. >> good afternoon my name is trevor johnson i'm a taxi driver for about five years and a dispatcher as well i really think you guys need to you speak up. if they hear from you guys this illegal business needs to stop and force them to operate within guidelines of the law i think that will make a huge thing to make us all a lot happier and keep the medallions from being devalued. we really need more enforcement on the streets taxi cops i think it will be a huge value for the city. it will stop a lot of the solicitation by these illegal operators i think a unified -- app or a statewide app would be even better. they are too busy looking at their smart phones to find an available cab when all they need to do is open their eyes we need to provide them a way to hail a cab. and also adding new medallions will serve the -- >> thank you. okay go ahead. afternoon. >> good afternoon. my name is amed -- i've been driving cabs since 1995 that is almost 18 years and then i put my name the first day i was driving as a cab driver on the waiting list to get my medallion then i went to check my stan

please listen to us and stop what you're doing thank you, sir >> the last speaker is trevor johnson. >> good morning. i'd like to speak will the list and sidecars as well. these guys are currently operating over a thousand unlicensed and uninsured taxis and cars in the city. they prey on the city's ignorance for the point to point transportation. those companies promote he heavy to their drivers to work the busy times. this makes them taxi companies and they're not. their promoting ride sharing and they're saying that their fares are donations. their claiming they meet interesting people that's why i'm a cab driver. i've seen focusing other side of extortion on focusing. there's 3 people driving under one company paper. these drivers are actively soliciting business around bars and so forth. this is the ultimate down side to the cabs. the ss m pa miss use the bus spaces for - we need taxi cops guys. >> memorable. >> i'm also + just not of the university. i'm here to discuss the inaction. this project hadn't been implemented is simply unconscionable. everyday thousands of people risk

. >>> hi, my name is trevor johnson. i'd like to bring an issue to the attention of the supervisors. this affects all your districts. there is literally a scourge on the streets of san francisco right now, putting all our citizens and visitors alike in danger. there are two illicitly operating taxi companies operating under the guise of ride sharing smart phone apps that have collectively over 1,000 unlicensed and underinsured vehicles operating as taxicabs in the city. both of these companies prey on the under employed and fib experienced of the city putting them to work in under insured nonlicensed and under regulated vehicles for the purpose of in town point to point transportation for hire. thea companies also heavily promote heavily to their driver during busy time to tell them no special license or insurance is required and the transportation that they are providing is on a for-hire basis. this makes them taxi companies in practice, definitely not ride sharing, especially when these companies are taking 20% of what