Facing Backlash Over $500K Salary, LA’s Wildfire Recovery Czar Agrees to Work for Free LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Soboroff, a longtime fixture in Los Angeles civic life who is now serving as ...

After facing backlash for agreeing to pay a new czar $500,000 to help with recovery efforts at Los Angeles in the wake of devastating wildfires, the city’s mayor, Karen Bass, has reversed course and ...