Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles a year after losing his home in the devastating Palisades fire.<\/b>
\nSpencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles a year after losing his home in the devastating Palisades fire.
Pratt, a reality star best known for his starring role on MTV\u2019s \u201cThe Hills,\u201d made his announcement at the \u201cThey Let Us Burn\u201d event in Pacific Palisades, Calif. on the anniversary of the fires that wiped out many homes.
Pratt and his wife, \u201cThe Hills\u201d co-star Heidi Montag, lost their home to the destructive wildfire and became outspoken critics of current LA mayor, Karen Bass, and California governor, Gavin Newsom, over their handling of the disaster.
\u201cWe\u2019re going to expose the system,\u201d Pratt said to cheers from a crowd. \u201cWe\u2019re going into every dark corner of LA politics and disinfecting the city with our light.\u201d
\u201cThe Hills\u201d stars banded together with more than 20 other Pacific Palisades residents last January to sue the city of Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power over damage caused by the Palisades fire.
\u201cOn information and belief, the Palisades Fire was an inescapable and
unavoidable consequence of the water supply system servicing areas in and around Pacific Palisades as it was planned and constructed,\u201d the lawsuit read. \u201cThe system necessarily failed, and this failure was a substantial factor in causing Plaintiffs to suffer the losses alleged in this Complaint.\u201d
Pratt returned to the spotlight in October when suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested and charged in connection to the fire. The reality star said it only enhanced their initial complaint that the city\u2019s water supply system failed its residents. He was quick to social media to attack Newsom following the arrest.
\u201cGavin Newsom desperately wants you to move on from the Palisades fire,\u201d Pratt said at the time. \u201cHe\u2019s so desperate he doesn\u2019t realize that today\u2019s arson arrest proved the foundational point of our lawsuit against Newsom and the state of California. Today\u2019s arrest proves that Newsom\u2019s Topanga State Park allowed a fire to smolder for a week without doing anything to mitigate it. This is exactly what we alleged in our lawsuit and he\u2019s so dumb he doesn\u2019t realize that this helps us sue him.\u201d
He continued: \u201cI think the hair gel is getting to his braincells. He says this brings closure to the victims because he wants you to stop talking about the fire that is on his hands. This ain\u2019t closure pal, it\u2019s just the beginning. Thank you to the DOJ and the ATF for finally releasing the evidence that proves our lawsuit against Gavin Newsom is on point.\u201d
Pratt is not the only person throwing their hat into the mayoral ring against Bass. Former LAUSD superintendent Austin Beutner and community organizer Rae Huang are both in the race. L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath is considering a run as well.<\/p>\n