LOS ANGELES – At least $50 million in taxpayer funds meant for homelessness programs has now been allegedly stolen across a growing string of federal cases – with the latest arrest targeting another questionable city-funded nonprofit contractor.
Abundant Blessings executive director Alexander Soofer was arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he funneled public homelessness dollars for personal benefit. The arrest lands as U.S. District Judge David O. Carter continues to consider whether the city should be held in contempt in the LA Alliance settlement evidentiary hearings tied to homelessness spending and compliance.
Mayor Karen Bass has framed the issue as one of individual wrongdoing. After earlier arrests in 2025, Bass said her administration had “zero tolerance for corruption – period,” a line her office repeated after Soofer’s arrest without addressing the broader contracting questions now being raised in court…