Interview, Fireside Chat
Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
- Spencer Pratt anticipates serving an eight-year term as mayor before returning to private life, with a prediction that failure to win the election will result in an "existential decline" and "invasion" forcing residents to leave.
- Pratt plans to enforce existing laws within the first three weeks to eliminate public nudity, drug use, robbery, and animal abuse, expecting that subsequent safety measures over a three to eight-week period will cause individuals involved in criminal activity or addiction to leave the city voluntarily.
- To achieve safety and infrastructure improvements, Pratt intends to hire a deputy mayor for law enforcement, recruit CEOs with multi-billion dollar budget experience, utilize AI to auto-approve zoning and permitting, and bring in talent managing functioning water and power systems from other US cities.
- Pratt predicts sanitation costs could be reduced from $1 billion to $500 million, building permits for small businesses like bodegas could be auto-stamped, and 311 services could resolve potholes and road issues within one year.
- Financial projections include restoring law enforcement and firefighter funding to prevent relocation, cutting union budgets if necessary for sustainability, securing a potential $500 million anonymous donation from a family that previously donated $300 million to New York, and generating $15 billion in construction activity through streamlined permitting.
- Pratt expects to rebuild fire suppression infrastructure by connecting helicopter dip sites to private water sources to restore property insurance, reduce fire costs, and prevent the loss of insurance companies to California.
- Regarding housing and development, Pratt plans to build affordable housing at $250 per square foot (down from $750), utilize 3D printing and Art Deco architecture to replace high-density structures, and convert empty buildings used by drugged individuals into commercial spaces.
- Pratt intends to revitalize the Hollywood industry by reducing film fees and fighting for uncapped post-production taxes to keep production in Los Angeles, while also prioritizing independent filmmakers and predicting the city could become a global hub for tech, drones, and robots.
- The plan includes restoring Metro ridership to 15% to match the 15% of the budget currently allocated to it, fixing "red tape" to allow infrastructure projects like airstream connections within weeks, and getting streetlights working.
- Pratt plans to audit all NGOs, stop the "Section Eight scam" to prioritize veterans and families, and eliminate the "culturally insensitive" policy of not citing people without addresses.
- Political objectives involve removing DSA-affiliated council members over the next four years, ensuring they are never reelected, stopping "vote cooking," and preventing squatters from remaining in properties.
- For addiction and social services, Pratt plans to construct a separate "forward operating base" compound with a natural setting for addicts and build facilities to house addicts separately from veterans and single mothers.
- Pratt predicts that if the city becomes safe and builds with "beautiful architecture," it will become the number one city in the world, attracting independent artists to produce higher-quality work and becoming the "Silicon Valley of the world."