Spencer Pratt is saying goodbye to reality TV and hello to politics. Exactly one year after a wildfire burned down his family's home in Pacific Palisades, California, Pratt announced that he was running for mayor of Los Angeles. "The system in Los Angeles isn't struggling; it's fundamentally broken," Pratt said at the "They Let Us Burn" public demonstration on January 7, 2026. "It is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with, while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash.