Nearly asleep Theo Schrager, 6, rides on his mom Leah Naomi Gonzales' shoulders on University Avenue in Berkeley, California, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. With no money, Leah went to a Mexican restaurant to beg for food for her son. They have been living in a tent at Strawberry Creek Park after being unable to secure money for a hotel.
Theo Schrager, 6, who is homeless, sits in his hammock outside the tent he is living in with his mom Leah Naomi Gonzales (not pictured) in Berkeley, California, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 7, watches videos on his mother Leah Naomi Gonzales' (right) phone while she begs for money on a median on University Avenue in Berkeley, California, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Some days, passers-by are generous. Other days, Gonzales says, she takes in as little as $15 over several hours.
Police officers ask mother Leah Naomi Gonzales (center) to move her tent where she has been living with her son Theo for several weeks at Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley, California, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 6, jumps up to ask the hotel attendant for a key to the breakfast room in order to heat up his dinner of macaroni and cheese at the Quality Inn Motel in Berkeley, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 6, watches his favorite show SpongeBob Squarepants as he cuddles under the covers at the Quality Inn hotel in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. Hotels sometimes provide shelter, but don't promise stability. There's always the fear of being kicked out with nowhere to go. But they do have perks, Theo says, "I like hotels more than the tent because I get to watch TV."
Theo Schrager, 7, has his face and hair toweled off by his mother Leah Naomi Gonzales on Halloween night in Berkeley, California, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019.
Clasping her hands together Leah Naomi Gonzales pleads with her son Theo Schrager, 6, (left) to behave after he repeatedly tries to play video games on her phone as she tries to get him ready for the first day of school at the Quality Inn hotel in Berkeley, California, on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Leah tells him, "No, no, no. No video games. School. We gotta go in five minutes. It's 7:07 and the bus comes at 7:25."
Leah Naomi Gonzalez and her son Theo Schrager, 7, fly a kite at Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley, California, on Friday, June 12, 2020.
Gonzales tries to shelter Theo from the harsh realities of being homeless, celebrating holidays with flair and showering him with presents when she can afford it.
They go out on adventures like flying kites at the Berkeley Marina.
After spending over an hour trying to put up a tent in Curtis Park, Leah Naomi collapses in her son Theo Schrager's, 6, arms as rubs her head and they fall asleep in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Theo helped put the tent together with his mom but they knew by morning it would have to come down again.
Theo Schrager, 6, watches his favorite show SpongeBob Squarepants as he cuddles under the covers at the Quality Inn hotel in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 6, grabs a bundle of balloons at Dollar Tree and yells out "Mom, can I have them?" the day before his 7th birthday in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. They walked around Berkeley all afternoon, showered at the YMCA and took shelter in their tent at Strawberry Creek Park.
Leah Naomi Gonzales and her son Theo Schrager, 6, stand in a tent encampment off of Eastshore Highway as they look for a wheel for their bike cart after the wheel had been stolen in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 7, stares down at the creek still half asleep as his mom Leah Naomi Gonzales (not pictured) packs his lunch outside of their tent at Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 7, passes out party hats to his classmates in his first grade class on his 7th birthday at Thousand Oaks Elementary School in Albany, California, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019.
While his mother Leah Naomi Gonzales (not pictured) folded their laundry, Theo Schrager, 6, who was full of energy jumped into the washing machine to play at the the Laundry Room on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 7, flexes his muscles in the mirror and says, "Look how strong I am mom!" as he sits on his hotel bed at the Downtown Berkeley Inn Hotel in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday, November, 13, 2019.
Leah Naomi Gonzales puts her hand to her face as she realizes it is her son Theo Schrager's 7th birthday as they awaken in their tent at Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday, September 23, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 7, holds a peanut butter and jelly sandwich his mom made him for lunch during shelter-in-place at the LaQuinta Hotel on Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Berkeley, California.
Theo Schrager, 7, and his mother Leah Naomi Gonzales carry their belongings as they move from being outdoors in a tent to the Downtown Berkeley Inn hotel in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, November, 17, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 7, (left) takes gauze off of his mother Leah Naomi Gonzales arm as she rests in the hospital with severe stomach and back pains on Christmas Eve Tuesday, December 24, 2019, in Berkeley, California. While at the hospital Theo looked at his mother and asked, "Are you going to die?" She said, "Horribly. Just kidding. Come here. Am I gonna die? Mommy has been pretty sick but no honey I'm not gonna die I don't think. It's not a dying day."
Mom Leah Naomi Gonzales (right) restrains her son Theo Schrager, 7, after she scolded him for stealing balloons from a window display on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Berkeley, California. "Stupid!" Theo yelled as he attacked his mom in the street, "Stop it right now, you've got to quit it!"she said as she tried to restrain him.
Theo Schrager, 7, rests at the base of a tree at Strawberry Creek Park where he is staying in a tent with his mother Leah Naomi Gonzales (not pictured) in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, November, 17, 2019.
Leah Naomi Gonzales stands in the hallway with her son Theo Schrager, 7, as they prepare to move their belongings from the Sens Hotel to La Quinta Hotel on Wednesday May 13, 2020, in Berkeley, California. During the coronavirus pandemic, Theo's life has lacked structure. No school has meant many hours on the computer. His mother Leah says that they both had the coronavirus early on but Theo says he can't remember what it felt like because the virus "wiped my mind".
Theo Schrager, 7, sits in the middle of the aisle at Safeway as a customer looks down at him on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Berkeley, California. Theo has been homeless since he was born. For nearly two years, Theo and his mother have been sleeping on the streets and in hotels after their RV was towed in July of 2018. During the coronavirus pandemic, TheoÕs life has lacked structure. No school has meant many hours on the computer and increased irritability.
Theo Schrager,7, throws a blow-up doll across the room in a rage as he realizes that he and his mother Leah Naomi Gonzales have to move out of the hotel room they have been living in with nowhere to go at the Downtown Berkeley Inn hotel in Berkeley, California, on Sunday, Decemer, 8, 2019.
Theo Schrager, 7, holds on to his mom Leah Naomi Gonzales' hand as he cries out "Puppies, I want puppies." as they look for puppies at their friends tent under the Gilman Street underpass in Berkeley, California, on Friday, June 12, 2020. They spent the afternoon looking for their friend Elf who has two new puppies. Theo loves dogs and desperately wants one. "Mama, I want one and I want one now." Theo declared. She answered, "Theo, I have way too much to take care of. There's just no way we can have a dog in that hotel room."
Naomi takes Theo in her arms as he rests his head against his mother’s chest as she soothes him to sleep in a tent under the freeway in Berkeley, California on Monday, July 13, 2020.