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约翰·帕特南称，洛杉矶无家可归者危机与恶劣营商环境正推动选民寻求变革
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2026年6月2日 美国东部时间早上6:00 发布
商界领袖：若不尽快改变，洛杉矶经济“毫无希望”
福克斯新闻数字频道专访了洛杉矶商人约翰·帕特南，谈及斯宾塞·普拉特的市长竞选以及社区面临的种种问题。
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加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡——一位商界领袖兼前市议会候选人指出，犯罪、近期野火以及恶劣的营商环境是选民对现状不满的原因，这也助推了斯宾塞·普拉特在洛杉矶市长选举中的崛起。
“我认为很多人都对当前状况感到担忧，他们实在不知道该如何解决，我觉得犯罪、无家可归问题、毒品成瘾，所有这些政客导致的城市乱象，很多民众都看在眼里，”帕特南品牌与帕特南配饰集团总裁约翰·帕特南告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“而且我认为斯宾塞正以一种实实在在的方式带来关注。他阐述议题的方式非常直白，我觉得这一点引发了广泛共鸣。哪怕你不想投票给他，也会认真倾听他的观点，我认为这打动了很多人。”
帕特南曾在2024年竞选圣莫尼卡市议会席位，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，尽管他所在的圣莫尼卡市没有洛杉矶市长选举权，但获胜者的施政纲领将对整个县产生“滴漏效应”。
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约翰·帕特南，帕特南品牌与帕特南配饰集团总裁，告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，斯宾塞·普拉特正在为洛杉矶“带来关注”。（福克斯新闻数字频道 | 迪米特里奥斯·坎博里斯/盖蒂图片社）
“加州面临严峻问题，但我们所在的城市，尤其是圣莫尼卡，正是洛杉矶乃至全球各地问题的产物，”帕特南说。“仅在圣莫尼卡，我们的经济依赖游客。我们80%的收入来自城外游客。我们需要游客前来创造收入。”
帕特南的公司已运营40年，总部位于洛杉矶市中心附近，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，只要在城市里转转就能明显感受到，犯罪、无家可归、高税收等因素正严重制约营商环境。
“在这里经商成本极高，”帕特南说。“几年前一项涵盖250个城市的调查显示，圣莫尼卡是经商成本最高的城市，这源于各类监管政策和其他诸多因素。”
富人聚居区居民要求民主党市长应对犯罪激增
电视名人、洛杉矶市长候选人斯宾塞·普拉特于2026年1月28日在纽约市福克斯新闻频道演播室做客《福克斯与朋友们》节目。（罗伊·罗赫林/盖蒂图片社）
“但除此之外，如果无法营造出宜居、安全、整洁的环境，那就毫无希望。说白了，这种局面下完全看不到希望。所以我们必须迅速采取行动，阵痛已经显现。作为选民，我们终将决定如何改变现状。”
犯罪已成为普拉特、现任市长凯伦·巴斯以及进步派市议员妮提亚·拉曼之间竞选的热门议题。帕特南表示，尽管有数据显示特定暴力犯罪率有所下降，但过去几年整体犯罪情况愈发严重。
“各类统计数据层出不穷，情况确实在恶化，尽管各方都试图用不同方式粉饰太平。有数据称犯罪率下降，我认为全国范围内暴力犯罪率确实有所下降，但各类小额盗窃等轻罪频发，”帕特南说。
斯宾塞·普拉特宣布参选洛杉矶市长，时值帕利塞兹大火一周年，大火摧毁了他的家园
加州州长加文·纽瑟姆与洛杉矶市长凯伦·巴斯于2025年1月8日在洛杉矶视察太平洋帕利塞兹市中心商业区，当时圣安娜大风导致帕利塞兹大火持续蔓延。（埃里克·桑森/盖蒂图片社）
“犯罪已蔓延至所有社区。洛杉矶南部、东部都有，无处不在。就连圣莫尼卡这里，我们也深受这类犯罪行为之害，城市里泛滥的毒品成瘾问题引发了这类犯罪活动，这根本无法让人接受。它无法保护我们，无法让我们感到安全，也无助于社区发展。”
大约一年半前，洛杉矶地区的阿尔塔迪纳和帕利塞兹遭遇野火肆虐，造成31人死亡。帕利塞兹大火蔓延至距离帕特南圣莫尼卡家仅几英里的区域，烧毁了超过6000栋建筑，其中包括普拉特的住宅。
帕特南告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，野火以及外界对巴斯防灾和救灾应对的批评，绝对是洛杉矶居民每次聊天都会提及的话题，因为仅有少量住宅完成重建。
“民众感觉被抛弃了，他们觉得没有得到帮助，”帕特南说。“他们的家园，阿尔塔迪纳和帕利塞兹，彻底被毁了。除此之外，美甲店、美发沙龙、餐馆纷纷关门，这些人失去了生意和收入，无家可归，他们没有得到应有的关爱和关注，我们需要团结起来帮助这些人。”
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洛杉矶市议员妮提亚·拉曼也在与共和党人斯宾塞·普拉特竞争洛杉矶市长职位。（埃里克·桑森/盖蒂图片社）
“这才令人沮丧。我认为人们愤怒不已，同时也深感担忧。我觉得斯宾塞在这方面做得很好，他让民众意识到这种状况不可接受，我们有权做出选择。”
普拉特将在周二晚间的市长初选中与巴斯和进步派市议员妮提亚·拉曼角逐，本次选举的前两名候选人将进入11月的大选；但若有候选人获得50%以上的选票，可直接当选下一任市长。
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LA business leader says crime, wildfire fallout fueling Pratt surge as voters seek change: ‘People are angry’
2026-06-02T06:00:56-04:00 / Fox News
John Putnam says LA’s homelessness crisis and inhospitable business climate are pushing voters toward change
By Andrew Mark Miller, Kiera McDonald Fox News
Published June 2, 2026 6:00am EDT
‘No hope’ for LA economy if things don’t change soon: business leader
Fox News Digital spoke to Los Angeles businessman John Putnam about Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign and the problems facing the community.
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SANTA MONICA, CA — A business leader and former city council candidate is reacting to Spencer Pratt’s surge in the Los Angeles mayoral race by pointing to crime, the recent wildfires, and the inhospitable business climate as the reason why voters are discontent with the status quo.
“I think a lot of people are concerned about what’s happening, they really don’t know how to fix this, and I think the crime, the homelessness, the addiction, all the above behaviors of what’s happened in our city as politicians that are causing this, I think a lot people are seeing that,” John Putnam, the president of Putnam Brands & Putnam Accessory Group, told Fox News Digital.
“And I think Spencer’s actually bringing the light in a real way. He’s pretty basic with his delivery of his issues and I think that’s resonating a lot. Even if you don’t want to vote for him, you’re listening, though and I think that’s resonating with a lot of people.”
Putnam, a former candidate for Santa Monica City Council in 2024, told Fox News Digital that even though his town of Santa Monica doesn’t vote for LA mayor, the winner’s platform will have a “trickle down” effect all across the county.
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John Putnam, president of Putnam Brands and Putnam Accessory Group, told Fox News Digital that Spencer Pratt is “bringing the light” to LA.(Fox News Digital | Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
“California’s got a big issue, but the city, especially where we live, Santa Monica, is a byproduct of what’s happened in Los Angeles and across the world,” Putnam said. “In Santa Monica alone, we’re a people-driven economy. 80% of our revenue comes from outside this city. We need revenue being generated from people that are coming here to visit.”
Putnam’s company, which he has run for 40 years, is based near downtown Los Angeles, and he told Fox News Digital that it’s clear when you drive around the city that the business climate is being significantly handcuffed by crime, homelessness, high taxes and other factors.
“It costs so much to operate a business here,” Putnam said. “Out of 250 cities that were surveyed a few years ago, Santa Monica came in number one of being the most expensive place to do business and that’s because of all the regulation, all the other aspects.
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Television personality and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt visited “Fox & Friends” at Fox News Channel Studios on Jan. 28, 2026, in New York City.(Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
“But on top of that, if you can’t create an inviting environment and a safe environment and a clean environment, there’s no hope. I mean, the bottom line, there is zero hope in that arrangement. So we have to do something quickly and the pain is there. We, just as voters, hopefully, will determine what we have to do to change that.”
Crime has been a highly talked-about issue in the mayoral race between Pratt, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and progressive Councilwoman Nithya Raman. Putnam says that over the past few years, crime has gotten worse overall, despite statistics that say specific violent crimes are down.
“There’s all sorts of stats, it’s worse, everyone’s trying to sugar coat it in different ways, but the stats are out there, they’re saying crime is down, I think violent crime is down across the country, but all this petty stuff is happening,” Putnam said.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass toured the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles as the Palisades Fire continued to burn amid strong Santa Ana winds.(Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
“It’s come in all neighborhoods. I mean you know it’s down in the south side of Los Angeles, east. It’s everywhere. You know even here in Santa Monica, we’re definitely being victims of this behavior of crime, and the drug addiction that’s running rampant in our city that’s causing this kind of criminal activity doesn’t really satisfy anyone. It doesn’t protect us. It doesn’t make us feel safe, and it doesn’t help our community just to grow.”
Roughly a year and a half ago, the Los Angeles area was devastated by wildfires in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades that killed 31 people. The Palisades fire crept within a few miles of Putnam’s home in Santa Monica and destroyed more than 6,000 structures, including Pratt’s home.
Putnam told Fox News Digital that the fires, and criticism of Bass’s preparedness and response, is “definitely a point of every conversation” with Los Angeles residents as only a handful of homes have been rebuilt.
“People are feeling left out, they’re not feeling like they’re being helped,” Putnam said. “I mean, their whole town, Altadena and Palisades were just destroyed. Beyond that, you had nail salons, you have all these hair salons, you had restaurants, these people are homeless from their businesses, their income and they aren’t getting the love and the attention they deserve, we need to come together and help those people.”
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LA council member Nithya Raman is also running against Republican Spencer Pratt for governor of Los Angeles.(Eric Thayer / Getty Images)
“That’s what’s frustrating. I think people are angry, but also just really concerned. And I think this is really, Spencer’s really done a good job of bringing that out and letting people know this is not acceptable, and we have a choice here.”
Pratt will face off in the mayoral primary on Tuesday night against Bass and progressive City Council member Nithya Raman in an election where the top two candidates will move on to the November general election; however, if a candidate receives 50% of the vote, they become the next mayor outright.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.