00:00One year ago, the Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles was just beginning to spread.
00:07It would grow into one of the region's most destructive wildfires, charring nearly 7,000 homes and buildings and killing a dozen people.
00:16Now, one of the people who lost everything is entering the political arena.
00:20Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, whose home was gutted by flames, is running for mayor of Los Angeles,
00:27launching his campaign on the anniversary of the fire.
00:30He says the city's painfully slow rebuilding process pushed him to act.
00:34Pratt, who is married to actress Heidi Montag, documented the destruction of their Santa Monica area home as the fire tore through the neighborhood.
00:42Since then, he has become an outspoken critic of the response and the red tape surrounding recovery efforts,
00:49pointing blame at both California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
00:54Despite record-breaking cleanup by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers,
00:59and despite nearly $4 billion in loans approved by the SBA,
01:04most fire victims cannot rebuild due to building permits and city regulations.
01:11This isn't just a political failure. It's a moral one.
01:15And I have realized that the city I love is being managed into the ground by people who don't have the courage to actually lead.
01:25Pratt and Montag rose to fame on reality shows, including The Hills,
01:29I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, and the U.K. version of Celebrity Big Brother.
01:34The Los Angeles mayoral primary is set for June.
01:37Mayor Bass and more than a dozen other candidates are already in the race.
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