Arnold Schwarzenegger is opening doors for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman ... bringing her face-to-face with some of the city's biggest power players, TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge tell us Schwarzenegger hosted an off-the-record meeting at his L.A. office last week, where leaders in Hollywood, business and nonprofits could ask Raman anything they wanted.
We're told some of the attendees were shocked the former Republican governor would host Raman, a democratic socialist. But after hearing her pitch for tackling L.A.'s problems, some who came in skeptical walked away impressed.
Jason Oppenheim is making a wager with L.A. mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman ... it's not about closing a real estate deal ... but it does have to do with putting people in homes.
The Oppenheim Group honcho sat down with Nithya to discuss the way she's handled homelessness in her district while on the city council ... and he wants her to take things further if she ends up in the mayor's office.
Jason challenged Nithya to slash homelessness in half by the 2028 Olympics ... saying she can ring his big ol' bell if she can pull it off.
While it may not have worked out for Spencer Pratt, Mauricio Umansky says he might throw his hat in the ring to be mayor of Los Angeles ... somewhere down the line.
Kyle Richards' ex thinks he could have what it takes to "make L.A. great again" ... adding himself to the growing list of reality TV stars attempting to hold political office ... in town and beyond.
Mauricio said on Monday's episode of the "Money Rehab" podcast ... "I'm not running for mayor yet. I never said never."
He tells host Nicole Lapin he's "thought about it a lot," but doesn't think now is the right time.
Spencer Pratt's out of the Los Angeles mayor's race ... but he's not fading quietly into the abyss ... instead, he's threatening to take down one of the other candidates for mayor ... and he says he has a shocking recording that will make one of them resign.
The reality TV star makes the shocking claim in a new social media post ... a 3-minute clip where he vows his war against corrupt politicians in L.A. is only just beginning, even though his mayoral campaign is over.
Spencer says he has a recording he was saving for the general election, but now that he hasn't advanced ... he says he's going to wait to share it until after Nithya Raman or Karen Bass wins.
He claims the video shows one of the "exalted candidates doing and saying something that would make her resign in shame." He also hints it may have been recorded by one of their staff members.
Karen Bass' own brother is now among those taking legal action over the devastating Palisades Fire ... he's suing the City of Los Angeles after the blaze reduced his Malibu home to ashes.
Kenneth Bass -- the L.A. mayor's brother -- and his wife joined a massive wildfire lawsuit last month ... alleging they suffered smoke inhalation injuries, emotional distress and other damages after the January 2025 blaze destroyed their longtime Malibu property.
According to court filings, first reported by L.A. Material, Kenneth and Cindy Bass are among a group of residents seeking compensation from a long list of defendants. The couple's home was listed in the lawsuit as a "total burn down."
8:57 AM PT --Spencer Pratt hit back at Jimmy Kimmel on X -- saying, "Jimmy Kimmel i guess you missed the part of the story i don’t need a U-Haul … I have nothing left to pack."
Jimmy Kimmel is doing some major trolling of Spencer Pratt after Spencer lost the Los Angeles mayoral race ... renting a U-Haul for the former reality star to drive him out of town for good!
Jimmy did his Spencer-bashing routine during the opening monologue of his Tuesday late-night show -- and the host didn't pull a single punch.
Check out the video ... Jimmy starts off by bringing up that Spencer promised to move out of L.A. if he lost to incumbent mayor Karen Bass and city council member Nithya Raman.
Spencer Pratt's Los Angeles mayoral dream won't come true this year ... because he finished third in the primary election and won't advance to the runoff.
Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilwoman Nithya Raman won more of the vote than Pratt ... meaning the two will go head to head in the general election on November 3.
Now that 92.5% of the expected votes have been counted, Bass remains in the lead with 34.3% while Raman earned 28.5% of the vote compared to Pratt sitting at 25.8% ... according NBC.
President Trump is raising hell over Spencer Pratt's mayoral bid ... arguing the former reality TV star couldn't have legitimately fallen to third place.
POTUS unloaded on Truth Social Monday after new vote totals showed Pratt slipping out of runoff-advancing position in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Trump called the result impossible, blasted the city's election process and declared a "rigged" election.
Trump's frustration stems from Pratt's dramatic reversal in the days since Election Night.
As we previously reported, the former 'Hills' star spent much of the campaign emerging as one of Mayor Karen Bass' biggest challengers, even topping her in fundraisingduring parts of the race.
When the first wave of results rolled in, it looked like Pratt would be advancing to the runoff ... he was running second behind Bass. But as more ballots are counted and results slowly trickle in, City Councilmember NithyaRamanhas surged past him, knocking Pratt into third place. The top two advance to November's runoff election.
Spencer Pratt is close to securing political success and advancing to the L.A. mayoral runoff election -- though he would still have one more challenge to face.
So far, the reality star has won 30.4% of the vote as of early Wednesday morning ... putting him in second place in the primary election behind his arch nemesis, Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.
Bass has so far raked in 34.8% of the vote to put her in first place, earning her a spot in the general election on November 3 in Los Angeles. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman is currently in third place with 22.3% of the primary vote.
Spencer Pratt is firing back at folks who think he's bad with money ... and he's defending his much younger self for blowing through $10 million.
Spencer was on the "No Jumper" podcast when he took aim at critics bashing him for spending his own money back in the day ... saying every dollar he spent came from his "The Hills" paydays.
Spencer's running for Los Angeles mayor at 42 ... but when he was in his 20s, he says his life goals were much different ... get rich, get famous, and build an empire like Kim Kardashian.
Spencer says he never expected the reality TV gravy train to come to a screeching halt, so he wasn't treating the money like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Plus, as he points out, he wasn't spending anyone else's money but his own ... and definitely wasn't touching taxpayer dollars.
Jonathan Cheban is riding hard for Spencer Pratt's mayoral bid ... and things got so chaotic when TMZ ran into him Monday, it ended with a stranger flashing him in the middle of Beverly Hills.
Check out the video ... Kim Kardashian's longtime pal Jonathan -- better known as FoodGod -- didn't mince words Monday when we asked about Karen Bass' swipe earlier in the day at Pratt'sreality TV roots. Cheban argues Spencer could breathe new life into Los Angeles and even claims he'd consider moving back to the city if Pratt somehow pulls off the upset.
But before he could fully make his case, a passerby jumped into the conversation with an unrelated rant ... and that's when the interview took a sharp left turn.
Los Angeles MayorKaren Bassisn't pulling any punches on the eve of Election Day ... taking direct aim at challenger Spencer Prattand questioning whether the reality star has ever held a job outside of being on TV.
We got the mayor Monday at Pann's Restaurant, where she framed the mayoral race as a choice between governing experience and reality TV fame.
Bass rattles off what she considers key accomplishments from her time in office before brushing off Pratt as a "reality TV star villain" who doesn't understand how city government operates.
The mayor also seemed to draw a comparison between Pratt and President Trump ... arguing celebrity status alone isn't a qualification for public office.
Spencer Pratt's allegation about Mayor Karen Bassbreaking the law in one of her campaign videos could lead to a police investigation ... TMZ has learned.
Josué "Josh" Marcus with the City Clerk's Office tells TMZ they've seen Spencer's official complaint, and ... "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."
Basically, the City Clerk's Office is putting the ball in LAPD's court ... asking the city's police force to decide whether the city's mayor committed electioneering in her latest campaign vid.
Spencer Pratt's mayoral campaign just scored a shocking endorsement -- from someone who once called voting for him "stupidity" ... his own sister, Stephanie Pratt.
Stephanie's now she's doing a full-on political U-turn ... admitted she was the first person telling voters they were idiots if they backed her brother, before confessing, "Wow, was I wrong."
She told Vanity Fair Spencer's been grinding nonstop since the L.A. fires -- claiming "he has spent every day since the fires, finding the facts, the mistakes, the negligence and uncovering the truth that they never wanted us to know."
Spencer Pratt's run for L.A. mayor has people throwing around Donald Trump political comparisons -- but Spencer's making it crystal clear ... he's not riding that wave.
In a new profile, Spencer went all-in defending his love of Mexican culture -- noting he's probably eaten more Mexican food than any white guy in Los Angeles, claiming he's been hitting it around three times a week for the last decade.
The reality star turned mayor hopeful made the comments to Vanity Fair while weighing in on federal immigration enforcement -- saying he doesn't support ICE or the raids happening across the city.
11:23 AM PT --Karen Bass's campaign spokesperson, Alex Stack, tells TMZ ... “Spencer is just mad that his supporters are A.I. cartoons and we have real Angelenos. We follow the rules.”
Spencer Pratt is escalating his war with Karen Bass ... accusing the Los Angeles mayor of illegally electioneering near ballot boxes.
The mayoral candidate alleges Bass crossed a legal line by campaigning too close to ballot drop boxes during early voting in L.A. ... accusing her of soliciting votes and promoting her campaign within 100 feet of polling locations.
According to the complaint, Bass allegedly documented the whole thing herself on social media ... posting videos and photos showing campaign signs, ballot drop-offs and supporters encouraging people to vote for her.
