Overview
- New city filings show Spencer Pratt raised about $540,000 since January, Nithya Raman brought in about $530,000 plus roughly $612,000 in public matching funds, and Karen Bass reported nearly $495,000 with about $2.3 million still in the bank.
- Bass launched a new 30‑second TV and digital ad worth more than $1 million that touts two years of declines in street homelessness and admits she has not always got it right.
- Recent polling from UCLA and FM3 put Bass near 24% and Pratt at 11% with about 40% of voters undecided, signaling a volatile race.
- Pratt has centered his campaign on the 2025 Palisades fire that destroyed his home, is suing the city for negligence, says he will not drop the case, and drew public support from podcaster Joe Rogan.
- Los Angeles uses a nonpartisan top‑two primary on June 2, and if no one tops 50%, the leading two advance to a November 3 runoff, which raises the stakes for name recognition and get‑out‑the‑vote efforts.