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Los Angeles politician contention heats up arsenic Spencer Pratt runs for bureau aft wildfire devastation
After Los Angeles wildfires devastated his home, mayoral campaigner Spencer Pratt released a almighty Mother's Day video that has gone viral. Samantha Ettus, an activistic who besides mislaid her location successful the Palisades fires, explains wherefore she's backing Pratt against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Ettus critiques Bass's absorption of the city's escalating homelessness situation and dilatory rebuild efforts, with lone 30 of 16,000 structures reconstructed.
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Magic Johnson broke distant from his erstwhile Los Angeles Lakers brag connected Monday and endorsed Karen Bass successful the Los Angeles mayoral race.
Bass posted a video of Johnson’s endorsement connected her societal media. Johnson’s enactment of Bass came aft Jeanie Buss appeared to backmost Spencer Pratt successful the race.
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Magic Johnson attends the unveiling of a statue honoring erstwhile Los Angeles Lakers manager Pat Riley astatine the Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
Johnson said his 30-year relationship with Bass and her actions connected homelessness and lowering the homicide rates were portion of the reasons wherefore helium endorsed her.
"She’s doing a tremendous job. Mayor Bass has to person a 2nd word and I’m excited to accidental that," Johnson said. "Listen, you took connected a pugnacious occupation present and you’ve done a fabulous occupation and each of america admit your effort and what you’re doing and we look guardant to helping you proceed your ngo and the things that you person successful store – your imaginativeness for the city."
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Jeanie Buss, CEO and co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, holds a caller Lakers jersey during a 2021 event. (Allen J. Schaben/LA Times via Getty Images)
Johnson didn’t notation 1 of the sticking points that has allowed Pratt to summation enactment successful the contention – her handling of the 2025 wildfires that led to astatine slightest a twelve deaths and billions successful damage.
Pratt has continued to needle Bass implicit her effect to the wildfires.
Buss appeared to amusement enactment for Pratt past period erstwhile she donated 1,800 to his mayoral campaign, according to FOX 11 successful Los Angeles. It’s the maximum donation allowed by law.
Former world tv prima Spencer Pratt is moving against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass successful the contention to pb the second-largest metropolis successful the country. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images and Ronaldo Bolaños/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
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The erstwhile "Hills" prima was besides spotted with Buss astatine a Lakers playoff crippled implicit the weekend.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder exertion for Fox News Digital.
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