California homelessness chief paid $430K while funneling millions to husband’s NGO; Taxpayers billed for her open bar parties and $800K whistleblower hush fund

California Homelessness Executive making $430,000 per year, funneled million of dollars into her husband’s NGO three separate times, and has taxpayers pay for open bars at her parties. She paid $800,000 to silence whistleblowers

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Her name is Dr Va Lecia Adams Kellum. She’s the former CEO of the LA Homeless Services Authority.

– She paid herself a monstrous salary, $430,000 a year.
– Then she funneled millions of dollars into her husband’s sham organization, allegedly three separate times
– She also really tried to booze it up at her holiday party by demanding that taxpayers pay for her open bar, and when an associate of hers said that, hey, that is an improper use of public funds, she got visibly angry and then terminated her employment.

This is not only very petulant behavior, but also very illegal. After that, she started hiring her friends with whistleblowers, alleging that she pushed out staff in experienced staff to hire unqualified friends and former subordinates from her previous job into high level, high salary positions within the LA Homeless Services Authority.

And when people caught wind of this and started reporting, she tried to cover her tracks by destroying public records and also arranging to pay hush money, $800,000 to silence whistleblowers.”

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