Mayor Bass's team is dismissing this as sour grapes from a political rival who can't handle her legitimate grassroots support. The spin is clear: Spencer Pratt is jealous, desperate, and grasping at straws while the mayor runs a clean, above-board campaign.
Insiders say Spencer has been laser-focused on Bass ever since she publicly questioned his own mayoral candidacy earlier this year. Sources close to both campaigns confirm there's bad blood dating back to a heated exchange at a community event in March. This isn't just political theater β Pratt is reportedly spending significant personal funds on this investigation effort.
JosuΓ© 'Josh' Marcus from the City Clerk's Office confirmed to TMZ on May 27, 2026: 'After review, our practice is to refer these allegations to the Los Angeles Police Department for further investigation.' The June 2 primary election is the target date. California law prohibits campaigning within 100 feet of polling locations.
Spencer Pratt just turned a political grudge match into an actual police matter β and whether you love him or hate him, you can't say the man doesn't follow through. The LAPD now has to decide if LA's sitting mayor broke election law, and that's a scandal nobody saw coming when Spencer was crying on 'Survivor.'
Spencer Pratt has officially escalated his ongoing feud with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass β and this time, actual cops are involved. TMZ has learned that the City Clerk's Office has formally referred Spencer's ballot box complaint to the Los Angeles Police Department for further investigation. The move comes after the reality TV star accused Mayor Bass of campaigning too close to ballot drop-off locations in one of her recent campaign videos, potentially violating election law.
JosuΓ© "Josh" Marcus from the City Clerk's Office spoke with TMZ on Tuesday (May 27, 2026), confirming they've reviewed Spencer's official complaint and made the referral. 'After review, our practice is to refer these allegations to the Los Angeles Police Department for further investigation, which we will do for this and any new allegations,' Marcus said. The City Clerk's Office has also forwarded the complaint to the L.A.
County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office β the body that administers the city's elections, including the upcoming June 2 primary. The core of Spencer's beef? He's alleging Bass posted campaign material too close to actual ballot dropboxes during early voting periods.
California law strictly prohibits any candidate campaigning within 100 feet of polling locations or drop boxes β and if Pratt's accusations hold water, that's a serious violation for an incumbent mayor seeking re-election. Spencer filed his formal complaint after Bass shared videos and photos showing campaign signs, supporters encouraging people to vote for her, and most damningly β clear images of a ballot dropbox in the background. The visual evidence is what has Pratt convinced there's a case here.
Bass's campaign camp fired back hard when reached for comment, dismissing Pratt as someone who's simply upset that she has 'real supporters' rather than 'A.I. bots.' It's a pointed jab at Pratt's own controversial mayoral campaign β one that many political observers have questioned from the start. Whether this goes anywhere legally remains to be seen, but one thing's certain: Spencer Pratt isn't backing down quietly. The man who first found fame crying on 'Survivor' has now dragged LA's sitting mayor into a police investigation just weeks before a critical primary election. That's not nothing.
