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A former reality TV star who lost his home in January California Wildfire accused Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) of delaying reconstruction efforts at a press conference Wednesday.
Spencer Pratt Palisade fires In January. Since then, he has launched a social media campaign against Newsom and Bass, accusing them of mismanagement, corruption and “criminal negligence” in their responses.
On Wednesday, Pratt joined Kelly Loeffler, a U.S. small business executive, and local business owner Luke Melchior, for a press conference and visited a destroyed property near Pacific Palisades. The site’s reconstruction permit lasted five months after the Palisades and Eaton Fires destroyed an estimated 16,000 buildings in January.
In Senator Rick Scott, R-FLA. Conducted a congressional investigation Pratt told reporters that the issue should not be political, saying he was pleased that local officials were held accountable.
Spencer Pratt recruited Sen. Rick Scott’s federal investigation into California wildfire response
Spencer Pratt watched wildfires as he approached his house in Pacific Palisades, California, criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for managing the restoration efforts. (Mega/GC Images/Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
“When people think, ‘How do you think of the congressional investigation by Republican senators on Palisade?’ I’m glad someone is investigating why someone pays nearly $700 million in taxes to those employees and is not being questioned in front of every judge, jury, investigator, police, sheriff, detective,” Pratt said.
He added: “No Democratic senator asked me to visit my parents’ burnt, all my friends and community were burned a lot. So if they had one, I would go to Washington with them.”
Thanks Loeffler Pratt said for his leadership that he encouraged other residents to speak out.
She said that despite $3.2 billion in federal aid distributed by the SBA alone, homeowners and businesses were unable to rebuild due to “the breeding of California bureaucrats.”
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Kelly Loeffler, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of abandoning wildfire victims’ bureaucracy when they visited Palisades on September 8, 2025. (Reuters/Dustin Conference Hall)
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Lofler said the Trump administration has provided support to victims of wildfires since Donald Trump met with local officials in the first week of the second week.
Lofle is Press release. “They have to stop making excuses, clearing the backlog of permits and fulfilling their commitments to get these communities to rebuild what they need immediately.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown commercial district of Pacific Palisades, as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Eric Thayer/Getty image)
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In January, Pratt and Montag Prosecuting the city Los Angeles and the destruction of the water and power sector.
“Hill” alumni filed a lawsuit with 20 other property owners, accusing the city and utilities of causing damage.
In response to a request for comment from Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the Newsom office pointed his finger at the Trump administration and regarded Loeffler’s visit as a “photo OP.”
If she wants to really help, she can start speeding up loan approvals, fighting for real Congress, and explain why economic harm disaster loan losses are less ‘express’ and more like waiting for the next ice age. Until then, Angelenos will have to do a lot of margin, maybe Loeffler’s photography, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe some ideas,” some ideas.
The Bass Office did not return a request for comment.
Fox News’s Ashley Hume contributed to the report.
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