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Board urges Yellow Cab not to require deposits after drivers protest prepayment plan
Summary
Following public testimony from numerous taxi drivers and advocates, the Board adopted a resolution urging Yellow Cab Cooperative not to require prepayments or deposits and asking the Taxi Commission to bar such practices.
San Francisco — After a series of public comments from taxi drivers and driver advocates protesting taxi-company prepayment requirements, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution urging Yellow Cab Cooperative, Inc. not to require deposits or prepayments from cab drivers and asking the Taxi Commission to consider rules prohibiting the practice.
Multiple taxi drivers spoke during public comment, describing company directives that would require drivers to pay sums ranging into the thousands as a precondition to retain the…
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