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Interparty fighting is necessary to bring people to the primaries, which are necessary to drum up support for people coming out to the polls in the presidential election.

David was necessary to reel the younger left back into the party, but alienated senior members of the party.
The leftwing boomers are enamored by AOC, or at least don't want to go against her for the same reason they didn't go against obama: they don't want to appear racist.

At the same time AOC is to run against the governor of california or another, in the primaries and/or the presidential selection in 2028.

AOC has to be kept for this manufactured interparty conflict to drag people to the polls and keep the latin vote engaged.
Meanwhile she needs allies. A party chair like David, who is isolated, could and would be that opportunity for her, while throwing David a lifeline.

I'd put a 1-in-5 odds on them having already talked.
I suspect the ouster of Hogg will soon be reversed or denied outright.