Register of findings and cases, 2022-2026

What this dataset measures

Built to test two claims: that audits have repeatedly found California and Los Angeles cannot track whether homelessness money works, and that billions in LA homelessness money were lost to fraud. Included: every audit or court-ordered assessment of LAHSA or LA/state homelessness spending FactHub verified from the primary report for 2022-2026, the State Auditor's 2025 high-risk report, the four homelessness cases announced Sept. 16, 2026, and two large concluded LA-area public-money fraud cases for scale. It is not a complete list of California audits or prosecutions.

Geography

United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA

Unit of observation

Audit finding or criminal case

Update cadence

As new audits and case outcomes are released

Curator

FactHub

Curated data tables

Register of findings and cases, 2022-2026

One row per audit finding, assessment or criminal case. amount_usd is blank where the finding has no dollar figure.

Unit of observation: Audit finding or criminal case

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All 13 rows

id	date	jurisdiction	entity	reviewer	category	status	amount_usd US dollars, nominal	amount_measure	source_id
hud-oig-coc	2022-01-20	Los Angeles County	LAHSA	HUD Office of Inspector General	Waste or mismanagement	Audit report	3500000	Continuum of Care grant funds left unused to expire (plus $879,847 in unsupported costs)	hud-oig
controller-interim	2023-12-05	City of Los Angeles	LAHSA	Los Angeles City Controller	Waste or mismanagement	Audit report	—	No dollar figure: bed-availability system found unreliable	controller-interim
auditor-2023-102	2024-04-09	California	Cal ICH	California State Auditor	Waste or mismanagement	Audit report	—	No dollar figure: state lacked current cost and outcome data	state-auditor-2024
controller-pathways	2024-12-11	City of Los Angeles	City of LA and LAHSA	Los Angeles City Controller	Waste or mismanagement	Audit report	218000000	Estimated cost of unused City-funded interim housing beds, FY2019-FY2023	controller-pathways
am-assessment	2025-05-14	City of Los Angeles	City of LA	Alvarez & Marsal (for U.S. District Court)	Waste or mismanagement	Court-ordered assessment	2300000000	Funding reviewed (appropriations, commitments or spending); not an amount lost	am-assessment
auditor-high-risk	2025-12-11	California	State agencies	California State Auditor	Waste or mismanagement	High-risk report	—	No dollar figure for homelessness: not added to high-risk list	state-auditor-2025
county-b26003	2026-05-21	Los Angeles County	LAHSA	LA County Auditor-Controller	Waste or mismanagement	Limited review	—	No dollar figure: LAHSA could not provide complete financial statements	county-b26003
huizar	2024-01-26	City of Los Angeles	City Council District 14	U.S. Attorney, Central District of California	Fraud: convicted	Sentenced	2000000	Bribes sought (nearly $2 million); restitution to the city $443,905	doj-huizar
fichidzhyan	2025-05-06	Los Angeles area	Medicare (sham hospices)	U.S. Department of Justice	Fraud: convicted	Sentenced	17129060	Restitution ordered	doj-hospice
young-hal	2026-09-16	Los Angeles County	Home At Last (LAHSA contractor)	U.S. Attorney, Central District of California	Fraud: charged or pending	Criminal complaint	7500000	Alleged misappropriated (of more than $118 million received)	doj-2026
soofer	2026-09-16	Los Angeles County	Abundant Blessings	U.S. Attorney, Central District of California	Fraud: charged or pending	Plea agreement filed	2000000	Admitted pocketed at least (of $23 million obtained)	doj-2026
malone	2026-09-16	Los Angeles County	Special Service for Groups employee	U.S. Attorney, Central District of California	Fraud: charged or pending	Indictment	180000	Alleged bribes and kickbacks received	doj-2026
mitchell	2026-09-16	Los Angeles County	The Big Blue Umbrella	U.S. Attorney, Central District of California	Fraud: charged or pending	Criminal complaint (fugitive)	315000	Grant money disbursed of $1.2 million allegedly fraudulently awarded	doj-2026

10 field definitions

Field	Type	Meaning	Units	Value type
id	string	Finding id	—	observed
date	string	Report, sentencing or charging date (YYYY-MM-DD)	—	observed
jurisdiction	string	Government whose money or program is involved	—	observed
entity	string	Agency, official or contractor the finding is about	—	observed
reviewer	string	Who made the finding or brought the case	—	observed
category	string	Waste or mismanagement; Fraud: convicted; Fraud: charged or pending	—	derived
status	string	Type of finding or stage of the case	—	observed
amount_usd	integer	Headline dollar figure, if any; see amount_measure for what it measures. Not comparable across rows.	US dollars, nominal	observed
amount_measure	string	What the dollar figure measures	—	observed
source_id	string	Id of the source in sources[]	—	observed

Sources

1. HUD Office of Inspector General, Report 2022-LA-1001: LAHSA Did Not Always Administer Its Continuum of Care Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements (Jan. 20, 2022) $3.5 million in CoC grants left to expire and $879,847 in unsupported costs.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Government. Federal inspector general auditing a grantee of its own department; covers LAHSA's federal Continuum of Care grants only.

2. Los Angeles City Controller, Interim Housing audit (cover letter Dec. 5, 2023) LAHSA's bed reservation system too unreliable to track bed availability.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Government. The city's independently elected auditor; the audit covered City-funded interim housing run through LAHSA.

3. California State Auditor, Report 2023-102.1, Homelessness in California (Apr. 9, 2024) State lacks current data on costs and outcomes of its homelessness programs.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Government. Independent state auditor reporting to the Legislature; reviewed Cal ICH and state programs, not Los Angeles specifically.

4. Los Angeles City Controller, Pathways to Permanent Housing audit (released Dec. 2024) 1 in 4 City-funded interim beds unused, costing an estimated $218 million, FY2019-FY2023.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Government. The city's independently elected auditor; the $218 million is the Controller's estimate of the cost of unused beds, not money lost.

5. Spectrum News 1, One in four interim housing beds in LA unused over 5-year span (Dec. 11, 2024) Release date of the Pathways audit.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. News article. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: News report. Local TV news report on the Controller's audit release.

6. Alvarez & Marsal, Independent Assessment of City-Funded Homelessness Assistance Programs (Dkt. 905, LA Alliance v. City of Los Angeles, May 14, 2025) About $2.3 billion in funding reviewed; inability to trace substantial funds; no routine reconciliation of spending to budget.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Court record. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Other. Consultant retained by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter; describes its work as an assessment, not an audit, and does not allege fraud.

7. California State Auditor, Report 2025-601, State High-Risk Audit Program (Dec. 11, 2025) Did not add homelessness accountability to the high-risk list but discussed concern about Cal ICH; CalFresh error rate near the national average.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Government. Independent state auditor's periodic list of high-risk state agencies and issues.

8. Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller, LAHSA Financial and Operational Process Review, Report B26003 (May 21, 2026) LAHSA could not provide complete financial statements, including a balance sheet, preventing a full-scope review.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Government. County auditor reviewing an agency the county co-funds; a limited review prompted by late payments to providers.

9. U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California: Former Los Angeles Politician Jose Huizar Sentenced to 13 Years (Jan. 26, 2024) Huizar sought nearly $2 million in bribes; restitution of $443,905 to the city.

   Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

   Reliability: Government. Prosecutor's account of a case that ended in a guilty plea and sentence.

10. U.S. Department of Justice: California Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Connection with $17M Medicare Fraud Schemes (May 6, 2025) Restitution of $17,129,060 ordered after guilty plea.

    Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

    Reliability: Government. Prosecutor's account of a case that ended in a guilty plea and sentence; federal Medicare money, not state or local funds.

11. U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California: 2 Defendants Employed at L.A.-Area Homeless Nonprofits Arrested on Federal Charges (Sept. 16, 2026) Charges against Young, Mitchell and Malone and Soofer's plea agreement, with alleged and admitted amounts.

    Retrieved October 30, 2026. Public agency document. Figures and short quotes only; linked, not rehosted.

    Reliability: Government. Prosecutors' allegations; except Soofer's admissions, none is proven, and the defendants are presumed innocent.

Limitations and reproducibility

Reproducible from public sources: Each row was transcribed from the primary report or Justice Department release named in source_id; the saved analyses are counts, sums and reshapes of the register (Python script kept by the curator, not uploaded).

• A curated selection, not a census: counts by category describe this register, not how often audits or crimes occur.
• Dollar figures measure different things (funds reviewed, estimated cost of unused beds, restitution, alleged diversion) and must not be added across rows.
• Charged cases are allegations; defendants are presumed innocent, and only Soofer has admitted wrongdoing, in a plea agreement not yet entered as of the release.
• Nothing here compares California or Los Angeles with other states or cities.