M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman
𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄-𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐋𝐀𝐖-𝐄𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐓, 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒.
Pratt, on camera, laying out the plan:
‘𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳, 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴: 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘖𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺: 𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.”
‘𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘋𝘊. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘥.”
What Pratt actually understands that the LA political class never has. 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞. Mayor Karen Bass’s position over the past three years has been that 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝. Pratt’s position is that enforcement of those laws is the job description.
On the medieval-disease point: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐡𝐮𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐀, 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬 over the past 36 months. None of those should exist in 2026 California. All of them do.
𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐎𝐑’𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐙𝐀𝐑, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑.
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