Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
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Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating nearly $7 zillion to give up San Francisco to cover providing relinquish heap and early fare services to low-income metropolis kids.
City officials announced the donation on Thursday and aforementioned it leave continue an additional deuce long time of the gratuitous pass across political platform. The programme is presently funded by a regional conveyance agency through June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and early applied science companies nerve critique o'er common soldier buses they utilise to pick up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are too accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco Mayor kontol Ed Lee said the contribution shows Google is a dependable better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for take down and middle-income families.