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A dispute between embattled L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Chief Recovery Officer Steve Soboroff burst into public view on Monday, when a recording emerged of a meeting in which Soboroff said she had “lied” to him about his salary.
Soboroff, whom Bass appointed for 90 days in the aftermath of the fires, agreed earlier this month to work for free after it emerged that he was going to be paid $500,000 by private philanthropy, and controversy had ensued.
But as the Los Angeles Times reported, Soboroff felt he had been misled, telling an alumni meeting at the elite Harvard-Westlake preparatory school that he felt deceived — though he later walked back his comments:
Steve Soboroff, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ wildfire recovery czar, went public with his frustrations about doing the job for free, telling an audience he was “lied to” — and had the texts and emails to back it up.
The remarks, made to an alumni group at Harvard-Westlake School last week, came as Soboroff attempted to address what he called “the elephant in the room”: the city’s initial plan to pay him $500,000 over 90 days, and his subsequent decision to work without pay after an outcry over the…
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