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Audit committee subpoenas developer to testify about $500,000 tenant-improvement pledge at 681 Florida Street

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Government Audit and Oversight Committee · February 5, 2026

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Summary

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted Feb. 5 to subpoena developer Nick Podell to appear Feb. 19 over a $500,000 capital commitment for tenant improvements at a community art space at 681 Florida Street; the committee also continued the item to Feb. 19.

Supervisor Jackie Fielder, chair of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Government Audit and Oversight Committee, moved Feb. 5 to direct the committee clerk to prepare and issue a subpoena for developer Nick Podell to appear for testimony at the committee’s Feb. 19 meeting about a $500,000 commitment for tenant improvements at a community art space at 681 Florida Street.

Fielder said she introduced a hearing request on Oct. 21 regarding the properties at 2000–2070 Bryant Street and 681 Florida Street in District 9 and has sent written and electronic notices to the private developers. “As Mr. Podell has not responded to my inquiries, I will be directing the clerk to prepare and issue a subpoena to Mr. Podell to appear at the February 19 meeting of this committee,” Fielder said.

The clerk read the list of developers the committee asked to appear: Nick Podell of the Nick Podell Company; John Cooper; and Kevin Straub of JRE Partners. Fielder told the committee she would not issue subpoenas for Cooper and Straub because they are outside the board’s jurisdiction.

The committee took no public comment on the item. On the motion to issue a subpoena for Podell, the clerk recorded three ayes and announced the motion passed. Fielder then moved to continue the item to the Feb. 19 Government Audit and Oversight Committee meeting; the clerk again recorded three ayes and the continuation passed.

What’s next: The committee has scheduled the formal hearing for Feb. 19, 2026, when Podell has been ordered to appear. The committee directed the clerk to prepare the subpoena and will take testimony and further action at that hearing.