Criminal task force to investigate potential misuse of homeless funds in California

John Taskan: Are homeless programs working?

CalMatters has been looking into the states’ and cities’ homeless programs. It recently published a lengthy report. Here’s an excerpt that describes some of the problems that have consumed hundreds of millions of dollars. The reporting provides a unique window into facilities that are almost always closed to public access and ban residents from taking pictures or video. Among the findings: California spent big on a shelter boom. No state agency …

Newly Appointed and Trump-Aligned U.S. Attorney Investigating Questionable Billions Spent on Homeless Problem in Los Angeles

Homelessness has become an issue in cities across the country but Los Angeles, California is in a class of its own. The city is home to the notorious area known as ‘Skid Row’ which has only expanded in recent years. While the homeless issue has gotten worse, the city has spent billions upon billions on the issue. So where has the money gone? And why has the problem only increased in size? A newly appointed U.S. attorney named Bill Essayli is now…

LA County homeless spending under the microscope of newly appointed US attorney

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli is investigating billions in unaccounted homeless funds in Los Angeles County.

ThePatriotLight - Feds Investigating Los Angeles Homeless Industrial Complex Spending

ThePatriotLight - It's no secret that there's major grift in the homeless industrial complex, especially in California, and finally it looks like we're on the road to uncovering the fraud and seeing corrupt bureaucrats perp-walked. On the heels of a scathing independent audit of the City of Los Angeles' spending on homelessness commissioned by US District Judge David O. Carter, Bill Essayli, the recently-appointed US Attorney for California's C…

New U.S. attorney to investigate fraud in homeless services – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Bill Essayli Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has announced the formation of a Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force, which will investigate waste and corruption involving funds allocated to fight homelessness in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. This task force will comprise federal prosecutors from the Major Frauds Section, the Public Corrupti…

California Has Become The Nation’s No. 1 Grifter State

The state faces two federal investigations into what happened to billions in taxpayer money.