Posted on 03/30/2026 5:24:45 PM PDT by Libloather
A disgraced San Francisco human rights chief and her longtime beau have been arrested for allegedly grifting taxpayer funds for personal use through a city program intended to help the city’s black communities.
Sheryl Davis, former heard of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and her nonprofit boss partner James Spingola were taken into custody Monday on suspicion of multiple felony counts of misappropriating public funds and conflicts of interest.
“Public integrity matters because our communities must be able to trust that government agencies treat everyone fairly and serve all members equally,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins at a press conference Monday.
“This is certainly a lesson for the city that there has to be an infrastructure for checks and balances so things like this don’t happen… there were protections in place, but we should learn from this that more would be useful.”
Davis led the Dream Keeper Initiative, a scandal-ridden program launched by former mayor London Breed in 2021 in the wake of the George Floyd police killing.
The $120 million initiative was described as plan to redirect police funding towards economic opportunities for black residents in need.
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There seems to be a lot of “profit” in nonprofits.
There seems to be a lot of “profit” in nonprofits.
Every single “community organizer”, or whatever they call themselves is a grifter and can be easily prosecuted for numerous violations. This is the lowest hanging fruit. The DoJ is useless.
A couple of dozen in prison or broke and this won’t be seen as a lucrative avocation anymore. Kinda like being a mullah.
This is the essence of the modern Democrat Party.
Sheryl Davis Ousted; used city tax dollars for son’s UCLA tuition;
steered n/p grants to personally benefit.
“This is the essence of the modern Democrat Party.”
Exactly, lying and thievery.
American taxpayers have been fleeced by anti-American liars!
this police action is in dire need of being applied in DC. We’d have no federal government officials left if it were applied.
The defund the police crowd are mostly criminals anyway
Gee! What a surprise!
SF human rights chief skimmed funds for luxe travel, UCLA tuition, parties — all courtesy of taxpayers
https://nypost.com/2026/03/30/us-news/san-francisco-chief-used-taxpayer-money-for-travel-tuition/
I believe this guy was also on the San Francisco Himan Rights Commission:
Larry Brinkin, S.F. Gay Rights Icon, Arrested on Child Porn Charges
SF Weekly ^
Posted on 6/25/2012, 8:48:53 PM by Our man in washington
Police say they arrested 66-year-old Larry Brinkin, the high-profile gay activist, on possession of child pornography on Friday night.
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