Federal agents raided the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on Wednesday. Searches also took place at a Miami property linked to him, though the reasons remain sealed. The actions coincide with a federal lawsuit against the district over alleged racial discrimination in resource allocation.
On Wednesday, the FBI conducted searches at the home and office of Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District since 2022. This district is the second-largest in the United States. Agents also raided a property in Miami connected to Carvalho, who previously served 14 years as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
An affidavit supporting the warrants was filed but sealed by the court, providing no public details on the investigation's focus. The FBI's Los Angeles office confirmed the operations in a statement: “We can confirm that the FBI is serving a court-authorized warrant at those locations. However, the affidavit in support of the warrant has been sealed by the court and we, therefore, have no further comment.”
Local reports from FOX11 indicated that employees were evacuated from the district's offices during the search. At Carvalho's home in San Pedro, California, officers were seen entering and exiting, with some carrying boxes, as captured in drone footage by news outlets.
These events occur amid a lawsuit joined by the Trump administration against the Los Angeles Unified School District. Filed by the 1776 Project Foundation, the suit alleges that the district discriminates against white students by directing funds and resources based on racial demographics. It claims the district labels certain schools as “PHBAO” (Predominantly Hispanic, Black, Asian, and Other non-Anglo), leading to preferential funding and transfer opportunities for those schools over predominantly white ones. The Department of Justice supports these assertions in the complaint.
The FBI has not stated whether the raids relate to this lawsuit, the district broadly, or Carvalho specifically.
