Regulatory TREND. Reclassifying Ride Share Companies as not solely Ride Share

Regulator: California Public Utilities Commission

What did the California Public Utilities Commission do? Reclassified Uber, because of Uber SUV and Uber Black, as partially as a charter party carrier (that’s how California regulates limos and party charters)

How was the company operating in California?  Mostly through a subsidiary, Rasier-CA, which the administrative law fact finder to be  ” “a mere instrumentality” of Uber

Appeals forthcoming? Yes

Rational of the fact finder: The company could change its stucture and avoid the cost of the reclassification

San Francisco Examiner | State regulator ruling could cost Uber ‘millions’