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Posted on 01/11/2026 9:34:24 AM PST by Twotone
"It's official. I'm running for Mayor of LA."
After a year of calling out Democrat leadership for its handling of last year's devastating Los Angeles wildfires, Spencer Pratt is offering Angelenos an alternative: himself.
Pratt, who shot to fame playing a villainous version of himself on hit MTV reality show "The Hills," lost the Pacific Palisades house he shared with wife (and former castmate) Heidi Montag and their children in the January 7, 2025, conflagration. Since then, he has emerged as one of the most prominent critics of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom, both Democrats.
Fired up
The Palisades native has accused Bass of bungling the response to the deadly blaze, which eventually spread to 23,448 acres, costing 12 lives and destroying almost 6,000 homes.
Pratt has also claimed that Newsom's inadequate brush-clearance policy helped cause what was otherwise a preventable disaster.
Pratt kicked off his mayoral campaign on Wednesday with an impassioned speech to at least 1,000 attendees.
"It's official. I'm running for Mayor of LA," Pratt announced in a post sharing video of the speech. "I've waited a whole year for someone to step up and challenge Karen Bass, but I saw no fighters. Guess I'm gonna have to do this myself. Let's make LA camera ready again!"
Brush-off
Pratt addressed the enthusiastic crowd with a mixture of defiance and sorrow.
"Standing here one year later, I have to tell you the most heartbreaking part of the past year wasn't being displaced or losing everything I own. It was the realization that all of this was preventable," he explained, fighting back tears.
The 42-year-old continued, "The state and local leaders let us burn. Gavin Newsom and the state of California let brush grow wild ... no wildfire maintenance."
Policy pinch
Like many of the would-be constituents in attendance, Pratt faced the fires without standard homeowners' insurance, after insurers declined to renew policies for thousands of homes in the Palisades, Altadena, and other designated fire-prone areas in recent years. Most notably, State Farm announced in 2024 that it would discontinue coverage for roughly 72,000 houses and apartments statewide.
Pratt's sole coverage came from the state's supplementary California FAIR Plan, which he has previously said did not provide enough money to rebuild.
In his speech, Pratt laid the blame squarely on Newsom, who he said "created an insurance market so hostile that every major carrier stopped writing policies" and thereby "dictated that we let the Palisades burn."
The candidate also had harsh words for the Los Angeles Fire Department, which he blamed for "fail[ing] to deploy sufficient firefighters, fire engines, and firefighting resources, whether it be due to lack of budget, lack of knowledge, or simply DEI."
Pratt concluded by touting his showbiz experience as something that made him uniquely attuned to the workings of power in the city. Singling out "NGOs, nonprofits, and unions," he vowed to make it his "mission" to dismantle what he labeled a "machine designed to protect the people at the top."
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No chance.
Yes, no chance. But...his campaign will serve to inform at least SOME voters who still haven’t awakened to how incompetent and contemptuous their Dem overlords are.
“””It’s official. I’m running for Mayor of LA.”””
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You know things are bad for Newscum... when even a crystal-obsessed reality-show liberal like Pratt decides to buck the system and run against it. Pratt is, of course, delusional to think he would win that battle. But it’s fun to see the left engage in a circular firing squad... for a change.
Yes, no chance. But...his campaign will serve to inform at least SOME voters who still haven’t awakened to how incompetent and contemptuous their Dem overlords are.
If they don’t realize it by now, they never will.
Democrats are the party of death and destruction. Rebuilding is about corruption and profits.
Speaking of CA and voting...
Mila Joy
@Milajoy
This is how OUT OF CONTROL California is.
449,000 REGISTERED VOTERS couldn’t perform jury duty because they weren’t citizens.
But they are REGISTERED VOTERS!
A half a million of them.
ABSOLUTELY NO federal aid without Voter ID.
From snopes.com
5:33 PM · Jan 10, 2026 15M Views
A question, fellow FReepers...
If CA is so true blue, why does Deep State have to steal their elections, even the major metros...
https://x.com/milajoy/status/2010117841693843528
He needs to run as Democrat not a Republican then he has a chance
In a way perhaps our best strategy going forward is to try to infiltrate the Democratic Party.
The Left certainly did it to the Republican Party. Now it’s time to return the favor.
Too bad that L.A. only allows simulated elections.
All fine BUt. The zoning rules are all run in Sacramento. Every builder MUST have a full time inspector on site no matter where you build. There is also the Costal Commission and endless rules from the Cali EPA.
My small story. Years ago when I was a stupid college student after my Coast Guard days...
I was working construction on a beach house in Ventura. All permits were granted. HOWEVER. Some goon from the coastal commission “measured” the roofline from her boat ON THE OCEAN and said the roof was too high by six inches. This was AFTER all permits had been granted. But it didn’t matter. There was no challenging the decision. It was just some Tuesday who didn’t like the house from a boat two miles off shore.
So we had to hire a crane to lift the roof and we cut down every post a few inches and then lower the roof back down. It must have cost 100 k extra.
Good education as I was a student at Fresno State and my history prof was Victor Davis Hanson.
Another actor stepping in to accomplish goals. I remember when an actor in Carmel, CA, ran for mayor because the city had zoned out his wishes to add to his restaurant, and he won, and the zone law changed. His name was Clint Eastwood.
wy69
I remember an actor who served two-terms as Governor of California, then two-terms as President of the United States.
Sonny Bono got involved in politics because he was opening a restaurant and got frustrated with the governmental requirements.
I’d like to see James Wood.
Bono went on to further political aspirations to congress. Eastwood served a very successful two year term as mayor of Carmel. He chose to go back into film making and I think he made the right choice.
But during his term he improved some of their important economic and cultural points by focusing on infrastructure and preservation like adding public restrooms and beach stairways, expanding the library, and saving the Mission Ranch. He successfully passed his campaign promises, easing building restrictions, building tourist parking lots, and even overturning the ban on ice cream cones.
And other celebrities that had a home there that are deceased now are Ansel Adams, Joan Fontaine, Doris Day, Bing Crosby, John Madden, Kim Novak and Betty White. Brad Pitt has also purchased a home there moving up from LA. along with Paul Anka.
Frequent visitors are Reece Witherspoon, Kourtney Kardashian Barker, Justin and Hailey Bieber, and Nicole Kidman. There are others but they go there to remain under wraps and relax.
wy69
He’d be good. But 79 in April, I doubt he’d want to deal with those freaks.
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