Former head of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission Sheryl Davis pleaded not guilty to 17 felony and two misdemeanor charges of self-dealing and misusing taxpayer funds as part of a "pervasive pattern of self-dealing," as described by prosecutors. Davis was surrounded by supporters and her attorney at San Francisco Superior Court April 2, as she entered the courtroom in silence to enter pleas of not guilty to a battery of charges stemming from her time leading the Dream Keeper Initiative, a $120 million program to aid the city's black community that imploded in scandal in 2024.