The goal of the resolution is to be prepared and to be proactive. We've seen that when communities do not have guardrails in place, Big Tech comes in and rolls right over them.

That's why I don't want to Wemo or Tesla come into the St. Paul city and take away the jobs that people like me depended on.

Public streets are public infrastructure, not a testing ground for private technology companies that will take jobs from Minnesota workers and undercut our progress towards a safer, more accessible, and more equitable transportation system.

This is a question of who we value as a city. Do we ensure thousands of workers and drivers can afford to put food on their table and support their families, or are we siding with billionaire tech CEOs who think they can ignore our regulations and undercut workers to pad their pockets?

Well, I'm not surprised that big tech would call government playing its responsible role to protect its people a de facto ban. Um again, our responsibility is to look out for the people of St. Paul, not for these corporations.

I mean, they're mapping our streets right now. We see them driving their vehicles around creating maps for potential routing.

You know, when you look at the state's task force numbers about back in 2024, there's 8 to 12,000 drivers in in perform active drivers in in the state. And when you think of the council president and the council member did illuminate the the sheer number of a half a billion dollars that rideshare drivers contribute to the the state's economy.