Publication: San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco could tax ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday.
AB1184 by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, proposes a tax that applies only to trips that originate in San Francisco although it still needs final approval by voters in the city.
The proposal calls for a 3.25 percent tax on net rider fares for single-party trips and 1.5 percent on shared rides.
The bill was the result of a deal reached among San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, Uber and Lyft. Peskin had introduced a ballot measure for November asking voters to tax the gross receipts of ride-hailing companies at up to 0.975 percent.
He withdrew the measure after negotiations with the ride-hailing companies — with that deal being placed into AB1184. The bill was needed to authorize San Francisco to levy local taxes on ride-hailing trips.