Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral candidate eligibility questioned after move to Santa Barbara County following Palisades Fire

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt resides in Santa Barbara County after dropping his house within the Palisades Fire, main some critics to query his eligibility to run for workplace in L.A.

The City Clerk’s Office says candidates have been required to be registered to vote in L.A. and be residents of town by Jan. 3, according to a report from the L.A. Times.

Pratt says he has been residing at his father’s rental house in Carpinteria, about 12 miles south of Santa Barbara, however his burned-out lot remains to be his authorized residence.

According to the L.A. Times report, Pratt and his spouse, actuality star and singer Heidi Pratt, each listed a Carpinteria tackle linked to Pratt’s dad and mom on their voter registrations. Pratt listed it as his mailing tackle, whereas Heidi listed it as her mailing tackle and residence.

In a video posted to social media on Monday, Pratt mentioned he determined to run for mayor three months in the past and wasn’t fascinated about what zip code he wanted to keep in so as to run for mayor.

“I wasn’t thinking, ‘I really need to make sure I stay in this ZIP Code in case I run for mayor,'” he mentioned within the video.

He added that he moved a trailer onto his Palisades lot and is ready for it to be linked to energy.

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Pratt introduced his run for L.A. mayor on the anniversary of the Palisades Fire in January, which destroyed his house. He is working his marketing campaign with a concentrate on criticizing town authorities’s response to the hearth that destroyed his house.

He rose to fame in 2007 when he started courting “The Hills” solid member Heidi Montag, and finally turned an everyday on the collection. The couple married the following 12 months, they usually have two kids.

The couple has additionally appeared on reveals together with “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here” and the British model of “Celebrity Big Brother.”