These new LA parking meters collect change for the homeless

“This is a way for people to give. And it’s going to be right before them when they’re walking down the street,” Councilman Jose Huizar said.

The machine, which looks like an unusually exuberant parking meter, will collect donations to support the City County Community program, which brings outreach workers into the streets to help homeless people. Huizar touted it as a new way for Angelenos and visitors to chip in and help address the crisis.