Overview
- Pratt’s 30-second spot he posted Wednesday shows him outside Mayor Karen Bass’s and Councilmember Nithya Raman’s homes before cutting to the mobile home where he says he has lived since losing his house in the 2025 Palisades Fire, drawing roughly 10 to 11 million views within days.
- Bass’s campaign said Pratt was doing his “best Trump impression,” and Raman called filming outside her home “unnecessary and reckless,” while Pratt replied that he shot for two minutes on a public street.
- Following the ad’s surge, prediction markets on Polymarket and Kalshi moved Pratt into contention, with some market snapshots placing him ahead of Bass, and celebrity support expanded to include a maximum $1,800 donation from Lakers executive Jeanie Buss recorded in city filings.
- Public polling still shows Bass on top at roughly the mid-20s with Pratt near the low double digits, and surveys from UCLA Luskin and Emerson report an unusually large undecided bloc around 40% or more.
- Los Angeles uses a nonpartisan top-two primary on June 2, so a late break by undecided voters could determine who advances to a November runoff as rivals air new ads and contrast platforms on homelessness, public safety, and immigration enforcement.