San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: regulation of for-hire vehicle and passenger jitney services.

Existing law establishes the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board. Under existing law, the board's jurisdiction includes specified cities in, and the unincorporated area of, the County of San Diego, except for the portion of the county under the jurisdiction of the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, as specified. Existing law authorizes the board to enter into contracts with any city in its area of jurisdiction and with the county to license or regulate transportation services, and to regulate vehicle safety and driver qualifications for passenger jitney service, as defined, operating between cities and between a city and unincorporated portions of the county within the area of its jurisdiction. Existing law requires the board to levy fees necessary to recover the full cost of regulating those services. This bill would replace the term "transportation services" with the term "for-hire vehicle services" and would define that term to mean vehicles, other than public transportation vehicles, transporting passengers over public streets for compensation, as specified. The bill would expand to any city within the County of San Diego the authority of the board to enter into contracts to license or regulate for-hire vehicle services and to regulate vehicle safety and driver qualifications for passenger jitney service.