Former reality-TV-star-turned-Los Angeles-mayoral-candidate Spencer Pratt has taken a shot at California Gov. Gavin Newsom over wildfire-rebuilding efforts.
“Nobody actually believes that giving the STATE money will help fire victims rebuild their homes,” Pratt posted on X Tuesday.
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag attend the “They Let Us Burn” rally in Jan. 2026 on the one-year anniversary of the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. BACKGRID“We have all seen billions of federal dollars fall into Newsom’s bottomless money pit, without a single dollar seen by the intended recipients.”
Pratt’s comments came in response to Newsom defending the state’s work to rebuild after the devastating wildfires following President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed fast-tracking the process.
Pratt appeared on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning, saying “these people” — referring to LA Mayor Karen Bass and Newsom — should have resigned after their management of the 2025 LA wildfires.
Pratt, a Palisades resident whose house burned down during the wildfires in January 2025, recently announced his bid for mayor of Los Angeles. REUTERS“It’s criminal negligence,” Pratt said, sharing that he never intended to run for mayor, but felt he had to do something.
“If these city leaders are fine with people burning up, what are they doing in other parts of Los Angeles?” he added.
“The Hills” star also said homelessness and drug use remain rampant throughout LA.
In response to Pratt’s X post, Newsom’s office countered that federal funding doesn’t go to the state.
“It’s sad that Spencer Pratt is arguing for his own community to fail,” a spokesperson said. “Perhaps his regular diet of conspiracy theories and tabloid news should be adjusted.”
The 42-year-old Pratt announced his run for mayor on the one-year anniversary of the horrific LA wildfires, at the scene of one of the worst hit neighborhoods, Pacific Palisades.
Pratt and his wife, TV personality Heidi Montag, lost their home when it burned down during the Palisades Fires. Roughly 13,000 homes were destroyed and at least 31 people were killed by the Palisades and Eaton fires, which tore through Los Angeles in January 2025.
Mayor Bass drew criticism in November for celebrating the first house rebuilt after the Pacific Palisades fire, even though the project had received demolition approval before the blaze. The property owner simply continued with the planned teardown and rebuild.
When the fires broke out, the mayor was in Ghana for the presidential inauguration there.
Pratt’c remarks comes after President Trump criticized Newsom and Bass, calling their response to the wildfires “one of the greatest failures of elected political leadership in American history — from enabling the wildfires to failing to manage them, and continuing today with the abject failure to rebuild.”
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