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Board balks at SFMTA proposal to limit de novo review in taxi medallion appeals
Summary
SFMTA proposed an MOU to limit de novo hearings in medallion revocation and denial appeals so the Board would consider agency and hearing-officer records; commissioners and public raised concerns about stripping long-standing review rights and access for low-income permit holders. No adoption vote was taken.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals heard a presentation Aug. 14 from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency asking the board to enter a memorandum of understanding under which the agency’s investigatory and hearing-officer records would form the primary basis for the board’s review of medallion-permit revocations and denials.
Christian Hayashi, deputy director for taxis and accessible services at SFMTA, told the board the proposed arrangement responds to the factual complexity of revocation cases — records covering several years of trip sheets and airport records — and aims to avoid deciding a years-long enforcement matter in a short hearing…
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