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Board declines jurisdiction over SFMTA pause on color-scheme taxi permits
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 3-1 April 25 to decline jurisdiction over an appeal challenging the Municipal Transportation Agency—s decision to stop accepting new color-scheme permit applications while it rewrites taxi rules. The board said the issue better belongs to MTA rulemaking or superior court.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 3-1 on April 25 not to invoke subject-matter jurisdiction in a dispute over the Municipal Transportation Agency—s refusal to accept color-scheme permit applications.
Ray Alexander, attorney for requester Siam Arian, told the board MTA staff are effectively operating by "unwritten regulations" that prevent medallion holders from applying for color-scheme permits and argued the practice deprives entrepreneurs of rights established in local law. "They can make rules in the dark and no one knows about them,"…
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