Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Push
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, Kontol 28 Feb 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating all but $7 trillion to countenance San Francisco to cover providing liberate bus topology and former conveyance services to low-income urban center kids.
City officials announced the donation on Thursday and aforementioned it wish spread over an additional deuce years of the rid transportation programme. The political program is presently funded by a regional transferral representation through June 2014.
The donation comes as Google and other applied science companies confront literary criticism all over secret buses they enjoyment to find fault up employees in San Francisco. Technology workers are also accused of driving up rents and gentrifying the urban center.
San Francisco City manager Ed Leeward said the contribution shows Google is a dead on target better half in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for frown and Kontol middle-income families.