Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

San Francisco’s chief assistant treasurer allegedly let personal relationships influence a contract to help manage $2.6 billion in business taxes.

A yearlong city investigation found that Sheryl Davis, the former leader of the Human Rights Commission, created an “unethical” culture.

The city controller’s office said the group had not properly tracked employees’ output and was experiencing cash-flow problems.

The Parks Alliance was cut off from funds Friday. But signs of financial disarray were blinking red last year. 

A nonprofit steered grants to personally benefit former city department head Sheryl Davis, investigators claim.