential pilot has been received and people are asking us to go further than 11th to 4th. we held a public meeting on friday and we'll be coming to the mta board at the next m

the list of the mfa, they going to complain to the mta, they going to push them to add like new medallion and who is going to hit the number, the company that collect $86,000 a year from the driver and they pay the driver like some money and the problem is the failure of dispatch and is also uber cab company, a violation of license, transportation

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for a fair of medallions in in 2008, a pair of medallions for a handicap cab went for half that. >>iamonds, it tacky cab medallions benefiting from the rebound? >> they rarely get hurt, even in recession. >> even with the new asset class. >> we're talking about new highs in the dow, the s&p 500, the nasdaq back towards that 4,000 level. what does the fed do under its incoming chairman janet yellen? let's ask our guests. guys, good morning. >> good morning. >> doug, first to you. we just saw jpmorgan raise its year end price target to 1825 here. a lot of people will say we're staring down the barrel of 1,800. is that psychologically significant? what else does that tell you about sentiment here? >> i think there is a psychological level there. i think in the end a lot of investors, at least the ones we talk to, spent a little too much time on the sidelines and have doubted the rally because they maybe philosophically disagree with what's happening in washington or at the federal reserve. in the end it doesn't matter, the market is going to do what it's going to do. we look at a u.s.