Mayor Karen Bass Steve Soborov, emperor of Wild Fire Recovery, is unhappy with working for free, telling the audience that they “lied” and texts to back it up. I had an email.

A statement made last week by a group of Harvard West Lake School alumni, attempting to deal with what Soborov calls the “elephant in the room,” and the city’s initial plan to pay $500,000 in 90 days and subsequent plans Working without pay following the protest over the scale of his compensation.

Soboroff, a real estate developer and civic leader who was chosen as mayor to do the job in mid-January, told reporters early that his salary would be covered by charity. Base said the same a few weeks later, without revealing the amount.

According to a recording of his remarks, at Harvard Westlake on Thursday, Soborov said he found himself when he was “no money” and “no contract.”

“So I found out they really don’t have the money,” he said. “And I knew I really had [personal] bill. ”

“And there was one of two things to do. I’ll publish it and say I lied. Here’s my email. Here’s my text. “Or I tell them that they’ll do it for free and hope it comes later.”

By Monday, Soborov had changed courses, telling a time when he didn’t think the mayor had lied or intentionally misunderstood him.

“It wasn’t what I felt, it wasn’t what I meant,” he said in an interview.

Asked about Soborov’s comments at Harvard Westlake, bass spokesman Zach Seidl said the mayor’s office would “refer to you his objection.”

Still, the recording provided new evidence of the chaos that has surrounded the mayor since the outbreak of the Pallisard fire, destroying thousands of homes in Pallisard and surrounding communities in the Pacific Ocean.

The mayor has been in a tense interaction with Lindsey Holvas, who represents Pallisard on the LA County Board of Supervisors. On Friday, the mayor kicked out Los Angeles fire chief Christine Crowley.

Faced with criticism of emergency response and absence from the city when the fire broke out, Bass named Soboroff as the czar of her recovery on January 17th. and reconstruction.

Last month, Bass showed that it reduced Soboroff’s duties and limited it to restructuring some of the Palisades.

Soborov objected that his work had been reduced. Meanwhile, his relationship with the mayor has worn his salary out of place. This is the first topic that aired publicly on the Alumni Forum.

On February 7th, Bass’ Team confirmed that Soboroff will be paid $500,000 for the 90-day work. After facing a rebound over the amount, the mayor announced the following day that Soborov had agreed Work for free.

At the time, bass said Soborov “always are there for LA.”

“I spoke to him today, revised his agreement and asked him to work for free. He said ‘Yes,'” she said.

The Harvard Westlake event, entitled “A Night with Steve Soborov: Recovery from La Fires,” will be held at the Holmby Hills campus, a private school, and featured by the HW Business and Entrepreneurial Alumni Network. I did.

During the event, Soboroff emphasized that he rejected other jobs to get a job, and spent much of his career on civic work.

“I have been asked for many citizens for 35 years and have no charges from anyone. You have spent 35 years in the middle of your life and are not charged to anyone or anyone, I’m going to send five children to Harvard Westlake,” Soborov laughed in the room.

His salary was “a lot of money,” but he said it was something he made in three previous jobs.

Soboroff repeatedly pointed out that he gave up lucrative consulting work to take on the role of Recovery Czar. In an interview with The Times Saturday, he said he always assumed he would be paid for his job.

“If I were a billionaire or 100 million people, or 200,000 people, I probably would have done this for free from the start. But I’m not, not, and not, It wasn’t,” Soborov said. “And I had to give up on anything that would help me.”

It also issues the question of how Soboroff’s salary figures were born. When asked at a press conference on February 11th whether the salary was negotiated, Bass said, “Yes, there were negotiations.” But in an interview with The Times, Soboroff said the mayor never pushed back the $500,000 figure.