And the cpucs decision does require that the inspection records be maintained in the event that the cpuc conducts post audits of compliance with that particular requirement. And discrimination was another big subject during the cpucs hearings because the tnc drivers are freely allowed to pick up who they want. And the drivers can rate the passengers but the pcup says that they are not allowed to discriminate either to deny service or base it on origin of religion, sex, or Sexual Orientation and age and, identity. I think that is a noble sentiment, but i dont know how that is going to be enforced it is a very subjective thing and so, that is a difficult point, i think. And the tncs are required to report this in september again i think this is 2014, how many rides were requested and how many rides were not accepted by the zip codes and so that will be the performance measure at the end of the year to see how many rides were requested by zip code and in that zip code, how many of those r
Zip code and in that zip code, how many of those rides were not actually provided . So, there is a number of reports that are due to the cpuc. And the difficulty from my perspective about this reporting requirement is that it really amounts to selfregulation because if i just asked the taxi industry to send me a report, when they violate something, then, i dont think that i would be very effective. But, the reports that are required, are the number of drivers down to the committed violations or who have been suspended and the zero tolerance and the out comes of investigation, and each accident or other incident which is not defined and that involves the tnc driver and was reported to the tnc and the cause and the amount paid to any party in each incident and the date and time and the amount paid by the drivers insurance and the tncs insurance and any other source. The average and mean number of hours, driven by each tnc driver, so i guess, at the end of the year, we will start to see s
The zip codes and so that will be the performance measure at the end of the year to see how many rides were requested by zip code and in that zip code, how many of those rides were not actually provided . So, there is a number of reports that are due to the cpuc. And the difficulty from my perspective about this reporting requirement is that it really amounts to selfregulation because if i just asked the taxi industry to send me a report, when they violate something, then, i dont think that i would be very effective. But, the reports that are required, are the number of drivers down to the committed violations or who have been suspended and the zero tolerance and the out comes of investigation, and each accident or other incident which is not defined and that involves the tnc driver and was reported to the tnc and the cause and the amount paid to any party in each incident and the date and time and the amount paid by the drivers insurance and the tncs insurance and any other source. Th
Be entitled to find out how many drivers or vehicles are on the street at any particular time from the tnc fleet. So for cabs, i know that you can definitely know this and how can you protect the Public Safety when you dont know how many of these private vehicles are going to be used for new years eve or for a key time . How can we protect the Public Safety if we dont know those numbers. If i asked the State Government for one thing to control these vehicles, it would be control over the numbers. Some are saying that the taxi drivers are losing about 15 dollars per shift or even more as the number of these private personal vehicles are increasing on the street, but do you know the impact on the taxi industry right now from the huge rise in these type of private vehicles on the streets . I can tell you that companies are starting to hand back the medallions because they cannot afford the shifts or maintain the vehicles, 25 percent of the Wheelchair Accessible fleet is no longer in opera
Balancing the right of consumers to have choice and to be able to protect the public as these choices are available and i think that there are many ways in which the industry is being regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission and i have to say that in my experience with the california puc, just, you know, following the example what they have done with some of the companies and they dont have the best track record and so one question that i have is whether or not there should be additional regulation at the local level to supplement what existed at the state level, i think that there are issues around liability and insurance is training of drivers. And at the end of thedy we want to make sure that whoever is providing these services that there is equity and the people are playing by the same rules and so i look forward to that information and with that supervisor, mar, thank you for calling this hearing. I should say, before kristine presents, we also have maria from the C