Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has named Steve Soboroff 'chief recovery officer' as the city looks toward rebuilding following the Palisades Fire.

Mayor Karen Bass said no one is better equipped to create a rebuilding plan. "He knows our communities. He knows how to activate City Hall. He's been in City Hall."

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Friday appointed longtime L.A. businessman and civic leader Steve Soboroff to head rebuilding efforts in the Pacific Palisades following the raging wildfire that devastated the area.

Mayor Karen Bass enlisted the help of Steve Soboroff to lead the city's wildfire recovery efforts. "Women LOVE when you pay attention to this."

Soboroff is a civic and business figure and a former president of the Los Angeles Police Commission who spent years living in the Pacific Palisades.