CA Non-Profit Reportedly Linked to Massive Housing Fraud Scheme – RedState

In the latest story of fraud and corruption coming out of California (which would result in a book that would make “War and Peace” look like a dime novel), a former state senator may have been caught with his fingers in the cookie jar. The person in question? One Kevin Murray, who is facing scrutiny after his nonprofit was found to be linked to an alleged multi-million dollar project using taxpayer funds intended to house the homeless. At this time, Mr. Murray is not facing any charges or charges. But some people associated with his nonprofit are struggling.

Fox News’ Matt Finn broke the news on X:

NEW: The federal government just announced that the former Democratic senator from California’s nonprofit is linked to an alleged $27 million program using funds for housing the homeless.
Former state senator Kevin Murray is the CEO of “Weingart” — which the federal government says used $27 million in homeless dollars to purchase a…

– Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) October 16, 2025

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Former State Senator Kevin Murray is the CEO of “Weingart” – which the feds allege used $27 million in homeless dollars to purchase a building in 2023 from an alleged criminal developer who had just purchased it months before for $11 million. The federal government announces an inflation of 16 million dollars in this project. The seller, Los Angeles developer Steven Taylor, was arrested and charged with fraudulently acquiring the building and selling it to Weingart as part of a scheme.

Murray has not been charged or named, but the feds say the nonprofit where he is CEO is part of an active investigation.

We contacted Murray.

Murray has not been charged, at least not yet. Records indicate two of his colleagues are facing charges: Steven Taylor, the developer Matt Finn mentioned, was indicted Wednesday on charges including fraudulently obtaining loans, and a criminal fraud complaint was also filed against one Cody Holmes.

An emailed press release from Acting United States Attorney Bilal A. Essayli reads in part:

Steven Taylor, 44, of Brentwood, is charged with seven counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of money laundering.

Taylor, who is free on $3.6 million bail, is expected to be arraigned in the coming weeks in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles.

According to the indictment, from August 2019 to July 2025, Taylor used false bank statements and false cash statements to obtain loans and lines of credit to operate his real estate business. Among other uses of proceeds of fraud, Taylor acquired or refinanced properties in the Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Westlake, Del Rey, Pico-Union, and Cheviot Hills neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

Taylor is also accused of lying to lenders about his intended use of the properties, including lying to the lender financing his purchase of the Cheviot Hills property, by misleadingly telling the lender that he intended to renovate and use the property himself. In fact, Taylor had already agreed to sell the property, which he had originally acquired for $11.2 million (obtained through a loan through fake bank statements) to a homeless real estate developer who purchased it with public funds from the City of Los Angeles and the State of California for $27.3 million in a double-escrow transaction hidden from the victim lender and others.

What is it with Democrats and real estate shenanigans?

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Now, Kevin Murray may not have known about all this, although this sort of thing happening at a company he’s CEO of makes it unlikely; a good CEO should certainly be aware of the multi-million dollar deals their organization is entering into, especially when government funds from the City of Los Angeles and the State of California are involved. This could of course change; It wouldn’t be the first time someone attacked another member of a group who was up to no good.

At least this group was caught. And for once, maybe California taxpayers will get a break.

Editor’s Note: Schumer’s closure is here. Rather than putting the American people first, Chuck Schumer and radical Democrats forced a government shutdown on health care for illegal immigrants. They own that.

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