Uber/Lyft were not banned. They were asked to follow the same rules as every other driver in the city; they paid an exorbitant amount of money (the most expensi

Uber/Lyft were not banned. They were asked to follow the same rules as every other driver in the city; they paid an exorbitant amount of money (the most expensive local election in history, where the opposing side had a budget of a couple hundred thousand dollars vs. the $9+ million Uber/Lyft spent trying to buy it) to overrule city council, which failed. When it failed, they threw a tantrum and left. The process they were fighting to avoid is a fingerprint and background check that costs about $40 per driver. Their millions could have paid for a couple hundred thousand drivers to get checked.