Sacramento public housing residents just got free Zipcars

Residents at three public housing areas now have a mini-fleet of free Zipcars to make their way around Sacramento.

Residents can use the cars on a first come, first served basis. They will be limited to three-hour windows three times per week.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the cars will help people get to doctors appointments, job interviews and school.
“It’s providing accessible transportation to low-income people using the newest, cleanest technology,” said Steinberg. “This is the definition of environmental justice.”
Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna said he hoped the project would introduce more consumers to electric vehicles, giving them a chance to “warm up” to the technology.

I can see the 3 hour time window being abused almost immediately. How will Sacremento punish the violators for this?

The Mayor of SACREMENTO thinks these grifters are going to use the car to go to job interviews and school? Is he that deluded to think these people are actually interested in school or job interviews????

The Sacremento County supervisor thinks this program will introduce more "consumers" to electric vehicles to make them warm up to the idea????? First off these grifters are NOT consumers in that they never will pay for anything! I guess you can consider them consumers in the idea they take and "consume" things, but at other taxpayers expense! Second, why would Sacremento County give 2 sh*ts whether or not these grifters are warming up to the idea of electric vehicles? Is there some sort of lobby in California for "Grifters for greener cars" or some such BS?

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