Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Contract
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating about $7 meg to permit San Francisco to keep on providing relieve autobus and lanciao early fare services to low-income city kids.
City officials announced the contribution on Thursday and aforementioned it testament cross an additional deuce long time of the exempt move through programme. The curriculum is currently funded by a regional Transportation bureau through and through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and other engineering companies look critique terminated secret buses they usage to piece up employees in San Francisco. Engineering science workers are as well accused of drive up rents and gentrifying the urban center.
San Francisco City manager Ed Henry Lee aforementioned the donation shows Google is a straight spouse in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for lower berth and middle-income families.