(Inside California Politics) \u2014 Reality TV celebrity Spencer Pratt sat down with Inside California Politics host Nikki Laurenzo in Los Angeles this week to discuss his campaign to lead the state\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n
Pratt focused on homelessness, often criticizing Karen Bass. A recent poll showed that 51% of voters are undecided about the mayoral race as the incumbent mayor struggles to generate enthusiasm in her reelection campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re not undecided,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cThey\u2019re just not aware of me yet. They\u2019re waiting to hear from the campaign that says, \u2018We are sick of what\u2019s happened to Los Angeles and this has to stop.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Pratt said he aims to stop what he describes as fraud and corruption in Los Angeles, telling Laurenzo he wants to audit the \u201chomeless industrial complex\u201d and crack down on encampments \u2014 \u201cmisdemeanors are going to be trending again in Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to do everything that none of these candidates will do \u2014 or are even talking about doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He repeatedly attacked the incumbent mayor\u2019s record on homelessness in the one-on-one interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou had your chance. You\u2019re done,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cIt\u2019s time to go visit \u2014 back to Cuba, go check out Havana, Mayor Bass. Go back to Ghana. You\u2019re done in LA.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Bass traveled as part of a U.S. delegation to Ghana in January 2025; she was in the country when the Palisades fire broke out. She traveled to Cuba in the 1970s as a young activist.)<\/p>\n
To address the city\u2019s budget woes, Pratt said he wants to bring more accountability to the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe money is there,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s being spent \u2014 I don\u2019t want to say criminal, but these are criminals,\u201d adding that he believes 99% of homelessness-focused nonprofits are criminals.<\/p>\n
Pratt vowed to fire the entire fire and police commissions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only people I can\u2019t wipe out is the city council,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I will make these city council members accountable to their constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pratt is a Republican, though the L.A. mayoral race is nonpartisan. He said Angelenos are angry at the current state of the city. Pratt wouldn\u2019t weigh in on the governor\u2019s race, saying that \u201cL.A. has what it needs right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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