Christiane hayashi and think its one of the most comprehensive analyses of the problem and just the whole dynamics of regulation versus nonregulation. One thing to sort of add or what is basically that Taxi Companies operate under public convenience and necessity. These tncs do not at all. I also echo bob plantholds comments and walter parks. Im a little pessimistic, because i feel the train already left the system, unlike North Carolina north new york city where they result in 50 of taxis being accessible and others are protecting the taxi industry, which means that they are also protecting the consumer. Im afraid california and San Francisco, the train has already left the system, even before the tncs become so big and powerful. The ramp taxi service and im speaking of private taxi as opposed to the Paratransit Program, because that is what i have familiarity with. It has been goingcoun hill. I have some personal examples, which would take more time than we have, but basically, an ex
These tncs do not at all. I also echo bob plantholds comments and walter parks. Im a little pessimistic, because i feel the train already left the system, unlike North Carolina north new york city where they result in 50 of taxis being accessible and others are protecting the taxi industry, which means that they are also protecting the consumer. Im afraid california and San Francisco, the train has already left the system, even before the tncs become so big and powerful. The ramp taxi service and im speaking of private taxi as opposed to the Paratransit Program, because that is what i have familiarity with. It has been goingcoun hill. I have some personal examples, which would take more time than we have, but basically, an examples of friends as well. But basically, the only place in the last several years where i feel as somebody in a wheelchair you could count on getting a taxi, if you arrive at the airport, you can find one. That is still the case, but if you want to call a taxi in
Second. [inaudible] because you werent here. Actually we cant vote on this. Theyre not enough of you. I move i amend my motion. I move to continue the minutes. We only have three commissioners here. We need four on vote on the minutes. So there is a motion to continue. Is there a second . Second. Commissioner lee seconds. Commissioner perez. Aye. Commissioner akers. Continuation. Its just a continuance. Aye. Commissioner joseph. 50eu6. Commissioner lee. Aye. Vice president hide. Aye. All right were ready for the report from the executive director. Take it away jocelyn kane. Thank you. Good evening commissioners. This is going to be short and swee. We have a guest that will pop up in the middle of this in fact right away of my directors report because we thought it would be easier to present this to you. Under the heading of policy and legislative update there was discussion but a request from i think commissioner hyde to have someone from london breeds office who is the author of the l
A roll call please. Commissioner perez. Here. Commissioner akers intl here. Commissioner joseph. Here. Commissioner lee. Heir. Commissioner frost. Here. Vice president hide. Present. President tan bryant tan is out of town and excused for this evening so we have a quorum. All right. So the first thing were going to do today is open up Public Comment. This is where members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter and jurisdiction within the Entertainment Commission but not on our regularly scheduled program. Do we have any Public Comment . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. [gavel] so next we are going to review and approve the Meeting Minutes from august 5, and so i have a couple of changes they would like to make. All right. Absent were cake cake and commissioner lee and im not sure if liam was here so i wanted to check with that and commissioner hyde moved to continue item c to april 19 i think its august 19. I
Sf gov tv for sending us out over the airwaves. Can we have a roll call please. Commissioner perez. Here. Commissioner akers intl here. Commissioner joseph. Here. Commissioner lee. Heir. Commissioner frost. Here. Vice president hide. Present. President tan bryant tan is out of town and excused for this evening so we have a quorum. All right. So the first thing were going to do today is open up Public Comment. This is where members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter and jurisdiction within the Entertainment Commission but not on our regularly scheduled program. Do we have any Public Comment . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. [gavel] so next we are going to review and approve the Meeting Minutes from august 5, and so i have a couple of changes they would like to make. All right. Absent were cake cake and commissioner lee and im not sure if liam was here so i wanted to check with that and commissioner hyde mo