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Spencer Pratt unleashed a tirade against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday, criticizing the city’s handling of the Sandy Fire, which was raging through parts of Simi Valley and Ventura County. Pratt argued that the same mistakes were being repeated from last year’s devastating Palisades Fire.
The blaze began near Sandy Avenue in Simi Valley, swiftly spreading through the dry vegetation under the influence of strong Santa Ana winds. The fire produced thick clouds of smoke, prompting mandatory evacuation orders for thousands of residents in the region.
While firefighters worked tirelessly to protect homes from the encroaching inferno, Pratt took to the social media platform X to express his dissatisfaction with Mayor Bass in a series of heated posts.
“While Karen Bass is concerned about getting new dental work for meth users, the Los Angeles Fire Department has three dozen fewer firefighters than when the Palisades Fire occurred,” Pratt, known from “The Hills,” pointedly remarked.
He urged, “Folks, you need to vote like your life depends on it, because it does.”
Pratt then zeroed in on aerial firefighting operations, citing Ventura County Fire Department comments on the critical need for quick helicopter access to water sources when battling wind-driven fires.
“VCFD PIO says how a quick reflex time for copters to a water source is so critical in the firefight,” Pratt wrote.
“This is what went wrong in the Palisades: Karen Bass drained our reservoir, and instead of 30-second load-and-returns, copters had to fly miles away for water, & the fire escaped.”
The reality TV personality escalated his criticism even further, declaring Bass the worst leader he had ever seen.
“Karen Bass is the worst leader I’ve ever seen. Nobody knew she was out of the country during the Palisades Fire,” he wrote.
“Nobody could order air tankers because her deputy mayor was under house arrest. Her LADWP chief didn’t know our reservoir was empty.”
“Karen Bass is running an absolute CLOWN SHOW. Vote like your life depends on it! Cuz it does!”
Since the deadly Palisades Fire that ravaged Los Angeles, Pratt has become one of Bass’s most outspoken celebrity critics, fueling debate over the city’s readiness for wildfires and its emergency response.
Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, lost their home to the Palisades Fire in 2025.