Mayor Karen Bass said no one is better equipped to create a rebuilding plan. "He knows our communities. He knows how to activate City Hall. He's been in City Hall."

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.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass today appointed longtime civic official, businessman and developer Steve Soboroff to lead rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of the devastating wildfire that wiped out the majority of Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas.

Firefighters are still working to contain the Palisades Fire as weather conditions improve this week and search efforts continue in the wildfire which has killed at least 10 people and burned over 23,

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.

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.

It remains unclear how much the city and its mayor will ultimately be to blame for the explosive horror 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.

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At least 27 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.