Jul. 20, 2016, Utah St, San Francisco (Photo by Xue Yujie)

“We own everything here in our tent. We purchased them,” Cedrick, a retired work told People’s Daily Online. “People think we stole them and those guys ever tried to spray us down. They think we look ugly next to their gallery.” Cedrick knelt down to pick up his broom, “I broom the street every day! When I was in primary school, the teacher asked us what we want to be when we grow up. I didn’t say I wanted to be homeless. I didn’t want to be homeless just as much as they don’t.”