Overview

• Robert Ogilvie, Drew Becher and Rick Hutchinson told supervisors they had no knowledge of restricted funds being diverted to cover operating expenses.
• The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and City Attorney’s Office launched criminal and civil investigations after reports surfaced of at least $3.8 million in misspent project money.
• Restructuring firm Jigsaw Advisors has begun an assignment for the benefit of creditors process, giving claimants until December 1 to seek repayment.
• Community park groups reported a collective $1.7 million shortfall after the nonprofit folded in June, and the city faces a $2.3 million gap on planned Crane Cove Park upgrades.
• Supervisors pressed former leaders on governance failures that allowed the Parks Alliance to misuse funds for ten months before city departments cut ties.