Spencer Pratt reveals plan to solve homeless drug addict crisis in LA

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt has revealed his five-point plan to clean up homelessness and solve the addiction crisis that has been taking hold of the city for years. The campaign video, released on Thursday, has been viewed nearly five million times, similar to many of his other ads, as the candidate for mayor has been making waves in the race with his messaging.  

Pratt laid out his strategy in five different steps and said that the situation, as it has been addressed, is not a "homeless problem" but a "drug problem" with addicts on the streets. "If that addict on your street were your own son, what would you do? That is the defining question that guides my 5 step plan to fix the homelessness problem in LA. We *must* end this evil racket of corrupt politicians and NGOs who profit off the misery of these poor souls. They launder money and feed them more drugs, so they can keep their customers locked in this hell on our streets," he wrote in the caption to the video. 

In the video, he said that LA Mayor Karen Bass and far-left mayoral candidate Nithya Ramen "don't care about these people" as the city has continued to "hand out fentanyl needles, tourniquets, and crack pipes to addicts throughout the city."

Pratt then laid out the steps to his plan to solve the issue: 
 

1. "Break the cycle," Pratt said. "No more distribution of drug paraphernalia Karen Bass and Nithya Raman currently pay NGOs millions of dollars to increase drug usage and profit off the misery of these drug addicts. I'm putting an end to this profiteering." He then said that the key to breaking the cycle will revolve around administering a drug called Vivitrol, which blocks opioid receptors in the brain. The effect of the drug last for 30 days.  
2. "Step two, we have the laws, we just need to use them," Pratt said. He emphasized that the laws on the books of LA "gives us the legal pathway to hold these gravely disabled drug users for up to a year in a conservatorship" to get treatment and that drug users will go through "mandatory rehab."
3. "Step three: end the body brokering. Many of the addicts you see around your neighborhood are bussed in from other states in order for local NGOs to profit off their addiction," Pratt said. He added that "every addict who was trafficked here from outside LA is getting a free ride home back to their families." He said that a third of the problem will be solved overnight with that step. 
4. "Step four: bring in the DEA," Pratt said. He said that there are "international cartels operating in the open on our streets" and that law enforcement needs to be brought in to take out the drug cartels. 
5. "A modern treatment facility," Pratt said of the fifth point in his plan. "I've already made plans with several high-profile developers who want to donate resources to build a large, modern, and safe campus where we can administer rehab outside of our residential neighborhoods, places with children and schools and businesses like San Pedro cannot be expected to bear the burden of hosting drug rehab facilities in these clinics. We will rapid build modular, low-cost housing exercise facilities, and we will not only provide drug rehab, but civil rehab." He added the will get job training and then be set up to reintegrate to society once they are back up on their feet. 

In 2025, the city of LA had 43,695 people who were homeless on the street as well as 67,777 homeless in LA County, per the LA Homeless Service Authority.