Los Angeles City Council candidate Raul Claros announced Tuesday that he plans to live and work from a trailer outside MacArthur Park if elected .

“We need to do something out of the box,” Claros told The Los Angeles Times. “MacArthur Park itself and the immediate area has now become a disaster zone, a multilayered crisis.”

Claros, a 45-year-old community organizer running to unseat Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez for District 1, informed reporters that he will stay in a trailer until the city’s crime, homelessness and drug crises have been addressed.

He also acknowledged to the publication that the move is a publicity stunt to draw attention to the city’s plight.

“We definitely do want the attention,” he said. “We want the attention of every department and resource.”

Naomi Villago

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