Overview
- Pratt, who said in a video Monday that he has been staying at his father's Carpinteria rental after the 2025 fire destroyed his home, maintains his Pacific Palisades lot is his legal residence and says he moved an Airstream there to live.
- Los Angeles rules require candidates to live in the city and be registered by Jan. 3, and the City Clerk says it verifies addresses at filing but keeps them confidential, with no public challenge to Pratt's eligibility reported so far.
- Voter data reviewed by the Los Angeles Times shows Pratt listed his Palisades address as his residence and a Carpinteria house as his mailing address, which tracks with county guidance that lets wildfire-displaced voters keep their home address and add a temporary mailing address.
- Legal scholars say the reporting raises real questions about whether he meets the residency test, while former county supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky says common sense favors his eligibility, and Pratt accuses the Times of harassing his family as the paper stands by its story.
- A UCLA Luskin poll released last week puts Karen Bass at 25%, Pratt at 11%, and Nithya Raman at 9% with 40% undecided, a fluid backdrop that could encourage rivals to weigh a formal challenge or push the issue into court.