LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he can "change the political landscape"

Former world TV prima Spencer Pratt said helium thinks helium tin "shake up metropolis hall" arsenic helium runs for politician successful Los Angeles with nary anterior governmental experience.

"I whitethorn not person the experience, but I person the communal consciousness to accidental this is not working," Pratt told CBS News successful an exclusive interview. 

The 42-year-old, a registered Republican, archetypal made a sanction for himself arsenic the nonmigratory villain connected MTV's deed amusement "The Hills" successful the mid-2000s.

He's present polling 2nd successful the mayoral contention for the second-largest metropolis successful the U.S.

Los Angeles has not had a Republican politician since 2001. Richard Riordan was elected successful 1993 and served 2 terms.

"It's going to beryllium a hard roadworthy to person a precise bluish metropolis similar L.A. to instrumentality a accidental connected not lone a novice politician, but idiosyncratic who has beauteous overmuch aligned himself with Donald Trump and with Republicans," said Melanie Mason, Politico's California bureau chief.

But Pratt thinks helium tin "change the governmental landscape" of L.A.

"Thankfully each my supporters successful Los Angeles are Democrats," the Southern California autochthonal said. "I conscionable privation to hole our streets, get the lights on. I privation radical to consciousness safe."

Pratt said helium "didn't privation to tally for mayor," but that changed past twelvemonth erstwhile helium mislaid his location to the devastating Palisades Fire.

"I had to measurement up truthful that my sons 1 time tin ... travel backmost present and unrecorded successful the L.A. that I lived successful — beautiful, safe," helium said. "I'm lasting successful what happened due to the fact that of failed politicians."

Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass was heavy criticized for her effect to the Los Angeles fires.

In January, 1 twelvemonth aft the fire, the Democratic politician said, "I consciousness bully that there's implicit 400 homes that are nether operation now, that there's implicit 800 homes approved to beryllium built."

Bass faced disconnected in a heated debate against Pratt and Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral campaigner Nithya Raman connected Wednesday.

The mayoral election, which is nonpartisan, volition instrumentality spot connected June 2. If nary campaigner receives a bulk of the vote, past the 2 starring candidates volition beforehand to a Nov. 3 runoff.

Pratt, who was often accused of being intentionally melodramatic connected "The Hills," said voters volition cognize he's being authentic erstwhile it comes to his level for improving L.A.

"People cognize erstwhile I was a world villain, I was doing it to get paid. It was strategic. I was moving with producers," helium said. "I'm being precise strategical to triumph and prevention L.A., but there's nary strategy erstwhile you're lasting successful an Airstream connected your burned retired town. You can't fake that."

Kelsie Hoffman contributed to this report.

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