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Board continues contested medallion revocation for Robert Michael Friedman to July 23 amid debate over safety and rehabilitation
Summary
After hearing testimony about multiple DUI convictions, concealment of prior offenses and months of advocacy from colleagues and community members, the San Francisco Board of Appeals continued the appeal of Robert Michael Friedman’s medallion revocation to July 23 to allow parties to draft conditional suspension terms and evidence.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on a packed docket continued the appeal over the Taxi Commission’s decision to revoke Robert Michael Friedman’s taxi medallion until July 23, after a daylong hearing that laid out sharply conflicting accounts of public-safety risk and the driver’s rehabilitation.
The Commission’s staff urged revocation, saying Friedman had multiple DUI convictions that were not disclosed on required annual forms and that the totality of circumstances created a threat to public safety and to the integrity of the city’s taxi program. Acting Taxi Commission director Jordana Thigpen told the Board the medallion “should be revoked and released to someone who is on the waiting list,” saying the respondent “continues to collect income on this permit” while delays continue.
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