Sheryl Davis, the disgraced city official who led San Francisco’s once-in-a-generation effort to invest tens of millions of dollars in Black communities, is under criminal investigation, The Standard has learned.
Davis resigned in September as head of the Human Rights Commission in the wake of allegations of financial misconduct and conflicts of interest involving an executive at a nonprofit that received department funding.
The exact nature of the criminal investigation by the district attorney is not known. However, Davis faces a slew of separate charges from the city attorney’s office, which has accused her of enriching herself through a scheme of bribes and illegal gifts involving public money.
A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office would not confirm whether it has launched an investigation. Tony Brass, Davis’ attorney, said in a statement that his client had made “multiple” requests to the city attorney’s office seeking guidance to avoid “any perceived, direct, or potential” conflicts of interest in her role…