Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt launched a campaign to oust Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Wednesday, expressing sweeping concerns over how she handled the deadly fires that devastated the city last year.
“Let me be clear: This isn’t a campaign, this is a mission,” he said during a neighborhood rally marking the one-year anniversary of the fires. “We’re going to expose the system, we’re going into every dark corner of the city and disinfect it with our light, and when we are done, L.A. is going to be camera-ready again.”
The Hills star’s challenge to Bass’s hopes for reelection comes as the incumbent mayor has faced intense scrutiny regarding her handling of the city, including over why some of the state’s largest water reservoirs sat empty when the fires spread on Jan. 7, 2025, and why the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget was cut shortly before the crisis occurred…