PERSPECTIVE – “Opportunity makes the thief,” said the English philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon in the 16th century, and unfortunately duplicitous opportunities are available today in our woefully administered homeless program by governmental agencies.
Sadly, we are witnessing an unfolding scandal of huge proportions related to homelessness engulfing lawyers, bankers, public officials, businesspersons, nonprofits, bureaucrats and lobbyists.
A few days ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed criminal cases against two Los Angeles-area men for fraudulently acquiring public funds that were allocated to address the local homelessness crisis. In custody is Cody Holmes of Beverly Hills for allegedly using fake bank records to receive almost $26 million from the California Department of Housing and Community Development for Shangri-La Industries LLC…