Karen Bass, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Backtracks on $500,000 Payday for Wildfire Recovery Czar After Outcry
After facing backlash for agreeing to pay a new czar $500,000 to help with recovery efforts in Los Angeles in the wake of devastating wildfires, the city’s mayor, Karen Bass, has reversed course and announced that he would be doing the job for free.
Mayor Bass claws back $500K for LA recovery czar pay
Steve Soboroff, the recently appointed Los Angeles wildfire recovery czar, was to be paid $500,000 for 90 days of work, saying his expertise was well worth the price. But then Mayor Karen Bass, faced with backlash over the $5,556-a-day fee to be paid by nonprofit groups, reversed course, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Ms. Bass, a longtime state and federal lawmaker, was seen as a pragmatic leader before the fires. But many Los Angeles ...
At a news conference Friday morning, Mayor Karen Bass provided an update on the recovery and rebuilding process taking place ...
Evanston, Ill.-based Hagerty Consulting will do 'full project management, coordinating all of the different private and ...
Los Angeles chose Hagerty Consulting to oversee rebuilding 6,800-plus homes and businesses destroyed by the Pacific Palisades wildfire.
The order also increases enrollment caps of schools and child care centers by 20% to allow displaced children to transfer to them for three to five years.
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