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It did not betray any irritation at the unending stream of pedestrians crossing the street and delaying its turn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back to the collision video: If you're expecting Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, pumping adrenaline and such -- no, not this time. Bus passengers appear to barely notice the impact. The bus driver has a \"what the heck?\" moment after the impact, but shows no alarm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collision was not without its human cost, though -- the bus was forced to stop at the accident scene, and passengers were forced to exit the vehicle. No one was injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google's Lexus and the VTA bus, however, did get scuffed up in the encounter. The SUV had to be towed, while the bus suffered mostly cosmetic damage. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>SACRAMENTO — A judge has removed a major hurdle to California's high-speed rail system, ruling that the $64 billion system does not violate promises made to the voters who approved it and that planning and financing can proceed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling announced Tuesday came in a lawsuit filed by attorneys for Kings County and a group of landowners who claim the state's projections on ridership, construction and operating figures are not reliable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They asked the judge to block the state from spending money on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny said the 2008 ballot initiative specified only that the state could issue bonds to construct a high-speed rail system and did not prevent modifications to the plan voters were given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He agreed with the plaintiffs that the California High-Speed Rail Authority has not proved the rail system will be financially viable or can meet the travel times voters were promised, but said the system continues to evolve so it is premature for the court to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The authority may be able to accomplish these objectives at some point in the future. This project is an ongoing, dynamic, changing project,\" Kenny wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters have approved $10 billion in bonds for what would be the nation's first high-speed rail line, and California has secured another $3.2 billion in federal matching funds. In addition, the project will receive money each year from the state's greenhouse gas emissions fund. The amount will total $500 million this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That funding leaves it far short of its $64 billion price tag, and state lawmakers and the Republican-controlled Congress have balked at providing more money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, backers believe segments of the project can be operating within the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Richard, chairman of the board that oversees the rail authority, expressed relief at the judge's ruling. He said \"a great myth\" has developed that the system being built is different from the one voters approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's totally and completely false,\" Richard said at a board meeting Tuesday. \"What we are building is exactly what the public voted for: a fully electric, 200-plus mile-per-hour train that can operate without a subsidy that is designed to operate in two hours and 40 minutes between our great cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plaintiffs argued that plans for the bullet train have strayed far from the promises made to voters, particularly on trip times, ridership and maintenance costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plaintiffs' attorney Stuart Flashman said his clients would be evaluating their next steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Though the high-speed rail authority may have won this round, the ruling ... provides ominous signs about the authority's future use of bond funds,\" Flashman said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters were told the trains would whisk travelers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in two hours and 40 minutes, and the system would operate without a government subsidy. Opponents say neither is possible under current plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was also pitched as a stand-alone system that would not have to share tracks with slower commuter rail lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, plans have changed repeatedly as state officials made political compromises, including the decision to share tracks with commuter trains in some sections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown's administration lowered the cost estimate to $64 billion in February as part of a new proposed business plan that upended plans for the rail line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change, which still requires board approval, would send tracks from the Central Valley north to the San Francisco Bay Area instead of south as planned since 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also calls for a 250-mile segment from San Jose to north of Bakersfield to begin operating by 2025.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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She asked me to move them in tones I felt to be a bit too demanding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here comes the perverse part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked the passenger in the aisle seat to get up so I could move my bags. She did, then she scooted back in and took the window seat when it was clear. But then, instead of letting the second rider sit in the now-vacant seat or sitting myself, I put my bags there. My luggage would get a relaxed trip back to the East Bay. My demanding fellow rider and I would stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fury ensued, and the rest of the trip was very uncomfortable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All I can say now for my behavior is that it was angry and spiteful and that, in the moment, I was incapable of imagining that my Demanding Fellow Passenger might have been at the end of a hard day herself. Whoever and wherever you are, DFP, I am still sorry for being such a jerk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe by way of atonement, and definitely in response to the new jampacked reality of BART, I have a different approach today. If I get a seat, I always carry my bag -- usually a backpack -- on my lap and make sure the seat next to me is clear. And no, I don't \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/MTA-targets-manspreading-on-new-york-city-subways.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">manspread\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889884\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10889884\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10889884 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"A BART seat hog enjoys a quiet moment Tuesday afternoon on Pittsbrugh-Bay Point train. Under a proposed ordinance, those who occupy more than one seat and force other passengers to stands could face a fine beginning at $100.\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART seat hog enjoys a quiet moment Tuesday afternoon on a Pittsburgh-Bay Point train. Under a proposed ordinance, those who occupy more than one seat and force other passengers to stand could face a fine beginning at $100. \u003ccite>(Cameron Jones)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But that reconstructed behavior --\u003cem> please, exalted fellow rider, enjoy this empty seat next to me!\u003c/em> -- will become the law if BART board member Joel Keller has his way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"#bartseats\">a Keller proposal\u003c/a> to be considered by the BART board Thursday, riders who take up more than one seat on crowded trains could face fines that would start at $100 and top out at $500 for slow learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is hoped that this ordinance will encourage patrons to be considerate of their fellow riders,\" the ordinance says, \"and, if voluntary compliance fails, to authorize BART Police to act with the legal tools necessary to fulfill this ordinance's objectives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hogging-2-seats-on-BART-You-may-face-a-fine-in-6875866.php\" target=\"_blank\">Keller told\u003c/a> the San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Cabanatuan the ordinance grows in part out of concern for patrons who face marathon standing trips to and from work and in part out of direct experience with seat hogs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Keller represents residents of eastern Contra Costa County, who face long BART rides that can seem interminable when they’re standing. He said he was motivated to draw up the ordinance when he boarded a train and found a sleeping young man sprawled out over four seats near the door. He realized that even if he summoned police, they could do nothing but rouse the seat hoarder and ask him to sit up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance would give police the legal leverage to force the greedy passenger to slide over or sit up, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the past, when we had plenty of seats, it was not as serious an issue as it is today,” Keller said. “But with ridership growing and seats becoming a much more desirable commodity, we have to make sure they’re available and avoid them being taken up with backpacks, luggage or someone using two seats to lie down.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Keller added that the ordinance is not designed to be enforced on mostly empty train cars and that the law would not be used against homeless people who often take refuge on BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal exempts \"those who by virtue of their soma type or physique must occupy more than one seat\" and \"those who may suffer from medical ailments or other physical limitations that warrant the reasonable use of more than one seat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal would become law only after a second reading of the ordinance, which could happen later in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"bartseats\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https://www.scribd.com/embeds/303224586/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_17612\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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If I get a seat, I always carry my bag -- usually a backpack -- on my lap and make sure the seat next to me is clear. And no, I don't \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/MTA-targets-manspreading-on-new-york-city-subways.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">manspread\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889884\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10889884\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10889884 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"A BART seat hog enjoys a quiet moment Tuesday afternoon on Pittsbrugh-Bay Point train. Under a proposed ordinance, those who occupy more than one seat and force other passengers to stands could face a fine beginning at $100.\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/bartseathog-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART seat hog enjoys a quiet moment Tuesday afternoon on a Pittsburgh-Bay Point train. Under a proposed ordinance, those who occupy more than one seat and force other passengers to stand could face a fine beginning at $100. \u003ccite>(Cameron Jones)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But that reconstructed behavior --\u003cem> please, exalted fellow rider, enjoy this empty seat next to me!\u003c/em> -- will become the law if BART board member Joel Keller has his way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"#bartseats\">a Keller proposal\u003c/a> to be considered by the BART board Thursday, riders who take up more than one seat on crowded trains could face fines that would start at $100 and top out at $500 for slow learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is hoped that this ordinance will encourage patrons to be considerate of their fellow riders,\" the ordinance says, \"and, if voluntary compliance fails, to authorize BART Police to act with the legal tools necessary to fulfill this ordinance's objectives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hogging-2-seats-on-BART-You-may-face-a-fine-in-6875866.php\" target=\"_blank\">Keller told\u003c/a> the San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Cabanatuan the ordinance grows in part out of concern for patrons who face marathon standing trips to and from work and in part out of direct experience with seat hogs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Keller represents residents of eastern Contra Costa County, who face long BART rides that can seem interminable when they’re standing. 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"content": "\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission will consider requiring drivers for all ride services, including Uber and Lyft, to undergo fingerprint background checks, just as Uber is facing more scrutiny over its screening process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, commissioner Liane Randolph declined to recommend more rigorous screenings for ride-service drivers. But in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/26/california-regulators-propose-new-round-of-rules-for-uber-lyft\" target=\"_blank\">proposing a new set of rules for transportation network companies\u003c/a>, Randolph wrote that the CPUC would issue a ruling \"posing questions about background checks and establishing the identity of drivers through methods such as fingerprinting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randolph did propose fingerprint checks in the revised rules for services like Shuddle, which transport unaccompanied minors. The full CPUC is scheduled to consider the proposals March 17 in what's called \"Phase II\" of the regulatory process for transportation network companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest ride-service company, Uber, has come under more criticism in recent days over its background checks following a mass shooting in Michigan. The attack was allegedly committed by an Uber driver, who is charged with killing six people and wounding two others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QDZtTpMY2CL6gtqNB6t1oUDnUjE67Tkt\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company officials have said no red flags were raised about 45-year-old Jason Dalton, although a rider reported \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/22/kalamazoo-shooting-spree-jason-dalton-uber-ignored-safety-complaint\" target=\"_blank\">he was \"driving dangerously\" \u003c/a>before the rampage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No background process would have made a difference in this case because the person had no criminal history,\" Uber's chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/uberbriefingkalamazoo/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters in a conference call.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber uses \u003ca href=\"https://checkr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Checkr\u003c/a>, which looks at a person's criminal history for the past seven years. The ride-service company \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/details-on-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">has maintained\u003c/a> that all background checks available today contain flaws, even though fingerprint checks are considered by many law enforcement, transportation and taxicab industry officials to be the \"gold standard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kind of background checks Uber uses are the same kind of screenings any company might do on a prospective employee, but not for someone being placed in a position of trust, said Dave Sutton, the spokesman for \u003ca href=\"http://www.whosdrivingyou.org\" target=\"_blank\">Who's Driving You\u003c/a>, a public safety campaign of the Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not all background checks are alike,\" said Sutton. \"What we're really talking about are fingerprint-based background checks conducted by government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton said the vast majority of large U.S. cities require fingerprint checks for taxi drivers, who have been arguing that ride services should face the same kind of background checks and training that they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/11/uber-is-about-to-pay-its-u-s-riders-28-5-million-heres-why/\" target=\"_blank\">settle two lawsuits for $28 million\u003c/a> that accused the company of misrepresenting its background check process as \"industry-leading.\" The district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles also filed suit against the company for \"misleading and false\" statements about its screening process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When those \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/DA-major-flaws-in-Uber-background-checks-allow-6453865.php\" target=\"_blank\">prosecutors filed an updated complaint\u003c/a> against Uber in August, they noted that there were 25 cases in Los Angeles where Uber's background check process failed, allowing registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars and a convicted murderer to become drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10878394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10878394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The private background check companies employed by Uber do not have access to (California Department of Justice) and federal databases of criminal history repositories,\" the district attorneys' complaint stated. \"The background check companies employed by Uber search for criminal convictions in commercial databases that do not index their records by unique biometric identifiers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber contends that fingerprint background checks are not 100 percent accurate, and can include people not actually convicted of the crimes they were accused of, a point the two district attorneys have also called \"false and misleading.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our problem with fingerprinting is, we think it’s discriminatory, meaning there’s a lot of people who might have been arrested who were not convicted that will be denied this opportunity,” Uber senior adviser David Plouffe said this week, according to\u003ca href=\"http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2016/02/uber_don_t_fingerprint_our_drivers\" target=\"_blank\"> the Boston Herald\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced that it would give people convicted of nonviolent felonies whose crimes were reduced to misdemeanors under California's Proposition 47, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-13/uber-to-help-california-ex-felons-get-driver-gigs\" target=\"_blank\">an opportunity to drive\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It’s quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sutton believes the reason Uber is opposed to fingerprint checks is that half of Uber's 400,000 drivers in the U.S. are part-timers, driving less than 10 hours a week, and many would rather not go through the process of getting fingerprinted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The companies are convinced that these people who drive casually will not bother to sign up if it's too cumbersome to do so,\" Sutton said. \"It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It's quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current California regulations require ride services to conduct criminal background checks that go back seven years, but not fingerprint checks. Sutton believes regulators have been slow to require a stricter screening process because of Uber's political power and success in beating back tougher regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest regulatory battles is happening in Austin, Texas, where both Uber and Lyft threatened to leave after the city council voted to require fingerprint checks. Uber then supported a successful campaign to \u003ca href=\"http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/council-sets-may-7-ballot-on-ride-hailing/nqRgm/\" target=\"_blank\">put the issue before voters\u003c/a> this May, while signatures to recall a city councilwoman who pushed for fingerprint checks have been \u003ca href=\"http://kxan.com/2016/02/23/petition-to-recall-ann-kitchen-to-be-validated-by-clerks-office/\" target=\"_blank\">submitted to the city clerk\u003c/a>. Both Uber and Lyft have said they \u003ca href=\"http://kxan.com/2016/02/01/petition-organized-to-recall-austin-council-member-ann-kitchen/\" target=\"_blank\">do not support the recall effort\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, two efforts in the state Legislature by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) that would have required fingerprint checks died in committee. However, Assemblyman Jim Cooper hopes a bill he introduced in September requiring stricter background checks will pass this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I scratch my head when I hear that Uber drivers in New York are fingerprinted,\" said Cooper, a former sheriff's captain. \"Whatever Uber's background check is, it should be consistent. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No background process would have made a difference in this case because the person had no criminal history,\" Uber's chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/uberbriefingkalamazoo/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters in a conference call.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber uses \u003ca href=\"https://checkr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Checkr\u003c/a>, which looks at a person's criminal history for the past seven years. The ride-service company \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/details-on-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">has maintained\u003c/a> that all background checks available today contain flaws, even though fingerprint checks are considered by many law enforcement, transportation and taxicab industry officials to be the \"gold standard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kind of background checks Uber uses are the same kind of screenings any company might do on a prospective employee, but not for someone being placed in a position of trust, said Dave Sutton, the spokesman for \u003ca href=\"http://www.whosdrivingyou.org\" target=\"_blank\">Who's Driving You\u003c/a>, a public safety campaign of the Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not all background checks are alike,\" said Sutton. \"What we're really talking about are fingerprint-based background checks conducted by government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton said the vast majority of large U.S. cities require fingerprint checks for taxi drivers, who have been arguing that ride services should face the same kind of background checks and training that they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/11/uber-is-about-to-pay-its-u-s-riders-28-5-million-heres-why/\" target=\"_blank\">settle two lawsuits for $28 million\u003c/a> that accused the company of misrepresenting its background check process as \"industry-leading.\" The district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles also filed suit against the company for \"misleading and false\" statements about its screening process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When those \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/DA-major-flaws-in-Uber-background-checks-allow-6453865.php\" target=\"_blank\">prosecutors filed an updated complaint\u003c/a> against Uber in August, they noted that there were 25 cases in Los Angeles where Uber's background check process failed, allowing registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars and a convicted murderer to become drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10878394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10878394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/UberLyft-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adnan Aloudi, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, drives through downtown San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The private background check companies employed by Uber do not have access to (California Department of Justice) and federal databases of criminal history repositories,\" the district attorneys' complaint stated. \"The background check companies employed by Uber search for criminal convictions in commercial databases that do not index their records by unique biometric identifiers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber contends that fingerprint background checks are not 100 percent accurate, and can include people not actually convicted of the crimes they were accused of, a point the two district attorneys have also called \"false and misleading.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our problem with fingerprinting is, we think it’s discriminatory, meaning there’s a lot of people who might have been arrested who were not convicted that will be denied this opportunity,” Uber senior adviser David Plouffe said this week, according to\u003ca href=\"http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2016/02/uber_don_t_fingerprint_our_drivers\" target=\"_blank\"> the Boston Herald\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber recently announced that it would give people convicted of nonviolent felonies whose crimes were reduced to misdemeanors under California's Proposition 47, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-13/uber-to-help-california-ex-felons-get-driver-gigs\" target=\"_blank\">an opportunity to drive\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It’s quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sutton believes the reason Uber is opposed to fingerprint checks is that half of Uber's 400,000 drivers in the U.S. are part-timers, driving less than 10 hours a week, and many would rather not go through the process of getting fingerprinted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The companies are convinced that these people who drive casually will not bother to sign up if it's too cumbersome to do so,\" Sutton said. \"It's one thing to sign up online in a couple of days. It's quite another to be fingerprinted and go down to the police station.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current California regulations require ride services to conduct criminal background checks that go back seven years, but not fingerprint checks. 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Both Uber and Lyft have said they \u003ca href=\"http://kxan.com/2016/02/01/petition-organized-to-recall-austin-council-member-ann-kitchen/\" target=\"_blank\">do not support the recall effort\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, two efforts in the state Legislature by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) that would have required fingerprint checks died in committee. However, Assemblyman Jim Cooper hopes a bill he introduced in September requiring stricter background checks will pass this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I scratch my head when I hear that Uber drivers in New York are fingerprinted,\" said Cooper, a former sheriff's captain. \"Whatever Uber's background check is, it should be consistent. 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