20 Facts About Steve Soboroff

Steve Soboroff was born on August 31,1948 and is an American businessperson who was Los Angeles Police Commissioner from 2013 to 2023, where he spearheaded the use of body cams for the LAPD.

Steve Soboroff ran for Mayor of Los Angeles in the 2001 election and placed third.

Steve Soboroff was on the Board of the Weingart Foundation for 22 years, seven of which he was Chairman, and served for 20 years on the Board of MaceRich Company.

Steve Soboroff is Chairman of the Maccabiah Games Committee of 18.

Steve Soboroff was Chairman of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, and was a Senior Fellow and member of the Advisory Board at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Steve Soboroff was raised in a middle-class, secular Jewish family in Chicago, the son of Evelyn and Irving Steve Soboroff.

In 1966, Steve Soboroff graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Steve Soboroff tried to enlist during the Vietnam War but was denied for medical reasons.

Steve Soboroff holds Bachelor and Master's Degrees from the Dept.

In 1971, Steve Soboroff went to work for Eichenbaum, and in 1979, he left the company and using his network of contacts began to lease and renovate retail areas on his own.

Steve Soboroff entered the 2001 mayoral primary election, and received Riordan's endorsement.

In 2005, many of the traffic-fighting proposals Steve Soboroff introduced during his 2001 campaign, as well as his plan to break up the Los Angeles Unified School District, were reintroduced by other candidates in that year's mayoral contest.

Later in 2005, newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, with whom Steve Soboroff competed for the Mayor's job in 2001, implemented Steve Soboroff's proposal to ban all road construction during rush hour.

In October 2001, Steve Soboroff joined Playa Vista as the community's President and CEO.

Steve Soboroff oversaw the development of 20 parks, an elementary school, offices, the Los Angeles Clippers Training Center, residences, and other amenities, which has resulted in one of the most popular neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

Steve Soboroff's responsibilities were said to include leading the efforts to improve the fan experience and strengthening the team's ties to the community.

Steve Soboroff resigned his position on June 25,2011, citing the "unanticipated action by the commissioner of Major League Baseball" as preventing him from doing the job for which he had been hired.

Steve Soboroff was widely known as the foremost collector of typewriters that were previously owned by famous individuals.

Steve Soboroff joined Big Brothers while a college student and was matched with then 9 year old Terry Alan Williams as his Little Brother.

In 2022, Steve Soboroff was inducted into the National Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Alumni Hall of Fame.