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Board committee forwards plan to transfer Taxi Commission oversight to SFMTA amid driver concerns
Summary
The committee heard an SFMTA presentation on merging the Taxi Commission into the SFMTA, including a proposed March 1 operative date and plans to appoint a director of Taxi and Accessible Services; many drivers urged more transparency, fuller representation on advisory bodies and publication of a formal transfer plan.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee on Monday considered an ordinance to amend the Police Code to transfer the powers and duties of the Taxicab Commission to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and to set an operative date. Chair Aaron Peskin noted a non‑substantive amendment changing the operative date to March 1, 2009.
Executive Director Nathaniel Ford and Deborah Johnson (chief of staff and director of administration, SFMTA) presented a merger timeline and a summary of recommendations from a taxi-industry advisory group convened to ease the transition. Johnson said a nationwide search for a director…
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