{"id":10488,"date":"2026-05-21T00:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2026-05-21T00:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:52:29","slug":"spencer-pratt-trades-the-debate-stage-for-bbq-in-south-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10488","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt trades the debate stage for BBQ in South LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Spencer Pratt traded campaign speeches for barbecue smoke Wednesday, setting up in South Los Angeles as the mayoral hopeful made another food-fueled campaign stop centered on neighborhood concerns and conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 100 people rotated through the event at any given time, a mix of local residents and supporters who drove across Los Angeles to see the former reality television personality turned mayoral candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Guests were served pulled pork, street corn and barbecue baked beans before cooling off with ice cream from the Goodies Truck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spencer Pratt speaks with residents and supporters during a South Los Angeles campaign barbecue Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rather than taking questions from media, Pratt spent much of his time moving through the crowd and listening as residents raised concerns about homelessness, public safety, cleanliness and frustration with City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Among those attending was Juan Naula, known across Los Angeles as the \u201cClean With Me\u201d social media creator, who documents volunteer cleanups throughout the city.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Naula said he moved to California from Virginia about 16 months ago and was stunned by conditions he encountered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Guests line up at the Goodies Truck for ice cream during a South Los Angeles campaign barbecue Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was driving all around the city and saw so much trash,\u201d Naula said. \u201cWhen you live outside California, you don\u2019t hear these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five weeks after arriving, Naula said he started organizing cleanups himself. Naula said meetings with city officials initially left him optimistic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Cali - Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey told me they were going to help and support me,\u201d he said. \u201cThen they disappeared. We\u2019ve sent 40 or 50 emails.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spencer Pratt spent much of the afternoon talking with attendees about homelessness, public safety and neighborhood concerns. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>LA Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt at a block party. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The event also drew Jonathan and Victoria Parker, founders of Starts With One Today, a nonprofit operating in South Los Angeles and Skid Row.<\/p>\n<p>The organization began in December 2020 during the pandemic and now serves between 300 and 500 people during weekly Sunday outreach events while also operating one of the largest animal rescue programs in Skid Row.<\/p>\n<p>Their work, she said, grew out of personal experience.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong>Opinion <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: Download here!<br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy dad spent most of his life on Skid Row,\u201d Victoria said. \u201cHe had housing, he had harm reduction programs, and he still overdosed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That experience shaped her view of the city\u2019s homelessness crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople think homelessness is just housing,\u201d Parker said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just housing. You\u2019ve got to have treatment, programs and life skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sara Barahman, who runs the Instagram page Persians4Pratt, attends Spencer Pratt\u2019s South Los Angeles campaign event Wednesday and voiced support for the mayoral candidate. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parker said despite years of outreach work, Starts With One Today has never received city grants or financial support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone thinks we\u2019re government funded because they see all the work we do,\u201d Parker said. \u201cWe\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sara Barahman, who runs the Instagram account Persians4Pratt, traveled to the event to show support for Pratt\u2019s campaign. Barahman said concerns over public safety and the direction of Los Angeles were among the reasons she became involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re supporting Spencer Pratt because he\u2019s the only sane choice,\u201d Barahman said. \u201cHe\u2019s our last choice to save Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spencer Pratt greets residents and supporters during a South Los Angeles campaign barbecue Wednesday as roughly 100 people cycled through the community gathering. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barahman said she believes frustration with city leadership has become a driving force among some Pratt supporters, particularly around homelessness and quality-of-life issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are tired of hearing promises,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople want to actually see things change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others attending Wednesday\u2019s event included residents who said they had followed Pratt online before deciding to see him in person. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Guests loaded up plates with pulled pork, street corn and barbecue baked beans during a South Los Angeles campaign cookout Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The event itself was hosted at one of approximately 70 properties owned by Adrian Mallard, who said his children attended school with Pratt and that he also lost his home in the Palisades fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a real person who cares about this city and I know he\u2019ll bring change,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayoral race now enters its final stretch before the June 2 primary election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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