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

the pick-ups are for the vehicle itself, miss yuhas is the medallion holder. it is so much that miss yuhas must find the pick ups, it is that her vehicle, 9038 must have the pick ups she is the responsible party because she is the medallion holder. there is a lot of leeway there, even if she is a night driver and it is difficult to get a ride, she has drivers on her vehicle that operate it during the day or during the weekends or during the afternoons. and it is her permit. so it is encumbent upon her as the medallion holder to insure that these pick-ups are being done. so the argument that she is a night driver is again, it is disengenous because we are asking for eight pick ups for the vehicle, we are not saying that you pick up eight by yourself. we are saying at least get eight on this vehicle and you know, we will be satisfied with that. so that is what we are asking them to do. and because she is a medallion holder she is responsible. again, i keep hearing that this is difficult and that it is hard and that there is competition, but it is a business. and