Reality television personality and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said he is “cool with Crips and Bloods” and plans to meet with members of rival street gangs as he ramps up his outside campaign seeking to oust Karen Bass in next week’s city primary election. In an interview published Wednesday with Vanity Fair, Pratt described his efforts to expand his support beyond wealthy Westside communities while hosting a campaign event turned block party in South Central Los Angeles on the front lawn of an apartment building he said sits in the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips territory. “I’m meeting with the Bloods next week,” Pratt said. “I’m cool with the Crips and Bloods.”
Pratt, a Republican, portrayed the outreach as part of an attempt to connect with communities that have traditionally backed Democratic candidates in city politics.
The former “The Hills” star, who launched his mayoral campaign in January, also acknowledged that he entered the race initially to politically damage Karen Bass after losing his Pacific Palisades home in the wildfire, which he blames on the incumbent’s poor emergency management.
“I entered to damage Karen Bass as much as possible,” Pratt said, adding that he wanted voters to know “the truth” about what he viewed as failures in Bass and the city’s wildfire response.
