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.
Less than two weeks after the start of what has become one of the state’s most destructive natural disasters, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass continues to face backlash for her response to the Southern California wildfires, with critics demanding her resignation and some even floating a recall effort.
Former and current LAFD members also blasted Crowley for letting over 125 senior commanders retire under her watch, creating a crippling power void across the city’s different firehouses.
Mayor Karen Bass announced the appointment of Steve Soboroff as "chief recovery officer" to oversee the city's rebuild after the devastating wildfires.
The man who was almost Mayor of LA was sure talking like a candidate on HBO tonight in the ongoing fallout of the devastating LA wildfires
Karen Bass announced Friday the appointment of former police commission President Steve Soboroff as chief recovery officer to manage the city's rebuilding efforts after the damage caused by recent wildfires.
Soboroff also led efforts to move space shuttle Endeavour through the streets of L.A. to the California Science Center.
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads containing the Palisades and Eaton fires.
Mayor Karen Bass selected developer and civic leader Steve Soboroff to lead Los Angeles' recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of the Palisades fire.
One of the two major fires that devastated this region — the Eaton fire — is not even in the city of Los Angeles; it is in an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County. The response to the Eaton fire was led by the county fire department; the city fire department was at the forefront in fighting the Palisades fire.