Spencer Pratt puts forth 5-step plan to help ‘heavenly’ animals in LA: ‘Dog is just God backwards’

Nypost · May 30, 2026 · 691 words · By Ross O'Keefe

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Spencer Pratt puts forth 5-step plan to help ‘heavenly’ animals in LA: ‘Dog is just God backwards’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Spencer Pratt puts forth 5-step plan to help ‘heavenly’ animals in LA: ‘Dog is just God backwards’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on GoogleSpencer Pratt has a plan to treat the “heavenly” animals forgotten on the streets of Los Angeles with reverence if voters name him the city’s next mayor.

Common ground

Pratt released a nearly 10-minute video Saturday of his five-step plan to combat animal abuse.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Other top issues for Pratt include his advocacy for Palisades fire victims and his hope to clean up LA’s streets.”

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Web search results mention his focus on animal welfare and reference the destruction of homes by wildfires (Palisades fire context) and his general mission to improve the city.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 ... Dog is just God spelled backwards, and Spencer Pratt says he will treat the "heavenly" animals with reverence if voters name him Los ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/spencer-pratt-p…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2026 ... 7, 2026, in California. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS). Los Angeles voters watched as wildfire destroyed thousands of homes. They ...
https://www.governing.com/politics/reality-tv-villain-spence…

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web search NEUTRAL — This is not a campaign. It's a mission. Spencer Pratt is running for Mayor of Los Angeles - learn the issues, read the policies, and join Team Pratt.
https://mayorpratt.com/

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Claim 2: “Animal abuse in Skid Row is widespread, according to multiple reports, with allegations of dogs being used to test drugs for fentanyl or being sold for drugs”

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Multiple independent news sources (KTLA and others) report that dogs on Skid Row are being abused, neglected, and used to test drugs like fentanyl.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Skid Row Stabber is an American serial killer, responsible for the murders of 11 people in the Los Angeles neighborhood known as Skid Row, which is notorious for housing a huge number of homeless …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row_Stabber

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to peop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_row

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Claim 3: “Spencer Pratt has a plan to treat the “heavenly” animals forgotten on the streets of Los Angeles with reverence if voters name him the city’s next mayor.”

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Multiple web search results confirm Spencer Pratt is running for Mayor of Los Angeles and has a specific plan to treat 'heavenly' animals with reverence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spencer William Pratt (born August 14, 1983) is an American reality television personality. In 2007, he began dating Heidi Montag, a primary cast member of the reality television series The Hills and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Pratt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stephanie Lynn Pratt (born April 11, 1986) is an American television personality. In 2007, she came to prominence after being cast in a supporting role on the reality television series The Hills. In 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Pratt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election will be held on November 3, 2026 to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. A nonpartisan top-two primary was held on June 2, 2026. Incumbent mayor Karen Bass…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Los_Angeles_mayoral_elect…

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Claim 4: “The mayoral primary will take place on Tuesday next week.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific date of the mayoral primary relative to 'next week'.

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Claim 5: “A recent California Post-McLaughlin Associates poll placed Pratt first in the field with 30.1% support compared with 29.5% for Bass and 23.4% for socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman.”

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Multiple search results explicitly cite the California Post-McLaughlin & Associates poll with the exact figures: Pratt 30.1%, Bass 29.5%, and Raman 23.4%.

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web search NEUTRAL — Spencer William Pratt (born August 14, 1983) is an American reality television personality and candidate in the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election. In 2007, he began dating Heidi Montag, a primary cast…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Pratt

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web search NEUTRAL — Pratt leads Bass with 30.1 percent support, while Bass trails closely at 29.5 percent, effectively putting the two candidates in a statistical tie, according to a California Post poll conducted by McL…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/06/01/spencer…

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web search NEUTRAL — Emerson College poll: Bass 30%, Pratt 22%, Nithya Raman 19%.UCLA poll earlier in the spring: Bass 25%, Pratt 11%, Raman 9%.California Post/McLaughlin & Associates poll: Pratt 30.1%, Bass 29.5%, Raman …
https://trendsmask.com/spencer-pratt-polls-847273.html

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Claim 6: “Pratt’s final step to his plan aims to find animals’ homes. He hopes to emulate programs from other cities that pair abused dogs with prison inmates”

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One source links Pratt's plan to the concept of pairing dogs with inmates, and other general search results confirm that such programs exist for the rehabilitation of both dogs and inmates.

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web search NEUTRAL — Spencer Pratt has a plan to treat the “heavenly” animals forgotten on the streets of Los Angeles with reverence if voters name him the city’s next mayor. Pratt released a nearly 10-minute video Saturd…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/spencer-pratt-p…

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web search NEUTRAL — There is a program that pairs abused, neglected, or abandoned dogs with prison inmates for the rehabilitation of the dogs and the inmates.
https://twitter.com/UberFacts/status/408699504029081600

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web search NEUTRAL — There is a program that pairs abused, neglected or abandoned dogs with prison inmates for the rehabilitation of the dogs and the inmates.
https://www.inmateaid.com/strange-prison-facts

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Claim 7: “Pratt released a nearly 10-minute video Saturday of his five-step plan to combat animal abuse.”

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Web search results explicitly mention that Pratt released a nearly 10-minute video on a Saturday detailing a five-step plan to combat animal abuse.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Celebrity Big Brother 19, also known as Celebrity Big Brother: All-Stars vs. New Stars, is the nineteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Big_Brother_(British…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Spencer Stanhope (1787–1873) was an English landowner and antiquarian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spencer_Stanhope

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_ep…

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Claim 8: “The mayoral candidate says he will support volunteers like animal advocate Joey Tuccio, along with spay and neuter initiatives.”

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The evidence confirms Pratt's general appeal to animal advocates, but the specific mention of Joey Tuccio is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of contemporary (20th- and 21st-century) show business families.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_show_business_families

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Spencer Pratt and other candidates in L.A.'s primary election appealed to animal advocates, a group seen as being able to 'move the needle' ...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-14/pratt-do…

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · This position needs to be a candidate with the wherewithal of a full spectrum of animal welfare experience AND also government and rescue ...
https://www.facebook.com/latimes/posts/spencer-pratt-and-oth…

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Claim 9: “The registered Republican says he will task the Los Angeles Police Department with creating a PAWS (Protecting Animal Welfare and Safety) task force to enforce animal abuse laws in places like Skid Row.”

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While his candidacy and animal welfare focus are corroborated, the specific detail about the 'PAWS' task force and his Republican registration is not explicitly confirmed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In American television in 2025, notable events included television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and rebrandings; stations changing or adding their network affil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_American_television

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In January–February 2026, protests occurred throughout the United States in response to the shootings by immigration agents in the second Trump administration, most notably the killing of Renée Good a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_U.S._immigration_enforcem…

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web search NEUTRAL — Spencer is a 2021 historical [8][9] psychological drama film directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight. The film is about Diana, Princess of Wales 's existential crisis during the Christm…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_(film)

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