“Wow. Somebody just died on Karen’s livestream. LAPD is setting up a white tent to cover the body. This isn’t a reality show, it’s a horror film.”
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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt called out city leaders Sunday after saying a city livestream of Skid Row showed the grim reality of the homelessness and drug crisis unfolding in public view after noticing a dead body being covered during the stream.
“Did you know that Karen Bass and Nithya Raman already have a reality TV show about LA city government? You can watch their leadership of the city live here, unscripted, 24/7. Watch what happens next!” Pratt posted on X, linking to city cameras covering the area.
Pratt is currently running against Mayor Karen Bass and City Council Member Nithya Raman. The primary is scheduled for Tuesday. In a follow-up post, Pratt shared screenshots from the livestream and wrote, “Wow. Somebody just died on Karen’s livestream. LAPD is setting up a white tent to cover the body. This isn’t a reality show, it’s a horror film. Please pray for this city.”
The post comes as Skid Row’s taxpayer-funded homeless services infrastructure faces renewed scrutiny. According to FOX 11 Los Angeles, the Skid Row Care Campus at 442 S. Crocker Street costs roughly $26 million per year to operate and is run by three nonprofits: Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, Social Model Recovery Systems, and Wesley Health Centers. The facility provides harm reduction services, including the distribution of needles, pipes, aluminum foil, and condoms. But video captured by FOX 11 showed open drug use, alleged drug dealing, and paramedics responding to overdoses just steps from the campus entrance.
LAPD has reportedly responded to the 400-500 block of Crocker Street 693 times since January 1, 2026, averaging six police calls per day on those two blocks. Four homicides were recorded there in the first four months of 2026, compared to none during the same period in 2024 and one in 2025. “People are overdosing, people are fighting, people have lit fires. It’s just mayhem, 24/7. The size and the scope of this dwarfs what I brought to your attention two years ago. This is a meth mansion,” said Estela Lopez, Executive Director of the Downtown Industrial Business Improvement District. LAPD Captain Kelli Muñiz said the violence should alarm officials regardless of the neighborhood’s demographics.
“Any time you have four homicides in the same area, everybody should be alarmed. It shouldn’t matter the socioeconomic status of that community. We’re talking two small blocks. Four deaths in four months,” she said.
FOX 11 reported that Lopez had warned city and county officials years earlier about dangerous conditions near another harm reduction facility operated by Homeless Health Care Los Angeles on 4th Street. After those concerns were ignored, she took video evidence to the outlet, which reported on the issue in 2024. The county later awarded the same contractor a role at the larger Crocker Street campus, which opened last August.
County planning documents reviewed by FOX 11 reportedly described the campus as a site intended to be free from law enforcement monitoring and referenced the location as a potential future “safe consumption site,” where drug users could consume substances under supervision. Such sites remain illegal under California law.