Regulators want Uber suspended in California and fined $7.3 million (xpost from GD)

[KamaAina]

Source: Los Angeles Times

The ride-hailing giant Uber should be fined $7.3 million and suspended from operating in California because its parent company did not comply with state laws, a state administrative judge said Wednesday.

Uber's parent company has refused to provide data on operational data that is required under the 2013 law that legalized ride-hailing firms, the California Public Utilities Commission judge said in a decision issued Wednesday afternoon.

Uber's license to operate in California will be suspended in 30 days, unless the company files an appeal or a CPUC commissioner requests a review. The ban will remain in effect until Uber "complies fully with the outstanding requirements," chief administrative law judge Karen V. Clopton wrote.

In a statement, an Uber spokeswoman called the decision "deeply disappointing."


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-fi-uber-suspended-20150715-story.html

h/t Newsjock

The CPUC taking on a corporation?!

[Lordquinton]

1. Yes so disappointing that they are enforcing what little regulation

They are allowing them to operate under. Uber is a great concept, but the more i hear about the company the more it seems like a fly by night enterprise.