Good morning.

This meeting will come to order.

Welcome to the February 5, 2026 regular meeting of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee

of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

I am Supervisor Jackie Fielder, Chair of the Committee, joined by Vice Chair Danny Sauter.

Our committee clerk is Monique Creighton.

Thanks to Jamie Echeverry of SFGovTV for staffing this meeting.

Madam Clerk, do you have any announcements?

Yes, public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda.

When your item of interest comes up and public comment is called, please line up to speak on your right.

Alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways.

Email them to me, the Government Audit and Oversight Committee Clerk at monique.crayton at sfgov.org.

If you can submit public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file.

You may also send your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office in City Hall.

Number one, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102.

If you have documents you would like to be included as part of the official file, please submit them to me before the end of the meeting.

Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent any interruptions to today's proceedings.

Finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' Agenda of February 24, 2026, unless otherwise stated.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Please call item one.

Yes, item number one is a hearing regarding financial commitments made by private developers for housing developments at 2000 through 2070 Bryan Street and 681 Florida Street in the Mission District, including $500,000 in capital funding for tenant improvements to the community arts space at 681 Florida Street and requesting Nick Podell, GRE Partners, Mission Economic Development Agency,

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Center, the Mayor's Office of Housing, and Community Development

and the City's Attorney's Office to report. Thank you. So on October 21st of last year,

I introduced a hearing request regarding the 2000 to 2070 Bryant Street and 681 Florida Street

properties in District 9. Specifically, the hearing calls for the private developers of

this property to appear before this committee regarding a $500,000 financial commitment

made for tenant improvements to the community art space at 681 Florida Street,

the neighboring affordable housing development that was dedicated to the city.

This hearing will be held at the next Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Thursday, February 19th.

I have sent written and electronic notices to the private developers in this case,

requesting that they confirm their appearance.

As of today, none of the developers have responded to my inquiries.

These are the names of the private developers whose presence is requested.

Mr. Nick Podell of the Nick Podell Company, based out of San Francisco, and Mr. John Cooper,

and Mr. Kevin Straub of JRE Partners, based out of New York City.

As Mr. Podell has not responded to my inquiries, I will be directing the clerk to prepare an issue,

a subpoena to Mr. Podell, to appear at the February 19th meeting of this committee.

and despite the lack of responses for Mr. Cooper and Mr. Straub, the committee will not be issuing

a subpoena to them as they are outside of the board's jurisdiction. Colleagues, do you have any

questions or comments? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, let's take public comment on this item. Yes,

members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up now along the side by the

windows. All speakers will have two minutes. Madam Chair appears we have no public comment.

Thank you. Seeing no public commenters, public comment is closed. And now I move to direct the

clerk to prepare an issue of subpoena to Nick Podell to appear for testimony at the February 19th

meeting of this committee. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Yes, and on the motion directing

the clerk to prepare and issue a subpoena to Nick Podell to appear for testimony at the February 19th

meeting of this committee. Vice Chair Sauter. Aye. Vice Chair Sauter, aye. Member Sheryl. Aye. Member Sheryl, aye.

Chair Fielder. Aye. Chair Fielder, I have three eyes. Thank you. The motion passes. And I now move to continue

this item to the February 19th Government Audit and Oversight Committee meeting. Yes, and the motion to continue

this item to the February 19th meeting of this committee. Vice Chair Sauter. Aye. Vice Chair Sauter, aye.

Member Sherrill?

Member Sherrill, aye.

Chair Fielder?

Aye.

Chair Fielder, I have three ayes.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

Madam Clerk, please call item two.

Yes, item number two is a resolution retroactively approving a memorandum of understanding with

the cities of Oakland and San Jose and the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey,

San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Sonoma that provides governance, structures, and procedures for

application, allocation, and distribution of federal urban area security initiative, UASI grant

funds the Bay Area urban area, as well as for other federal grant funds the Bay Area urban area,

as permitted under the MOU. And continues, San Francisco is a primary grantee and fiscal agent

for UASI grant funds the Bay Area urban area, as well as for other federal grant funds the Bay

Area Urban Areas permitted under the MOU for the period December 1st, 2025 through November 30th,

2030. Thank you. And we have Mekyung Kim Molina, General Manager of Bay Area UASI, to present on

this item today. Ms. Kim Molina, welcome, and please go ahead. Yes, hi. Mekyung Kim Molina,

General Manager of the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative, also known as Bay Area UASI.

So the Bay Area UWASI has been in existence since 2006,

and we are a regional grant program whose mission is to prepare for combat

and respond to terrorist attacks.

So we work very closely with all of the 12 counties in the Bay Area.

We have a total of 14 jurisdictions that we are accountable to

that we each year come together.

There's an approval authority board,

and each of their members are appointed

by their boards of supervisors,

and we come together a quarterly basis

to discuss funding issues related to our grant program.

So we are requesting the ability for San Francisco

to still remain a member of this board

and to also, you know, have the San Francisco

be the fiscal agent for this program.

Thank you.

Colleagues, any questions or comments?

My question is, does this MOU include any agreements

between the parties, DHS, or other federal authorities

about how the funding is allocated?

Well, the grant does come from the Department of Homeland Security.

And the way that the grant actually goes to us

is through California.

So Cal OES, the California Office of Emergency Services, is the grantee from DHS, and then from Cal OES, they give it to the six UASIs in the state of California.

Thank you.

City Attorney, do we have any – I understand that we have a lawsuit regarding some kind of funding from DHS.

Is this also the same lawsuit?

does this affect does that affect this funding good morning supervisors deputy

City Attorney Brad Rossi my our office does have a lawsuit pending against the

federal government that relates to was a funding and funding from DHS that

lawsuit relates to certain conditions that the federal government has tried to

impose concerning immigration and DI and some of the other areas that they've been

trying to put strings on related to funding to local jurisdictions.

Currently, that lawsuit, there have been injunctions entered,

and the lawsuit is currently on appeal.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Appreciate the presentation.

And if there are no other comments or questions from my colleagues,

I will now move to send this item to the full board of supervisors

with positive recommendation.

Madam Clerk, please call.

Sorry, we have to take a public comment.

So shall I rescind my motion?

Or do I just need?

For public comment.

Okay, let's just move to public comment, please.

Yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item

should line up now along the side by the windows.

All speakers will have two minutes.

Madam Chair, appears we have no public comment.

Seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed.

And now I move to send this item to the full board of supervisors with positive recommendation.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes, and on the motion to forward this item to the full board with a positive recommendation,

Vice Chair Sauter.

Vice Chair Sauter, aye.

Member Sheryl?

Member Sheryl, aye.

Chair Fielder?

Aye.

Chair Fielder, aye.

I have three ayes.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

Madam Clerk, is there any other business before us today?

That completes our meeting agenda.

Thank you.

Seeing no other business, we are adjourned.

Thank you.