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Board continues Robert Scrack medallion appeal for one year to allow SFMTA policy review
Summary
After lengthy testimony about staff advice, ADA policy and medallion classifications, the Board failed to overturn SFMTA’s nonrenewal of medallion No. 878 for lack of the four‑vote threshold and instead voted to continue the Scrack appeal to the call of the chair for one year to allow potential SFMTA action or legislation.
The Board of Appeals heard a lengthy, often emotional appeal from taxi medallion holder Robert Scrack and his counsel, Heidi Machen, who asked the Board to overturn SFMTA’s decision to nonrenew and revoke medallion No. 878. Machen argued that Scrack, who she said has disabilities, relied on SFMTA staff advice in 2015 that he could stop renewing his A card while retaining his medallion, and that SFMTA’s current reliance on a code section and enforcement practice unfairly cost him the ability to…
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