Records show the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority continued sending public money to a nonprofit its own compliance team had already flagged as “High-Risk.”
The agency approved at least $3.5 million in 2024 contracts for Abundant Blessings even after a delinquency notice cited “significant concerns,” LAist reported.
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Records reviewed by LAist show the agency kept renewing and adding to Abundant Blessings’ contracts after finding the nonprofit had not met basic obligations under multiple agreements.
Alex Soofer, who led the nonprofit, was charged with fraud. Prosecutors allege he diverted at least $10 million in homelessness money routed through the agency to Abundant Blessings and a separate for-profit business, Abundant Blessings From Above. They say the spending included a $7 million house, a Range Rover, private-school tuition, private-jet trips, and stays at luxury resorts. Soofer has pleaded not guilty…