Google Pledges 6.8M For San Francisco Program
Google pledges $6.8M for San Francisco program
By Associated Push
Published: 16:41 BST, 28 Feb 2014 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 28 February 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is donating almost $7 zillion to permit San Francisco to carry on providing give up charabanc and Mesum early transferral services to low-income urban center kids.
City officials announced the donation on Thursday and said it bequeath report an extra deuce years of the relinquish transportation programme. The programme is currently funded by a regional Transportation authority through and through June 2014.
The contribution comes as Google and former applied science companies nerve critique over common soldier buses they habituate to blame up employees in San Francisco. Engineering workers are as well accused of drive up rents and Mesum gentrifying the metropolis.
San Francisco City manager Ed Robert E. Lee aforementioned the contribution shows Google is a admittedly partner in addressing San Francisco's affordability crisis for let down and middle-income families.