Karen Bass let the Palisades burn and then rewrote the report that proved it.
Now she's so terrified of Spencer Pratt she's running a vote scam to steal the election.
Pratt just went on camera and exposed exactly how she's doing it – and what he found should end her political career.
Karen Bass and Nithya Raman Colluding in the 2026 LA Mayor Race
Here's what happened.
Nithya Raman endorsed Karen Bass for reelection.
Then, hours before the candidate filing deadline on February 7, Raman "surprised" everyone by jumping into the mayor's race herself.
Pratt isn't buying the coincidence.
"Remember when Nithya shocked everyone and jumped into the mayor's race at the last minute?" Pratt said in a video that's now racking up views. "Inexplicably just days after endorsing Karen. Why would she do that? Why isn't Karen upset? Why do they never attack each other?"
His answer: they're working together.
"Because Karen saw that I was a serious threat. She made Nithya jump in the race to block me out from the number two slot."
In California's jungle primary, the top two finishers advance to a November runoff regardless of party. With 14 candidates on the ballot and 40% of voters still undecided, the math is brutal. A well-placed third candidate pulling votes from the same lane can keep a surging outsider out of the top two entirely.
That was the play. Raman splits the anti-Bass vote. Pratt gets squeezed out. Bass survives.
Spencer Pratt Surges Past Karen Bass in LA Mayor Polls
The problem for Karen Bass is that it isn't working.
Pratt has surged past her on prediction markets. Polymarket now has Pratt edging Bass at 20% to 19% – a staggering reversal from a race Bass expected to cruise through.
So Bass moved to Phase Two.
"You have Karen Bass operatives trying to trick you and steal back votes by telling you that if you want Spencer to win, you have to vote for Bass," Pratt said on camera.
The argument being pushed to Pratt supporters is a classic strategic voting trap: your guy can't win, so vote for someone else to stop a worse outcome.
Pratt is calling it what it is.
"You are being SCAMMED. Vote Pratt in the primary!"
Karen Bass Buried the Palisades Fire Report to Hide Her Failures
This is the same Karen Bass who ordered the Palisades Fire covered up.
After seeing an early draft of the LAFD's after-action report, Bass told then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva the unedited findings could expose the city to legal liability – and demanded key sections be removed or softened. Sources close to her staff told the Los Angeles Times that Bass withheld the working draft until the changes were made. Her own confidants admitted the alterations were a "bad idea" that could torpedo her politically.
She did it anyway.
By the time the public saw the report, 22 pages were gone, chapter titles had been rewritten, and the frank admission that firefighters were unprepared for a wind-driven fire had been swapped for language praising the department's "balanced" approach. The battalion chief who wrote the original report – Kenneth Cook – refused to sign the final version, calling the deletions "highly unprofessional and inconsistent with our established standards."
That fire killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 homes and structures, including Pratt's own.
Recovery has been painfully slow. Families who lost everything are still waiting while Bass campaigns for a second term she doesn't deserve.
This Is What Losing Looks Like in Democrat-Run LA
What Spencer Pratt is describing isn't a conspiracy theory. It's machine politics.
Incumbent insiders don't fight fair. They use every lever available – who files, who endorses, when endorsements drop, and how operatives work the phones in the final weeks. Bass has $3.7 million in total campaign funds. Pratt is running on grassroots momentum and a viral ad that's racked up more than 12 million views.
The establishment has resources. Pratt has the argument that Bass watched his neighborhood burn, then spent the next year managing the story instead of fixing the damage – and now Kamala Harris just showed up to endorse her. Two failed Democrats, one ticket.
That argument is landing. The prediction markets prove it.
Bass is running out of moves. She already tried burying the fire report. She already tried planting a spoiler candidate. Now she's trying to trick Pratt's own supporters into voting against him.
Every one of those plays is the move of a candidate who knows she's losing.
The June 2 primary is the only thing standing between Bass and accountability – and she knows it.
Sources:
- Eric Daugherty, "JUST IN: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt has CAUGHT Karen Bass COLLUDING with Nithya Raman in the election," X/@EricLDaugh, May 4, 2026.
- "Spencer Pratt's LA Mayor Ad Goes Viral – What Are His Chances of Winning?" Newsweek, May 1, 2026.
- "Spencer Pratt, Nithya Raman Lead Fundraising as LA Mayor's Race Tightens," Fox 11 Los Angeles, April 25, 2026.
- "Volatility Ahead in LA Mayor's Race; UCLA Luskin Poll Finds 40% of Voters Undecided," UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, April 3, 2026.
- "Sources: Karen Bass Pressured LAFD to Water Down Wildfire Disaster After-Action Report," Legal Insurrection, February 5, 2026.
- "Mayor Karen Bass Ordered Cover-Up of LA Fire Report," Frontpage Mag, February 5, 2026.
- "Spencer Pratt's Viral Campaign Ad Shakes Up Los Angeles Mayoral Race," Deseret News, May 1, 2026.
