Search warrant served at LAUSD superintendent's home, FBI says

The Federal Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant at the home of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on Wednesday morning, officials said.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, law enforcement was "executing a judicially approved search warrant" at his San Pedro home.

Images outside of Carvalho's home around 9:10 a.m. showed agents wearing FBI-labeled clothing on the front porch. A neighbor, John Schefer, said the agents were outside the home as early as 6 a.m.

As of Wednesday morning, the underlying affidavit remained under seal, according to the FBI, making the reasoning for the search unknown. It's not clear what wrongdoing, if any, Carvalho is accused of.

CBS LA could not immediately confirm whether another search warrant was executed at LAUSD headquarters in downtown LA, although some employees say they were asked to leave due to law enforcement activity. They were not informed of the specifics of the situation.

CBS LA has reached out to the LAUSD for a statement but has yet to hear back.

When asked for comment, the office of Mayor Karen Bass said "LAUSD is an independent body not governed by the City of Los Angeles. The Mayor's Office has no information about this."

Carvalho began his tenure as superintendent in early 2022, succeeding Austin Beutner. He was previously the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in South Florida between 2008 and taking the LAUSD job.

He spent the early portion of his role navigating the COVID-19 pandemic before shifting his focus to immigration enforcement-related concerns in recent months.

The LAUSD is the nation's second-largest school district in student enrollment, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.