California State Senator Doesn’t Want You to Think His Brothers Running a Taxi Company Influences His Bottling up Bills that Would Make Things Easier for Uber Drivers
12th March 2016
The Los Angeles Times reports today about how two bills that would make life easier for Uber drivers are being held up in Senate committee by Sen. Ben Hueso, chair of the Senate’s Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.
Hueso’s brothers Alfredo and Jose Hueso just happen to run a cab company, USA Cabs, in San Diego who have sued to force Uber drivers to do something that one of the bills would exempt them from doing: register for commercial license plates.
The other bill Hueso is blocking from going for a vote, after passing the Assembly with almost no opposition (a single “no” vote between the two bills), “would allow rideshare companies to carpool, picking up multiple passengers with different destinations at the same time.”
All are Democrats, of course. Being a Democrat means never having to declare a conflict of interest — just ask Hillary.