Spencer Pratt: What to know about Los Angeles mayoral candidate

NBC Los Angeles reports that Spencer Pratt, a reality TV personality who lost his home in the 2025 Palisades Fire, is running for Los Angeles mayor as a Republican candidate, positioning himself as an outsider critical of Mayor Karen Bass's fire response. He is polling at 11% support according to a UCLA Luskin poll from April, trailing Bass's 25%, and proposes forensic audits of city departments and a top-to-bottom audit of the Department of Water and Power. The article includes a named byline (Helen Jeong) and cites his campaign website and a specific poll, though sourcing relies on Pratt's own claims and characterizations rather than named interviews with him or independent verification of his platform details. Cross-referencing with Los Angeles Times and CalMatters coverage shows this fits within a broader mayoral race narrative, though a CalMatters opinion piece notes contradictions between Pratt's memoir (which he himself describes as selfish and unprincipled) and his current campaign positioning—context absent from this NBC piece that would be relevant to evaluating his candidacy credibility. Watch for the November election results and whether Pratt's polling movement reflects post-fire sentiment shifts among Los Angeles voters.