Spencer Pratt Slams LA Mayor Karen Bass, Vows To Attack 'Homelessness' If Elected To Office

MTV alum Spencer Pratt announced his campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles in early January 2026. During a recent event, "The Hills" alum spoke about some of the issues he plans to address if he wins the big race.

Spencer Pratt previously shared that part of his desire to run for office came after he and his wife, reality star Heidi Montag, experienced the devastating loss of their California home, which burned during the tragic Pacific Palisades fires in January 2025.

Pratt caught up with TMZ during a campaign event on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, and wasted no time detailing his plans for the city of Los Angeles should he be elected.

"One thing that everyone in LA is sick of is our streets covered in homelessness," Pratt said, adding that the city has reportedly spent billions on combating the issue only to come up short.

Pratt said that as mayor, he would bring in auditors and investigators from the IRS to look at "all of the scammers that are stealing our taxpayer money and increasing homelessness."

Pratt made the surprise announcement about his plans to run for mayor in early January 2026, according to The Blast. He spoke to an audience at the "They Let Us Burn!" protest, calling the "system in Los Angeles ... fundamentally broken."

"It is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash," Pratt said. "Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles, and I’m done waiting for someone to take real action."

Pratt circled back to the devastating Palisades fires, blasting the city of Los Angeles for allegedly "intentionally" letting its community members burn. "It wasn’t a natural disaster or something that was unavoidable. It was their fault, and we need the accountability we deserve," he added.

The Los Angeles mayoral race will be held on November 3, 2026. According to BallotPedia, Pratt is up against Austin Beutner, Rae Chen Huang, and incumbent mayor Karen Bass.

Despite Bass' years of experience, Pratt doesn't seem worried about competing against her, claiming the politician could likely end up behind bars due to her "obstruct[ing] justice" by allegedly altering the Los Angeles Fire Department after-action report.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Bass wanted key findings about LAFD's actions during the deadly Palisades Fires to be omitted or softened before they were made public. Bass' office denied the claims, however, according to Fox 11, saying, "She and her staff made no changes to the drafts."

Consequently, Pratt believes his journey to becoming mayor of LA will be "really easy."

According to Dear Media, Pratt reflected on losing "everything" during the Palisades fires that affected over 37,000 people.

Pratt explained on a recent podcast that not only did his and Heidi's home burn during the blaze, but his parents' residence did as well, and the fire claimed sentimental pieces from pivotal points in his life.

"Everything I’ve ever owned was just, you could walk into my room and it was exactly like when I went off to college. And so everything I had in that life, and then my life as an adult, everything burned," he recalled. "I don’t have anything that wasn’t when the cloud started…my parents didn’t get one item out of the house, my mom didn’t even get her passports…the idea of my parents’ house burning at the bottom of the Palisades next to the ocean is impossible to believe."

Many celebrities, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Paris Hilton, and Mandy Moore, spoke out after the Palisades fires.

NBA star LeBron James also shared a statement after a Los Angeles Lakers game, saying his "heart" went out to those affected.

"It's been a lot of emotions. Kind of been off. Personally, I've been off," he said.

The four-time NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist went on to emphasize how hopeful he was that the city of Los Angeles would move past this challenging time and "move forward."