\u201cI think this brings up the question as to whether Spencer Pratt can satisfy the residency requirement required under the charter to be elected mayor,\u201d said Jessica Levinson, professor of law at Loyola Marymount University.<\/p>\n
Pratt and his campaign staff didn\u2019t respond to repeated inquiries from The Times since last week over his residency. <\/p>\n
On Monday, Pratt posted a video on X <\/a>acknowledging that he has been living at his father\u2019s rental home in Carpinteria, about 12 miles south of Santa Barbara, since losing his home in the Palisades fire. <\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking, \u2018I really need to make sure I stay in this ZIP Code in case I run for mayor,\u2019\u201d Pratt said in the video. <\/p>\n Pratt added that his burned-out lot is still his legal residence and that he recently moved an Airstream trailer to the Palisades lot where he now plans to live. <\/p>\n Pratt and his wife, the reality star and singer Heidi Pratt, both listed a Carpinteria address linked to Pratt\u2019s parents on voter registrations. Pratt listed it as his mailing address, while Heidi listed it as her mailing address and residence. <\/p>\n \u201cWe see him frequently. Every month or every other week,\u201d said Samantha Smith, the manager of Delgado\u2019s Mexican Restaurant, which is half a mile from Pratt\u2019s parents\u2019 house. <\/p>\n Spencer Pratt sits at the site of his former home, which burned down in the 2025 Palisades fire.<\/p>\n (Eric Thayer \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n Pratt goes to the restaurant often enough that Smith said his favorite order is crispy tacos and guacamole, and that he prefers the tequila brand Komos. <\/p>\n Other customers at the Carpinteria restaurant approach Pratt sometimes and congratulate him on his run for mayor in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited for him,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n Pratt is a registered Republican and former reality television star made famous by his role on \u201cThe Hills.\u201d Since losing his home in the Palisades fire, he has grown his social media fame as a frequent detractor of Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s management of the blaze and its aftermath. He announced his run for mayor<\/a> on the first anniversary of the fire. <\/p>\n A poll by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs released last week had Pratt in second place behind Bass in the primary election, with 40% of voters still undecided. The top two vote-getters in the primary will compete in the Nov. 3 general election unless one candidate wins a majority in June. <\/p>\n Campaign aides to Bass and Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, who placed third in the UCLA poll, declined to comment. <\/p>\n Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt\u2019s mailing address is a house in the Sandyland Cove community in Carpinteria, Calif.<\/p>\n (Myung J. Chun \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n Loyola Marymount\u2019s Levinson said that rival campaigns might be hesitant to file a suit challenging Pratt\u2019s eligibility. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is a political question: Would it look like you\u2019re beating up on somebody who lost their home in a fire?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n Even so, Pratt\u2019s decision to live outside of Los Angeles represents a disconnect with his campaign platform, which has criticized the city\u2019s response to the fire, said Maryam Zar, the founder and president of the Palisades Recovery Coalition. <\/p>\n \u201cHe is drawing on this sense of urgency to rebuild. If you\u2019re not here and not urgently trying to come back, it sort of detracts from that messaging,\u201d said Zar, who briefly flirted with the idea of running for mayor<\/a> herself.<\/p>\n The Los Angeles city clerk declined to provide information on Pratt\u2019s residence, saying that candidates\u2019 addresses are confirmed when they file, but can remain confidential.<\/p>\n Voter data records provided to The Times by the political data firm PDI showed that Pratt listed his Palisades address as his residence, but a beachside Carpinteria address as his mailing address. Santa Barbara real estate records show the house was owned by Pratt\u2019s father.<\/p>\n Michael Sanchez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder\/county clerk, said that Heidi Pratt was registered to vote in Santa Barbara County.<\/p>\n The records lined up with statements the Pratts have made to the media. <\/p>\n Following the fires, they told outlets that the family had moved closer to Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n \u201cSanta Barbara is very cool,\u201d Spencer Pratt told Parade<\/a> in June. <\/p>\n![\"Spencer](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775529020_676_.jpeg\")
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