Sheryl Davis resigned after reports tied $1.5 million in Human Rights Commission grants and a $10,000 intern home rental to Collective Impact and its director, James Spingola. Voting and DMV records showed Davis shared a home and car with Spingola, prompting immediate scandal and her abrupt resignation after a call from Mayor London Breed. City Attorney and San Francisco District Attorney investigations followed, including findings that grant funds to her housemate's nonprofit were used to pay her son's tuition. Davis has largely remained quiet, while her attorney maintains she acted in good faith and attempted to avoid conflicts of interest.
On Sept. 12 of last year, the director of San Francisco's Human Rights Commission, Sheryl Davis, received a call from a reporter. That morning, Davis opened her phone to find that the San Francisco Chronicle and theSan Francisco Standard had each published damning stories: One revealed that Davis had spent over $10,000 on a home rental for her interns during a trip to Martha's Vineyard, and the other reported that $1.5 million in Human Rights Commission grants had been directed to the nonprofit Collective Impact.
Since then, Davis' life has not been the same. Her financial decision-making over nearly a decade, along with her personal relationships, have been dissected under a very public microscope - and what's been found has been ruinous. Now, in addition to a probe conducted by the City Attorney, Davis is facing a criminal investigation by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.
Since her departure from her post last year, Davis has been largely quiet about the accusations against her, including newly surfaced findings from City Attorney David Chiu's investigation into Davis that funds awarded to her housemate's nonprofit were used to pay for her son's tuition. Her attorney, Tony Brass, has stated that Davis always acted in good faith and tried her best to avoid any potential conflicts of interest.
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