Reality TV star Spencer Pratt launches LA mayoral bid on wildfire anniversary | Los Angeles
Reality television star Spencer Pratt is running to become the next mayor of Los Angeles.
Pratt announced his campaign at a rally on Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly Palisades fire.
Pratt, a Palisades resident, has been an outspoken critic of city and state leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Janisse Quiñones, who runs the Los Angeles water and power department, who he says failed to prevent the tragedy and mismanaged the rebuilding.
Pratt said at the They Let Us Burn rally: “The system in Los Angeles isn’t just fine, it’s fundamentally broken. It’s a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they do good to while the rest of us suffocate in toxic smoke and ash.”
Pratt and his wife, reality television star Heidi Montag, lost their home in last year’s fire, as did their parents. He accused officials of numerous deficiencies, including decades of poor vegetation management by the state and deficiencies in the fire department and its leadership.
“It could be due to lack of budget, lack of information, or just DEI,” Pratt said of the fire department.
Although Pratt’s campaign website in the post, she gets naked and includes links to her social media, a button for donations, and a headshot titled Pacific Palisades Resident and Karen Bass’s Worst Nightmare. Pratt also updated his Instagram bio, saying that the account will now be used for his campaign.
Pratt joins a crowded field that includes Bass; Austin Beutner, former superintendent of the Los Angeles unified school district; community organizer Rae Huang; and wealthy businessman Rick Caruso, who potentially ran unsuccessfully against Bass for the mayoral seat in 2022.
Caruso has not yet announced whether he will run again in the June primary. He is also reportedly considering a run for governor of California.
Pratt has already received an endorsement from Ric Grenell, a Republican former diplomat and current interim director of the Kennedy Center who also runs Fix California, a group that aims to bring more conservative lawmakers into state government.
“What we need is transparency,” Grenell wrote on X. “Spencer has the passion and drive to make a positive change for Los Angeles.”
