To lie or not to lie about $5,556-a-day in pay, that is the question between Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Steve Soboroff, the city’s wildfire recovery czar. Soboroff later retracted his statement, saying he didn’t believe Bass lied or intentionally misled him, and agreed to work for free.

Steve Soboroff walked back the comments a few days later, saying that he doesn't think he was intentionally misled.

L.A. recovery czar Steve Soboroff is walking back his recent comment in which he claimed Mayor Karen Bass lied to him about being paid.

Steve Soboroff reportedly had some comments about working as Los Angeles’ “Fire Recovery Czar” for free. According to an article first published by The Hollywood Reporter, Soboroff spoke to an alumni group at Harvard-Westlake School last week.

Steve Soboroff, 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.