Cahill

This is an appeal by Luxor Cab Company and Chauffeurs Union Local 265, hereafter appellants, from a judgment denying petitions for injunction and writ of mandate to prevent respondents, Board of Permit Appeals and Police Commissioners (hereafter collectively referred to as Board) of the City and County of San Francisco, from issuing 110 new certificates for the operation of taxicabs in 1968. Appellants contend that their petitions should have been granted as: 1) the Board failed to malee specific findings; 2) the evidence is insufficient to support the judgment; and 3) the Board had no jurisdiction in 1968 to grant certificates to those whose prior applications had been denied the preceding year. We have concluded that there is no merit to any of these contentions and that the judgment must be affirmed.

The basic facts are not in dispute. On April 9, 1968, the police commission announced it would hold hearings for the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity for the operation of taxicabs on May 13, 1968, and requested that all applications be filed by May 1, 1968. The police commission has original jurisdiction for granting these certificates,…