Taking jobs away from the panhandlers.
Via Circa:
From now on, when you walk down the streets of Los Angeles, you might run into the happiest parking meter you’ve ever seen.
Bright orange with a smiley face, this meter isn’t actually for your car. It’s to help the homeless, and the City of Los Angeles has installed six of them throughout its downtown area.
From now on, when you walk down the streets of Los Angeles, you might run into the happiest parking meter you’ve ever seen.
Bright orange with a smiley face, this meter isn’t actually for your car. It’s to help the homeless, and the City of Los Angeles has installed six of them throughout its downtown area.
In L.A., they’ll go to C3, a city program committed to helping homeless individuals find housing. When L.A. councilmembers first proposed the meters, they said the meters would also “curb aggressive panhandling,” too. But some homeless people say they haven’t stopped asking for money on the streets.
“I actually panhandle right here at the corner of this alley and another alley, so a lot of us sit by the sign and don’t even pay attention to it,” said Samuel Guzman.