Sunday, February 09, 2025

500K Paycheck for 90 days. It's good to be the LA fire czar

Faced with fierce criticism over her chief wildfire recovery officer's planned salary of $500,000 for 90 days of work, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reversed course Saturday evening and said Steve Soboroff would receive no compensation. Soboroff's original salary, which would have been funded entirely by charitable organizations, was first reported by The Times early Saturday morning. Soboroff had defended the arrangement, saying his expertise made him worth the price. After her reversal, Bass said in a statement: "Steve is always there for LA. I spoke to him today and asked him to modify his agreement and work for free. He said yes. We agree that we don't need anything distracting from the recovery work we're doing."

Comments

It gets worse.

"You can't rebuild the same. We have to rebuild with science. We have to build with climate reality in mind."
~ Gavin N.

#1 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-09 09:48 PM

Get to raking.

~ The Orange Pedo ~

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-09 09:49 PM

#2 It came from Trump, but would some better forestry management really be a bad thing for CA?

#3 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-02-11 10:09 AM

Do you have any ------- idea where those tires were, you ------- idiot?

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-11 01:51 PM

Fires.

Plus the Florida whore is a day late and a dollar short. He's doing the job for free, you fat ugly skank.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-11 01:52 PM

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