Overview
- The reality TV personality filed a Declaration of Intention with the Los Angeles City Clerk on Tuesday, making his candidacy official.
- Pratt blames Mayor Karen Bass for failures around the 2025 wildfires and declares, “It’s me or Karen Bass,” arguing City Hall lacks accountability.
- He names wildfire response and homelessness as priorities and says he would push for an IRS audit of city finances.
- A Loyola Marymount University analyst says Pratt could alter the race by attracting conservatives and Pacific Palisades voters and potentially force a runoff.
- The field includes numerous candidates such as Austin Beutner and Rae Chen Huang, an FM3 poll shows weak approval for Bass, and Bass’s office declined to comment.