Heads Of Foodbank Of Southern California Accused Of Misusing Funds For Personal Financial Gain

KCAL News, CBS Los Angeles

Updated on: April 9, 2025

California officials sued the Foodbank of Southern California, alleging that the nonprofit and a dozen of its leaders misused state and federal funds for their own gain, including home renovations, a Tesla and a church billboard.

The Long Beach-based food bank closed last October after the Department of Social Services investigated allegations against the nonprofit's former CEO, Jeanne Cooper.

"The Foodbank of Southern California has fully investigated the allegations involving former CEO, Jeanne Cooper, both through internal and external investigations," current CEO Brian Weaver, who is also named in the lawsuit, said last October. "When these allegations were first brought to the attention of our board, we took them extremely seriously and immediately conducted an internal investigation, suspending Ms. Cooper pending the outcome."

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