Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has named former police commissioner Steve Soboroff “chief recovery officer” as the city looks toward rebuilding in the aftermath of the devastating Palisades Fire. The announcement,

Soboroff also led efforts to move space shuttle Endeavour through the streets of L.A. to the California Science Center.

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.