The abrupt dissolution of the San Francisco Parks Alliance has left numerous community park groups in a bind, as they suddenly lost access to funds they had trusted the nonprofit to manage. With approximately $200,000 at stake, community leaders expressed their shock and disappointment. City officials have called for hearings but the Parks Alliance did not attend. As investigators look into potential mismanagement, some community leaders note the city's role in promoting partnerships with the nonprofit, highlighting a complex situation regarding fiscal responsibility and oversight in managing public funds.
"When we heard that our funds had been spent by Parks Alliance, we had close to $200,000 in reserves with them. We immediately sprang into action."
"As rumors of fiscal mismanagement by the San Francisco Parks Alliance spread, city supervisors called for a hearing Thursday but Parks Alliance did not show up."
"SFPA provided a really easy on-ramp and acted as our bank so we could legally raise money, deposit it with SFPA and then SFPA would also be the vehicle by which we would pay our expenses for the work."
"It was the city that pressured a lot of the community organizations to partner up with the San Francisco Parks Alliance more than 15 years ago."
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