""This measure would hinder the city's comeback by making rides more expensive and hurting drivers," said CJ Macklin, director of communications at Lyft. "This would be particularly devastating for low-income communities who struggle to even access the Muni system and depend on ride-share to get around. It's the wrong move for San Francisco.""
""This TNC tax hits people who most rely on our platform to move and work," a spokesperson for Uber said in an email. "It is irresponsible and blatantly ignores the city's affordability crisis, less than a year after voters overwhelmingly approved business tax reform [Prop M] to encourage our city's recovery.""
""My big worry as the downtown supervisor when we ask for funding for our transit service and Muni, in particular, it needs to be a tax that's fair, reasonable and sufficient to solve the problem," Dorsey said. "I would like for everybody"
Mayor Daniel Lurie supports a parcel tax to raise funding for local public transit. State Sens. Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguín proposed a regional sales tax for the November 2026 ballot to fund Bay Area transit agencies. Lurie has not publicly commented on a recent progressive business tax measure. Lurie allowed Waymo autonomous vehicles on a car-free stretch of Market Street, prompting backlash from Uber, Lyft, and transit and bicycle advocates. Lyft and Uber argue a proposed tax on TNCs would increase ride costs and disproportionately harm low-income communities and drivers. Supervisor Matt Dorsey did not co-sign the proposal paperwork but says any tax must be fair and sufficient to fund Muni.
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