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Spencer Pratt fires up the grill and his campaign in South LA

Nypost · · 671 words · By Jamie Paige
City Government Inefficiency Homelessness and Public Safety Political Campaigning
open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/spencer-pratt-trades-the-debate-stage-for-…

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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“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”
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Multiple web search results confirm Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles and has held campaign events, specifically mentioning his attacks on grilling bans and his campaign activities.
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web search NEUTRAL — Spencer Pratt LA mayor campaign event.Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles. (Gilbert Flores / Getty Images). Pratt's mayoral campaign has come under scrutiny as he fields various accusati…
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/spencer-pratt-dubs-fre…
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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt blasted Nithya Raman’s proposal to ban backyard grilling over wildfires that state Dems have made worse.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/pratt-roasts-nithya-raman-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pratt has repeatedly attacked what he calls Los Angeles’ “homeless industrial complex,” arguing that taxpayers have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into programs that have produced little visib…
https://redrightdaily.com/brilliant-new-spencer-pratt-ad-is-…
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“Roughly 100 people rotated through the event at any given time”
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While evidence confirms Pratt is running for mayor and holding events, there is no independent corroboration of the specific attendance number (100 people) from the provided search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest coun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Palisades Fire was a highly destructive wildfire that began in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County on January 7, 2025, and grew to destroy large areas of Pacific Palisades, Topanga, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisades_Fire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hills is an American reality television series that aired for six seasons on MTV from May 31, 2006, until July 13, 2010. Developed as a spin-off of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, the series…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hills_(TV_series)
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“Juan Naula, known across Los Angeles as the “Clean With Me” social media creator, who documents volunteer cleanups throughout the city”
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Multiple independent sources (NBC Los Angeles, FOX 11, and other reports) confirm Juan Naula is a social media creator/nonprofit founder known for cleaning up trash in Los Angeles.
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web search NEUTRAL — Juan Naula is using social media to get the word out and invite people to clean up their neighborhoods.As soon Juan Naula, an Ecuador native, moved from Virginia to Southern California last October, h…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/new-angeleno-starts…
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web search NEUTRAL — Juan Naula, a Los Angeles resident, quit his full-time job to volunteer as a trash collector, highlighting the city's shortcomings in sanitation services.
https://www.foxla.com/news/los-angeles-man-quits-job-clean-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Good Samaritan who cleans up the streets of Los Angeles found a couple living inside hollow bridge pillars.Juan Naula, who runs a non-profit to pick up trash across the city, found the couple living…
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/good-samaritan-juan-n…
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“Naula said he moved to California from Virginia about 16 months ago”
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Multiple sources confirm Juan Naula moved to Los Angeles from Virginia, with one source specifically mentioning he moved 'last October', which aligns with the 'about 16 months ago' timeframe depending on the article date.
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web search NEUTRAL — Juan Naula moved to L.A. from Virginia late last year in hopes of finding funding for his ride-sharing start-up, but things didn’t go according to plan. He was running out of money — and hope — when h…
https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=164590
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web search NEUTRAL — Juan Naula fumed to The Post. Juan Naula of "Clean L.A. With Me" stands in front of several black trash bags.Naula moved to LA from Virginia to seek financing for his tech start up, but when he saw Ma…
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/us-news/la-do-gooder-claims-he…
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web search NEUTRAL — Naula did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment. Illegal dumping, including piles of construction debris and even hazardous waste, has grown exponentially across the ci…
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/08/los-angeles-karen-bass-tr…
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“The event also drew Jonathan and Victoria Parker, founders of Starts With One Today, a nonprofit operating in South Los Angeles and Skid Row.”
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Independent sources (IBTimes UK and FOX 11) confirm Victoria Parker as a co-founder of the nonprofit 'Starts With One Today' operating in Skid Row.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dark Shadows is an American Gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The series depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins (1996), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Titus (1999), Bend…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Rhys_Meyers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dark Shadows is an American Gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. A total of 1,225 actual episodes were produced, but du…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dark_Shadows_episodes
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“The organization began in December 2020 during the pandemic”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results (Russian TV shows, Wordle hints) and does not mention the founding date of 'Starts With One Today'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Учительница _ A Teacher (TV Series 2020) S01E10. 21,8 тыс просмотров. Видео с возрастным ограничением.Бюро Находок _ Lost and Found - Shortlasting silence (2005). 20:23.
https://vk.com/video-176526271_456241985
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web search NEUTRAL — Выпуск от 10.04.2020. 57-летняя Ольга Щербинина заранее знает точную дату своей смерти – 6 июня 2020 года. В этот день лежачую пенсионерку по суду выселят на улицу, где она физически не сможет выжить.
https://rutube.ru/video/fd9bd30d5324ff8c301be0d3faf2a66f/
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web search NEUTRAL — Find out what today's Wordle hint and answer are for game #1,787, May 11, and get some hints for it. You might need them!
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/what-is-todays-wordle-answer
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“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.”
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A TikTok source from the organization confirms they serve the homeless on Sundays in Skid Row, and other sources confirm their animal rescue work in the same area.
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web search NEUTRAL — Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles
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web search NEUTRAL — Starts With One Today. Our annual “Say Thanks With Shoes” drive is in full effect! Help us reach 2000 pairs of shoes for the month of November. DROP OFF: Sundays 830-1030am corner of 5th and Towne Ave…
https://www.tiktok.com/@startswithonetoday/video/73147108606…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dear Lottery provides today’s numbers and an easy daily chart with quick access to the day’s PDF. Use it as a fast cross-check, then rely on the official notice published here for final confirmation. …
https://nagalandstatelottery.in/
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“Starts With One Today has never received city grants or financial support.”
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The provided search results discuss other nonprofits (Mission Africa, ESuarve) and grants, but provide no information regarding the financial history or city grants of 'Starts With One Today'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Federal Way-based nonprofit Mission Africa has been left scrambling to make up for over $300,000 of promised reimbursement from a grant the state failed to pay.
https://www.bellevuereporter.com/2026/05/13/nonprofit-left-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Today, Travis has a job in the psych ward of a hospital and just moved into his own rented home. “ESuarve changed my life around,” says Travis, who celebrated his 19th birthday this past April. “Strai…
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/digital-transform…
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web search NEUTRAL — GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A Georgetown nonprofit said it recently received a $164,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association. A Gift Of Time offers a break for spouses and family members who care for…
https://www.kxan.com/news/simplehealth/georgetown-nonprofit-…
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“Sara Barahman, who runs the Instagram account Persians4Pratt”
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No evidence was found in the search results for Sara Barahman or the account Persians4Pratt.
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“The event itself was hosted at one of approximately 70 properties owned by Adrian Mallard”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding Adrian Mallard or his property holdings.
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“he [Adrian Mallard] also lost his home in the Palisades fire.”
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“The mayoral race now enters its final stretch before the June 2 primary election.”
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