Pick your familiar phrase: stirring the pot, ruffling feathers, shaking things up.

Spencer Pratt has done all that and more in his maverick bid for mayor of Los Angeles.

He’s shown an uncanny knack for politics — including bulls-eye-precise messaging — given his background as a reality-show villain.

But it seems “villain to the establishment,” or spoiler set to lead, is the perfect role for him now. 

He brings fresh, timely, common-sense ideas to a city that’s failing badly. 

He’s focused on the most fundamental duty of city government — public safety — with a focus on people, not the interest groups that all but run City Hall. 

And his campaign has caught fire.

The California Post endorsed Pratt for mayor on Friday, citing his pragmatism, policy chops, and threat to LA’s dismal status quo. 

“Pratt’s specific policy proposals make clear that he is the candidate for change,” we wrote. “… More of the same won’t fix LA.”

That’s why local moms support him in force: They want their kids safe and healthy, not threading a trail of drugs and detritus and homeless zombies while City Hall effectively cuts police.

And it’s why donations to Pratt’s campaign are flooding in.

Pratt raked in about $2.7 million between April 19 and May 15 –– compared with the $2.8 million Mayor Karen Bass collected since joining the race in 2024, The California Post reported Friday.

That comparison shows –– vividly –– where the momentum is in this race.

Pratt has reshaped the contest in a way that few people, least of all the city’s smug power brokers, thought possible just a few months ago.

So: It’s a new day in LA. Or it could be, if voters, fed up with years of soul-crushing municipal failure, send Pratt into a runoff with Bass and then, just maybe, to the mayor’s seat.

Wouldn’t that be something? 

To borrow another familiar phrase: Pratt is under LA’s skin –– in a good way for residents, businesses, Hollywood, families, and voters, and in the worst possible way for the city’s wretched political establishment.