City Council votes to lift taxi permit cap
San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald receives a hug while she is swarmed by cab drivers as they celebrate. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Cab drivers in favor of lifting cab permit cap jump up to celebrate just after the San Diego City Council’s vote to lift city’s cab permit cap. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Cab drivers celebrate outside of Golden Hall after the San Diego Council voted to lift the cab permit cap in downtown San Diego. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald is swarmed by happy cab drivers after the San Diego City Council voted to lift the city’s cab permit cap. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald is swarmed by cab drivers as they celebrate the city council’s decision to lift the cab permit cap. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Cab drivers in favor of lifting the cab permit cap, foreground, hold up signs as cab drivers against it, background, hold up their signs. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald speaks just before the city council voted to lift the cab permit cap. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Cab drivers begin to smile as it begins to appear the San Diego City Council was going lift city’s cab permit cap. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
Cab driver Tesfai Ghebremariam takes his turn to speak to the San Diego City Council. (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)
photo (Hayne Palmour IV / UT San Diego)