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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors has adopted a short-term pilot program for buying and selling San Francisco taxi medallions, and to offer qualified taxi drivers an opportunity to buy and qualified medallion holders an opportunity to sell a limited number of San Francisco taxi medallions, called the "Pilot Program." On this page, you will find information on the program and follow the process thus far.

Taxi Medallion Sales Pilot Program Summary

Proposition K Reform Brochure, March 2010 (printable PDF)

Proposition K Reform Brochure, March 2010 (web page)

Taxi Medallion Sales Pilot Program Regulations

Relevant Sections of San Francisco Transportation Code, Division II, Article 1100 Governing Motor Vehicles for Hire (accessible PDF)

Relevant Sections of San Francisco Transportation Code, Division II, Article 1100 Governing Motor Vehicles for Hire (web page)

Commitment to Sell Agreement

Commitment to Sell Agreement (accessible, savable PDF)

Instructions for executing the agreement (accessible PDF)

Instructions for executing the agreement (web page)

Other Agreements

Color Scheme Participation Agreement

Qualified Lender Agreement

Lists of Participants

List of participating sellers

List of participating buyers by list number

List of participating buyers by name

List of qualified lenders

List of participating color schemes (taxi companies)


Notices of Hearings

Notices of hearings

Taxi Medallion Sales Pilot Program Updates

March 23, 2009

SFMTA issues Request for Information (RFI) to financial institutions to solicit lenders to finance medallion purchases; responses were due May, 1, 2009. Informal responses were received from Montauk Credit Union and Lomto Credit Union in New York; Patelco, Chase, Mission National Bank, Bank of the West; and the San Francisco Federal, San Francisco Fire and San Francisco Police Credit Unions.

RFI (PDF)

RFI (web page)

Feb. 26, 2010

SFMTA Board adopts regulations authorizing implementation of the Pilot Program. (SFMTA Board Resolution 10-029)

Feb. 26 calendar item 14 (low-vision-accessible PDF)

Feb. 26 calendar item 14 (blind-accessible Web page)

March 30, 2010

SFMTA Board adopts additional Pilot Program regulations to provide for the appointment of a Taxi Advisory Council to observe the Pilot Program and make recommendations to the Board of Directors by December 31, 2010 regarding long-term medallion reform. (SFMTA Board Resolution 10-039)

March 30 calendar item 14 (tagged PDF)

March 30 calendar item 14 (blind-accessible Web page)

April 14, 2010

Notice of Opportunity to Participate and Buyer and Seller Participation Forms sent to 8,363 permit holders.

Notice of Opportunity to Participate (accessible PDF)

Notice of Opportunity to Participate (web page)

Buyer and Seller Participation Forms (accessible PDF)

Buyer and Seller Participation Forms (web page)

April 20, 2010

SFMTA Board adopts additional Pilot Program regulations to specify the requirements for a lending institution to become a Qualified Lender to finance taxi medallion loans, and procedures and requirements for financing Medallions under the Pilot Program. (SFMTA Board Resolution 10-055)

April 20 calendar item 14 (low-vision-accessible PDF)

April 20 calendar item 14 (blind-accessible Web page)

May 4, 2010

SFMTA Board adopts additional Pilot Program regulations to adopt certain clarifying amendments to the Pilot Program to answer questions raised by the public in the April 20, 2010 SFMTA Board meeting. (SFMTA Board Resolution 10-066)

May 4 calendar item 13 (low-vision accessible PDF)

May 4 calendar item 13 (blind-accessible Web page)

May 14, 2010, 5 p.m.

Deadline to return Buyer and Seller Participation Forms to the SFMTA.

May 19, 2010

May 19 Medallion Purchase Offer Letters sent to 100 applicants to purchase Medallions.

June 9, 2010

Commitment to Sell Agreement (this page) with instructions for executing the Agreement sent to over 200 potential Medallion sellers.

May 28, 2010

May 28 Medallion Purchase Offer Letters sent to 23 applicants to purchase Medallions.

June 11, 2010

June 11 Medallion Offer Letters sent to 21 applicants on the Waiting List.

June 20, 2010

June 20 Medallion Purchase Offer Letters sent to 11 applicants on the Waiting List.

October 7, 2010

Aug. 20, Sept. 20 and Oct. 5 Medallion Purchase Offer Letters sent to 147 applicants on the Waiting List



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