Spencer Pratt, former reality TV star from The Hills, joins Joe Rogan to discuss his mayoral campaign in Los Angeles. After his house and parents' house burned down in the Palisades fire, Pratt spent a year investigating what he calls criminal negligence and cover-ups by city officials.

The conversation covers the January 2025 Palisades fire that destroyed 7,000 homes, LA's $24+ billion homeless spending with no accountability, and systematic fraud in NGO operations. Pratt details how the fire actually started on New Year's Eve but was left smoldering for days, and how empty reservoirs prevented effective firefighting response.

Pratt outlines his plan to enforce existing laws, bring in federal agencies like the IRS and DEA, and end what he describes as an organized crime operation masquerading as compassionate governance. He's running against current Mayor Karen Bass and Democratic Socialist city council member Nithya Raman.

The Palisades Fire: From New Year's Eve to Criminal Negligence

The Palisades fire actually started on New Year's Eve with an 8-acre fire that was never fully extinguished, contradicting the official January 7th narrative

State park rangers covered up fire breaks with dead brush after firefighters left, despite having photos of smoldering hillsides and thermal imaging showing hot spots

Two reservoirs were empty during fire season - the 117-million-gallon San Ynez reservoir was drained for over a year to fix a $120,000 tear, forcing helicopters to fly to Malibu and Encino for water instead of 30 seconds from the fire origin

Chief Crowley warned Mayor Bass seven weeks before the fire that the department was 'dangerously underfunded' and couldn't keep Angelenos safe, yet Bass cut another $17 million from LAFD while keeping $400 million unused in homeless accounts

The $24 Billion Homeless Industrial Complex Exposed

LA has spent over $24 billion on homelessness with Governor Newsom blocking all audit attempts, while actual results show increased homelessness under Mayor Bass

The FireAid charity raised over $100 million for fire victims but distributed money to 200+ NGOs instead of victims - 'several' organizations gave directly to victims according to their own lawyers, meaning under 10 out of 200+

One NGO, Weingart, bought a senior housing building for $11 million that sold six days later for $27 million using taxpayer grants, with the NGO keeping ownership and getting paid as operators without mandatory occupancy requirements

LAFD spends 80% of calls responding to overdoses, with one MacArthur Park station doing 17 overdoses in a single night, while 30% of fires are caused by zombie encampments

Democratic Socialists and the Co-Governance Contract Scandal

DSA city council members sign contracts to 'co-govern' with the Democratic Socialists of America rather than represent their districts as American citizens

Nithya Raman, the DSA member running for mayor, blamed Toyota for catalytic converter thefts saying they make them 'too easy to steal' like 'leaving your MacBook on the front seat'

When parents complained about encampments near schools with known gangs selling fentanyl, Raman argued 'there's no difference' if encampments are 'one foot or 500 feet from the school' and rolled her eyes at booing parents

Mayor Bass was part of the Venceremos Brigade visiting Cuba 30 times and called Fidel Castro 'El Comandante' when he died, only denouncing her communist terrorist activities when Biden considered her for VP

Pratt's Enforcement Plan: Federal Agencies and Mandatory Treatment

As mayor, Pratt plans to bring in IRS criminal investigation teams who need just one document from each NGO to open fraud investigations - 'I guarantee you, 95% of them will just call and say we're going to Seattle'

The plan includes enforcing SB 43 for mandatory 72-hour psychiatric holds that can extend to 45 days and up to one-year conservatorships for people who can't manage their mental state

Pratt will bring in the CDC to test encampments for typhoid and medieval diseases, expecting federal intervention with 'white tents and hosing things down with chlorine' once test results show contamination levels

The strategy includes DEA and ATF enforcement against drug dealers who openly sell from 'Escalades and Teslas' on Skid Row, plus cash bounties for citizens who film fraud and corruption

The Land Grab Theory and Chinese Investment

Insurance companies dropped 70+ year-old Palisades residents on January 1st after 40+ years of payments, with the entire insurance industry abandoning the area before the fire

Only 14-16 houses have been rebuilt out of 7,000 that burned down, while the top buyer of dirt lots is China operating through New Zealand shell companies

The city will collect massive tax revenue increases as burned properties lose their generational tax rates and new buyers pay current 2027-2028 Pacific Palisades rates instead of 1970s grandfather rates

Fire victims now pay sales tax to the city that let their houses burn down when buying replacement items, creating a perverse financial incentive from the disaster

Resources Mentioned

Chinatown

Spencer Pratt references watching the movie Chinatown weekly to stay focused on corruption patterns, drawing parallels between the film's themes of water rights corruption and the current situation with LA's empty reservoirs during the Palisades fire

Hotshot

Documentary about firefighters that Pratt watched, featuring 100 mph winds and firefighting techniques. The director Gabriel Mann later provided insights about the Palisades fire being a rekindle from an earlier New Year's Eve fire