A man who showed up to a once-powerful San Francisco city official’s first criminal court appearance Thursday disguised in a surgical mask and balaclava was none other than her co-defendant in a case that centers around their furtive relationship.
James Spingola, the former director of the nonprofit Collective Impact, attended the hearing where ex-San Francisco Human Rights Commission Executive Director Sheryl Davis pleaded not guilty during her arraignment on felony charges.
Spingola wore a sweater and leather jacket along with a light-colored mask over his nose and mouth and the close-fitting black balaclava that covered his head on a warm, sunny day in the city’s South of Market district…