Pratt 'could be the guy' LA needs to 'disrupt' institutional chaos plaguing city: Beach volleyball legend

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SANTA MONICA, CA — Beach volleyball legend and Los Angeles native Christopher ‘Sinjin’ Smith is touting Spencer Pratt’s "disrupter" mayoral campaign and explained why he believes Pratt has tapped into voter frustration over the glaring issues facing the city. "It doesn't surprise me at all that Spencer is resonating with the people of Santa Monica and LA in general, because he's saying common-sense things," Smith, the first volleyball player to win 100 career tournaments during a storied Hall of Fame career that earned him the nickname "King of the Beach," told Fox News Digital. " We've all seen the news and everything else of what's been going on for the past years and how things aren't as good as they could be, and Spencer steps in and goes. This doesn't make any sense, particularly with the fires, and things could be a lot better. And I believe that he's really going to try to make things better for everybody. This isn't a political thing, I don't think at all, I think it's more, how do you make the lives of all people from Los Angeles better? And he's hitting all the key points, and it seems like he could be the guy." Smith, who was born in Santa Monica and has lived in Los Angeles for the entirety of his life, including in the Pacific Palisades, told Fox News Digital that Pratt feels like the man for the moment. REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT GAINS TRACTION IN LOS ANGELES MAYORAL RACE AFTER FIERY DEBATE "What's been going on in the city of LA has been going on for a long, long time, as long as I've been around," Smith explained. "I think a lot of people in LA have been waiting for someone like him, somebody with common sense who speaks logically and is willing to do the tough things to make our town better." The devastating Palisades wildfire came within a few miles of Smith’s Santa Monica home and several of his friends lost everything they owned in the tragedy that many believe Mayor Karen Bass, who is running for re-election, didn’t do enough to prevent, res…