Police in Los Angeles cleared out an encampment of homeless people in the city's Venice Beach last week, but not before one of the area's most well-known residents made a public plea for help.
Per the Los Angeles Times, 72-year-old Thomas McInerney, who's lived on and off the streets for decades, made the plea on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, asking officials to help him get back to his home.
"I want you to help me," he said.
"I want you to help me get back to my home."
McInerney, who says he's homeless for the first time in his life and has a wife and two children, had been living in the so-called "epidemic of homelessness" encampment, known as the Venice Beach Patch, for more than a year.
In recent years, the city of Los Angeles and other municipalities have been stepping up efforts to help the city's homeless population, which the Times notes is believed to be at an all-time high.
In 2017, the city passed a quarter-cent sales tax to fund anti-homelessness efforts, with the proceeds used to expand affordable housing and mental health and substance abuse services.
In Venice Beach,
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