Spencer Pratt is using a stubborn Los Angeles warehouse fire to reignite his war with Mayor Karen Bass, accusing City Hall of leaving residents breathing smoke while the city scrambles for help from Texas.
The new target is a Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse that has kept Los Angeles firefighters busy for days after flames broke out among rooftop solar panels.
The former MTV reality star, whose Pacific Palisades home with Heidi Montag was destroyed in a deadly fire, seized on the emergency to blast Bass over fire department funding and the city’s response.
“This same warehouse had a solar panel fire 2 years ago,” Pratt wrote in a social media post.
This same warehouse had a solar panel fire 2 years ago. After that, not only did Karen Basura do nothing, but she slashed the LAFD budget and now they can't stop it, and it's spewing out heavy metals into the lungs of Boyle Heights folks for a week straight. Nice job, Karen! https://t.co/HHsLZckBaW pic.twitter.com/ZHC8pEt6Xw
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 21, 2026
He claimed Bass “slashed the LAFD budget and now they can’t stop it, and it’s spewing out heavy metals into the lungs of Boyle Heights folks for a week straight.”
“Nice job, Karen!” he added.
City officials have pushed back on the toxic-smoke alarm, saying monitors have not shown hazards beyond ordinary fire-smoke conditions.
Karen was warned by the last LAFD Chief (whom she fired being honest) that LAFD was dangerously underfunded and couldn't keep LA safe. Karen cut their budget by $17M, then my town burned down. Now, they have to bring in resources from TEXAS to manage a single structure fire. https://t.co/iHt09JRuCX
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 22, 2026
The former reality star also pounced on LAFD Chief Jaime Moore’s disclosure that water cannons were being brought in from Texas, turning the outside help into another indictment of City Hall.
By Saturday, the smoke and stubborn flames had triggered emergency declarations from both Newsom and Bass.
Newsom’s office said the blaze has “produced significant smoke and particulate matter that may affect air quality in surrounding neighborhoods.”
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Bass said the city and county had opened places for families trying to get away from the smoke.
“The City and County have opened spaces for families seeking relief from the smoke, and we will continue working around the clock and doing everything possible to put this fire out completely,” Bass stated.
The warehouse battle landed as Pratt was already hammering Bass over the Palisades fire, his destroyed home and a lawsuit that now includes the mayor’s own brother.
Pratt announced shortly after the Palisades disaster that he and Montag planned to sue Los Angeles over the destruction of their home.
The lawsuit later gained an awkward new name for City Hall: Kenneth D. Bass, the mayor’s brother, who lost a multimillion-dollar Malibu home.
Pratt responded by turning the family connection into another public jab.
“I am proud to be teaming up with Karen Bass’ brother in suing his sister for her reckless negligence that led to the destruction of our homes,” Pratt captioned a clip from a local news report. “I hope their Thanksgiving dinner isn’t too awks. I know ours hasn’t been the same since last year …”
Reports later uncovered court filings showing Kenneth Bass was added as a plaintiff in May and alleged “smoke inhalation, severe emotional distress, mental anguish and annoyance” in addition to the property loss.
Attorneys for Kenneth Bass and his wife said the mayoral connection should not matter.
I am proud to be teaming up with Karen Bass' brother in suing his sister for her reckless negligence that led to the destruction of our homes. I hope their Thanksgiving dinner isn't too awks. I know ours hasn't been the same since last year… pic.twitter.com/d8YyGjJ775
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 14, 2026
“As part of the mass tort legal process, Mr. and Mrs. Bass’ names were formally added as some of the nearly 40,000 victims who suffered losses. Their family connections are irrelevant, and as non-public citizens they are entitled to respectful privacy as they pursue their legal rights along with all represented victims,” their lawyers told The New York Post.
The Malibu property has not been rebuilt. Last May, Kenneth Bass sold the 1.5-acre parcel for $2 million, with the putting green, pool and guest house still standing.
The lawsuit pins the disaster in part on depleted reservoirs and argues victims were suddenly left with nothing.
“The Palisades Fire has been a traumatic event for its victims, who through no fault of their own, went from homeowners to homeless in a matter of hours.”
Thousands of home and business owners have filed claims over the blaze, which began near Skull Rock Trail in Temescal Canyon before racing toward Malibu and Pacific Palisades.
The Los Angeles City Fire Department’s after-action review put the toll at 23,448 acres burned, more than 6,800 structures lost and 12 deaths, five of them in Los Angeles.
The master lawsuit blamed “a series of cascading failures” by Los Angeles, LADWP, California and the state parks department.
Plaintiffs also accused public agencies of using a “campaign of misinformation and misrepresentations” to “conceal their responsibility.”
“Indeed, it appears that LADWP and the City were more worried about protecting their image and economic interests than on protecting the residents of Pacific Palisades,” lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote.
Bass, who is facing a bruising reelection fight, has previously acknowledged that her own family was touched by the Palisades disaster.
“The loss that you’re going through, I share indirectly. It’s hit my family too,” she told residents during a January 2025 meeting with the Pacific Palisades Community Council, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“My brother, who has lived in Malibu for 40 years, been through many fires, evacuated many times — this time didn’t get away,” Bass added.
The subject became less welcome on the campaign trail. At one campaign event, questions about her brother’s lawsuit kept coming.
“We’re not talking about that!” an aide pushed back as the questions continued.
Pratt’s attacks have only sharpened since the mayoral primary left him outside the runoff and sent Bass and Nithya Raman forward.
In a video posted after his loss, Pratt said families like his were still living with the consequences of city leadership.
“Hope you sleep well at night over the next five months, because you know who hasn’t slept well at all for the last 17 months? My mom. All my neighbors in the Palisades,” Pratt said.
His three-minute “Saving LA – Phase III” clip framed the next stage as a fight against “the machine.”
“I got in this to expose this corrupt machine,” Pratt says at the beginning of the video. “I don’t have the campaign laws hamstringing me now. It’s war.”
The ex-candidate then hinted that his post-primary campaign would include a secret recording aimed at one of the remaining candidates.
“Go ahead and pick your demon, certify your choice, and then you get to see it,” he said.
“So Karen and Nithya, ask yourself, is it possible that one of your employees may have a recording of you doing or saying something that would force you to resign in disgrace? I hope you sleep well over the next five months.”
The video cut through a grim montage of Los Angeles blight, from graffiti and garbage to drug activity, fire scars and shuttered storefronts.
“Angelenos are now stuck with two morons responsible for all of their problems, and they have to choose between dumb and dumber,” Pratt said. “That’s not a choice. That’s the machine protecting the machine.”
With roughly 98% of votes counted, Bass stood at 34.3%, Raman at 28.9% and Pratt at 25.5%.
Pratt, a Republican, vowed to keep attacking both Democrats through the runoff.
“I’m going to be lighting you up every single day,” Pratt promised.
“My goal hasn’t changed. I’ve been laser-focused on stopping these commie animals, and I will stop them.”