Repurposed Parking Meters Stir Controversy in Pasadena

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    Fourteen repurposed parking meters in Pasadena will collect change for nonprofits that serve the homeless, and Los Angeles has been talking about trying them out downtown, the Los Angeles Times reports. In San Diego and Denver, similar meters have been used as panhandling deterrents, and some advocates are arguing that the meters monopolize money that might have gone directly to needy people.